@@salvaldivia6072 I was only wondering , since you use your left heel to drag the water I’m always using my right hill and I figured it was because I was right handed You must be ambidextrous 😂
@@BoredFlyer haha that's awesome! I think it's because I learned to land with my left foot leading and for some reason it feels natural, but yes, I use both hands for lots of things. Lol
Thanks! I've gone through the content and a small simulation, but thankfully, I've never actually taken a dunk in the water before. I try to fly shallow waters when I do water stuff.
Hey Sal, how do you like the Luna? I have the same one 23m, with less than 10 or so flights on it. How soon did you tie in your tip steering? I'm not interested in acro but maybe a little more agility.
Hi! I love this wing! I tied them in on my second flight and never looked back. It makes it way more dynamic. I'm thinking of dropping down to an 18m but this is the 20m.
What’d you come from wing wise? Your prior wing didn’t have tip steering I thought the step before a Luna would be something like spyder type wing that has it? Thought the Luna was somewhat spicy like a sierraco
@@tango_sierra8608 I was flying an Everest Cross before this, but it also had 2D steering. Certainly not as spicy but still a good wing in the B category.
The best practice (in my option) is making a line with marker across the mount and gopro “feet” so that you can reference the exact angle it was at before. From there you can make micro adjustments looking at those lines. After dialing it in perfect- etch a line with a scribe or knife and then you can remove the gopro as you please and always return to that perfect angle on the chase cam using those reference marks…. Disclaimer I have undiagnosed ocd lol
Thanks! I need to get back at it. I started putting out some shorts, but saw I had this one on Private. I was going to do something else with this footage but decided to just make it public. This was almost a year ago and yes, it is close. I've adjusted my technique for foot drags so I'm more upright but thankfully have never scraped it. Any video ideas you'd want to see?
I would love to see some videos on your wing over progressions, and any other advanced maneuvers that you’re trying have you barrel rolled yet? Love to see the progression for that also.
Greetings Sal! Great content on your channel. I have a Factory R with the same problem so I am thrilled and thankful you have led the way forward in making this video. The issue happened at 39 hours as well. I did not notice any oil leaking. One of the Carter screws came loose and then seized the engine as it lodged between the Carter support and flywheel. The only external observable sign was that there was aluminum dust on the outside of the engine (from the screw scraping against the flywheel before lodging). Question: I don’t think I lost much oil, but in your research what oil do I need to put back into the bearings? My Carter support seal was separated so I will have to replace the cement gasket on it (thanks for the name). I wonder why lock tight was not placed on these screws as they hold the whole weight of the engine and spinning prop to the Carter support that connects to the frame via the engine mounts. Thanks for your awesome work here and your great content. Your flying is inspirational!
I'd say read the ppg Bible for in depth or Theo de Blic. Overall, weight shift and timing is most important. Better to pull early rather than later as you can become weightless. Keep some outside brake pressure to avoid collapses. Learn how to manage pitch / surges. You can manage energy other ways but learning how to exit straight is good practice. It does come with some caveats with timing on the balloon and surge afterwards.
@@andrearossi4150 I can do them on my 23m as well. Technique is even more important on bigger wings to get them. They have a tendency to not want to roll as much. Lots more weight shift required.
@@andrearossi4150 Yes, but they do feel much different and timing is more difficult. I'll see if I can get some footage and send to you with the other wing. Some wings that are rated A may be extremely difficult
OMG so many bad takeoffs. Wing isn't fully up? Sure, I'll just go to full power and it'll be fine. Not fully in the air? Yeah, I'll just sit down. I am amazed that there were not more crashes. Thanks for posting!
Thank you Sal, that was a great video you talking over, and the shoot of the video in 4k is awesome but consume so much battery hahahahaaaaaa Fly Baby Fly.
The Gentleman on the trike, is he flying a Flow Cosmos Power 2? I would love to get his opinion on the wing if so. I am considering it as my next wing, but not much out there for information on it yet. Thanks!
It looks like the Flow Cosmos Power 2 to me as well. www.flowparagliders.com.au/cosmos-power-2/ I wonder if this is Jerry but not 100% sure which pilot this was.
Sal thanks bro nice vid, man i miss you this one but i will flight with you soon hahahahaaaa.Early morning launch without no wind and high humidity can be tricky.
