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that was intense ! how is the pilot ?
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: |
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Better the bush than the van. I think.
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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A bird in the van is worth two in the bush?
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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With so much empty space why in hell would you choose to do that, especially on a Paraglider which you can virtually land anywhere.
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Did you see that descent rate? It begs the question, how do you safely land a speed glider?
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you see that descent rate? It begs the question, how do you safely land a speed glider? |
yeah! that was nutz 
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Something's not quite right about that video...that descent rate seems greater than, and the glide ratio seems less than, that of a skydiving chute.
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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He did what basically looks like a barrel-roll... I think sky divers call them hook-turns?
It's used to get a longer/faster ground skim...
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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He did what basically looks like a barrel-roll... I think sky divers call them hook-turns?
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So had he not plowed into the bushes we would have seen a long/ fast ground skim as a result of that plunge to the ground? That's one helluva intense technique for getting "improved skim."
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Did you see that descent rate? It begs the question, how do you safely land a speed glider? |
The same way you land a wingsuit: throw your parachute.
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like he was doing the Show-off Dance.
Not much 'ground skimming' in the end! |
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| Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| it looks like the guy in the original video was trying to drop it into ground effect in-between the houses, then shoot down the street. |
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 3:27 am Post subject: |
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| it looks like the guy in the original video was trying to drop it into ground effect in-between the houses, then shoot down the street. |
At first I thought he had just made a mistake planning his approach... but now that you mention it I bet you're right. His girlfriend probably lives there... only now she's pissed at him for mangling her bush.
  
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:05 am Post subject: |
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FRESH!!!
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:43 am Post subject: |
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It's amazing what some people will do when there is a camera around .
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| Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 8:05 am Post subject: |
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| AIRTHUG wrote: |
He did what basically looks like a barrel-roll... I think sky divers call them hook-turns?
It's used to get a longer/faster ground skim... |
Hook turns are the one of the biggest killers of skydivers in the modern era. Here's a typical fatality report; more can be found at http://www.uspa.org/USPAMembers/Safety/AccidentReports/tabid/81/Default.aspx:
"At approximately 200 to 300 feet, this jumper initiated a hard, left-hand toggle turn in an attempt to make a high-performance landing. There were no canopies nearby or any other obstacles that would have required him to make a turn as an avoidance measure. He struck the ground hard while the canopy was still in a steep descent."
In the speedglider's case he hit the bush; two foot lower and he would have hit the concrete it was planted in.
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