@@TimPentreath thanks. Here where I live in México the good landing fields are of alfalfa, that only grows like 30 cm, or the fields with cattle. But you gotta watch out not to land on sugarcane or agave.
Hi Damian, it's a Prime Mini PTT for use with Zello. Zello seems to work better in the alps compared to the UK - I guess the cell towers are positioned higher, whereas in the flats we're flying above good cellphone coverage
@@TimPentreath I'd have said it was it was the other side of Upton Snodsbury 😎 By the way, that's a hell of a flight: Malvern to St Neots! Hats off to you, sir.
It’s really interesting to see how you handle these low scratchy conditions. I want to get better at this. I thought I had a solid climb over a dark field of pig pens a couple of weeks ago but I just lost it all of a sudden.
Cheers Ben, hopefully it'll help, but sometimes you do just lose it - happens to me often enough. Generally the FSH thermal assistant works pretty well to find it again if it's a solid climb, but it's les effective in zeros and very weak lift... Spidy senses needed 😂
Thanks Dave... a frustrating day for lots... missing a thermal always tends to mean only one thing! BTW, are you the Dave Martin who used to live in Bath?
@@TimPentreath Watching your flights provides good motivation to hang on in there when low as you seem to eek out lift from what looks like a doomed flight. Not the same Dave Martin I don't think - haven't lived in Bath. There is apparently another in the PG scene from before I started.
Mind blown. I feel like I am missing out on some XC days here in Northern Sweden that are overcast and a little windy. This rule of getting to base before going downwind on such days is bunk. Cheers for sharing!
@@hchallenator yeah, I wasn’t expecting much if I’m honest! But the airmass was very good and it didn’t take much heating for it to go up… glad you enjoyed coming along for the ride!
Excellent Video. I flew over the Malvern's on Saturday. Loved the saves. I may have to crack out my Paraglider again. Thanks for posting. great content.
Fantastic flight Tim and buddies. I studied the forecast on Friday night and saw RASP looking good and also saw the CANP/NOTAM for Worcester Beacon! But I went to Merthyr …. It was greyer, windier and rain was also coming . Anyway brilliant to see your low saves and happy face at the end. I was also happy with my gardening when I got home early grhhhh. We love PG❤
@@davidbent536 cheers David, glad you enjoyed it! Sorry to hear about conditions at Merthyr but not surprising given how it turned out at the Malverns… there’s always another day!
Came here to say excellent chip shop at Olney and then you flew over my old house at Cold Brayfield and a dear old chums place at Bromham low save #5 some fantastic memories of aviation foolery invoked in that area, thanks very much. I'm typing this in South Africa! Airship sheds at Cardington not hangers old boy.
I use my own tone settings... beepOnlyWhenFlying=yes setVolume=2 dampingFactor=0.00 ClimbToneOnThreshold=0.1 ClimbToneOffThreshold=0.1 SinkToneOnThreshold=-0.1 SinkToneOffThreshold=-0.1 tone=-10.00,200,200,100 tone=-2.00,293,200,100 tone=-1.99,293,700,82 tone=-1.00,320,651,29 tone=-0.99,320,350,10 tone=0.00,374,200,5 tone=0.01,432,500,10 tone=0.41,521,399,35 tone=1.00,617,335,50 tone=2.05,772,275,50 tone=3.74,996,228,50 tone=10.00,1830,95,50 If you have a Mini V or Maxx (orig or II), then you can access them in the new web app here webapp.xctracer.online/ under "Flatland" in the various settings
@@marcinegiert646 thanks Marcin, yeah I think the change in conditions threw quite a few people. Well done getting away in the first gaggle though - that’s where I should have been - too much faffing!
Hi Tim Enjoyed your flight. I’m still trying to break the 25km mark myself. May I ask a couple of questions? Do you go on your speed bar between thermals and do you use the c riser handle steering whilst on full bar or even if not on bar?
Thanks David… re speedbar use, it depends, the stronger the wind the less I’m likely to use it, but if it’s slow then I’ll probably use maybe 1/3 to 1/2 bar. Only more than that if I’m in 2.5-3m/s sink. Deffo use B riser (I have a 2 liner) steering when using any bar. I don’t tend to use it when not on bar
Hi Tim, the "GREY" glider is me, Andy Nelson. I'm a scouse XC hangie pilot from the late 80's, early 90's. On T/O I declared Abington Park Northampton goal (and got there 😊) I gave up flying 30 years ago! It's my first xc season back and thought I'd do it under a paraglider this time around, the clouds, thermals and triggers are still the same. Love your videos, btw ❤.
Hi Andy, very nice to make your acquaintance even if it is just online for the moment! It was nice flying with you and well done on a great flight 👍🏻 Have a think about adding your flights to the xcontest.org UK league - it’s a fun alternative to xcleague.com (or you can do both)
humphhh im used to a map, compass and 2 cameras with film in them!! Im flying with a 30 year old vario 🤣. I need to upgrade this year ready for next year, dont know where to start!.
Most people use an app on their smartphone these days - Flyskyhy for iPhone, or XCTrack for Android. You'll need to connect it to an external battery pack to keep it going for 6+ hours. Then add a Bluetooth vario (I sell XCTracers) and you're good to go...
Haha, it was a bit disconcerting whilst flying but good that the beeps completely matched up. Hope all’s well with you, shame you can’t make it to the Gumball this year…
You’ve given me some extra motivation Tim , we’ll see how it pans out tomorrow (today) and see if I can’t get closer to my first 100k, I’m flying around Borso del Grappa Bassano area, last video I saw of yours was in my neck of the woods Italy where things didn’t go perfectly to plan, as we all well know can be on the cards at times 🤷♂️🤦♂️ but as usual you made it work out okay 👍 This flight I thought was super, hats off to you for the vid and commentary, really helpful, thanks 😊
The clouds look so unreal. What a banger of a day. BTW: Why do you brits not choose a side when it comes to numbers already. When speaking about lift you are talking in meters, altitude its feed and distance its kilometers again 🤣
I know, it’s not clever is it 😂 Mind you m/s as a climb rate isn’t great for mental arithmetic even if you had altitude in meters. 100s ft/min is actually the best if you have alt in feet - if base is at 4500’ and you’re at 1000’ and you’re climbing at 350fpm then you know it’ll take you approx 10 mins to climb to base. Very simple! Good thing is 1 m/s is almost exactly 200fpm so you can do the sums…
Sorry I missed this… I think if all else fails then you could get by with the iPhone vario, but having a very precise vario and the ability to customise the tones to help in weak lift does make a difference
I've not used them in anger yet (and hope I won't need to!), but they're simple to use and will hopefully help me avoid any strong wind landing dramas 🤞🤞
