Super Fly Paragliding School is owned and operated by Chris Santacroce. They teach lessons for new pilots, maneuvers for new and advanced pilots, sell gear from Nova, Advance and Gin, and foster an amazing community of free flight advocates! They are based in Salt Lake City, Utah and welcome you to watch some videos, and stop by to say hi!
hi i recently brought a brand new dudek hadron 3 wing 22m I've been flying for over 12 years. the new wing is a nightmare to launch forward. trim setting at 3 . can you help. please super fly.
Thanks for your message, Tony. We can’t speak about that exact glider, but we can say that many times you need to adjust the trimmer to a point where the glider behaves the way you need it to for successful takeoff. I would strongly recommend that you consult with some other people who fly the same glider and see what they are using. Also an inspection might help a ton. Please play with some settings and do some inflations without the motor on your back and just generally make friends with that glider. See if you can find the sweet spot and then when you do share your results with people who actually fly that glider to make sure that You’re still within a decent range. Also good to chat with the distributor in your country. Let us know how it goes.
Thanks for your message. There are plenty of great motors out there. There are another five that are namebrand and mainstream that we don’t tend to fly.
The level to which you dumb down aerodynamics in this explanation is not only wrong but also dangerous. You can totally stall a wing with minimal break input. You are also getting the nomenclature wrong, (as explained in the comment by @MitchG) which creates more questions for pilots down the line rather than (what you claim to be doing) keeping people from having questions. Accident analysis in the past years has shown that different types of stall are the most common cause of accident, whether during take-off, flight, or landing. It might be true that in turbulence, one can prevent collapse of the wing by adding break in certain situations. But really what you are doing when adding breaks is increasing the angle of attack (AoA), when oncoming turbulence is reducing the AoA, and therefore one might be preventing a collapse. Teaching new pilots & students to pump the breaks during landing as a way to mitigate the effects of turbulence most probably does more harm than good. People who have not experienced a controlled stall themselves and have not mastered the skill of stalling a paraglider should not live under the impression that "pumping" the breaks, or applying breaks in general, would keep them safe. Stalling a wing is not a direct effect of break input, but rather of glider speed. A glider that is already slow requires barely any break input to stall and a glider that is shooting in front of you with lots of energy and speed is very hard to stall in the very moment it is in front of you and traveling fast, even with lots of break input (to catch the surge for example).
Thanks for this cool presentation. I think about buying this glider. It is a helpful video. Could you tell me where is this spot located. It looks like beautiful weather and perfect souring conditions. Best wishes Jens from Germany
@@ChrisSantacroce bof le jour où je pense que j'ai besoin d'un bout de sangle pour attacher mon passager que j'ai oublié d'attacher j'arrêterai de faire du biplace. Un matériel fiable et des procédures professionnelles sont bien plus efficaces qu'une pauvre sangle anti connerie de mon point de vue. Mais peut être que 42 ans d'expérience ne suffisent pas à rendre mon avis crédible à tes yeux ?
Interesting question. First thing is that I don’t think you can go wrong. Both are awesome namebrand and state of the art. You might skew your decision toward which is closer - Nova headquarters or Advance headquarters. You might enjoy service from some facility close by. Finally it is always nice to fly with people who fly similar gliders to you so perhaps fly whatever is most popular in your area. It’s fun to compare techniques and when you’re flying the same glider as a friend, you can sometimes figure things out.
Chris, that was a great video and you've solidified a lot of my feelings about the Epsilon DLS, but I'm very curious about your helmet. I've been having difficulty finding "the right" helmet and that looks just about perfect. Good size and shape for the chin bar, visor for when it's wanted, but I can't make out any identifying marks. Can you tell me which it is? Thanks!
Hi - that's a Charly No Limit - we will receive a large order of them in April. Right now we don't have that many sizes/ colors. Let us know what you prefer and we will set it aside for you.
I'm roughly the same size and weight as Chris and got my Epsilon 26 from Superfly after a trip to Mexico the instant it was first available. After flying it for a bit over a year I couldn't be more pleased and would buy it a gain in a heartbeat. It is absolutely the perfect progression wing for me. At my skill level and goals for the sport, it's not missing anything need. It's easy for me to get to top of lift/top of the stack and I'm crazy happy with how well the glider takes care of me, especially when things are getting rowdy. I spent a full year learning to fly with Chris at the Point and had the opportunity to try a lot of different wings in different sizes. For me, this is the one that checked all the boxes and I especially like the Advance quality and the mid-weight durability of the DLS as an everyday flyer since most of my local sites back in Colorado are hike-to-fly.
Chris, you are the best. I always enjoy watching anything you do with a glider, and learn more in those few minutes than from any other source. Excellent!
Paragliding is a dream to me , but I have others also Don't want this dream to impact all the others Hold to a course learn good decisions only fly when things are good to fly
