I just want to say....this tandem flight was my best flight in my life....i can still remember it...Mike......i loved that flight....i will never forget it.....and thanks again for this flight Mike....im missing you a lot Mike and all those guys from this tandem flight this was the best day in my life.❤
Weiss Drache No sorry, there are no plans. we built this dolly to use for launching gliders from roads that other dollys tend to run off sideways before the glider gets airborne. the driver of the dolly can steer the dolly straight down the road so that the pilot can launch safely. we found it a valuable asset in our club for retrieving glider pilots who land far away from landing zone. we also put side shafts on to support Atos wings on take off. these can be removed when regular flex wings are using it.
The ending nod has two support paddles witch will press to a downtubes upper parts, so it wont fall, but as i didint notice the upward-lift-limitation paddles, so it can lift, as stronger wind blows.Thats how i understand it.
Thanks, Mike, this is very instructive. My foremost rule during my hang gliding years was to always fly a little bit faster than necessary. If Williem could speak, I believe he'd want all hang glider pilots to see this. The first thing I noticed was the sloppy pitch control on the takeoff run. The second thing was the head-high posture prior to initiating the right-hand turn. I think that screwed up his sense of proper angle of attack and led to the sudden tip stall and fatal side-slip. Rick M
Congratulations from Quito Ecuador, Projects like yours can evolutionize Hang Gliders and should have the sponsorship of very enthusistic Hang Glider companys like Moyes or Wills Wing, because with more students there are more posibilities in the future they will buy gliders
Did you try Gopro bus pin 12 to ground - it will act like a remote without all the mechanic stuff. Perhaps you needed something else? Just got the Hero2 and am trying to get it going as a car DVR, would be great for the mean streets of Joburg to capture those carjacking!
It looked to me like he was flying to slow. He was not properly in prone when he iniated his turn. He definitely stalled the inside wing when turning and lost allot of height in doing so. This is also a relatively old glider with old technology. I suppose the effect of a stall could have been more agressive comparred to a beginners glider like a falcon. Always fly with enough speed aspecially if you cannot afford to stall your glider. My condolences to the family and friends. Its very sad
Long time ago a friend of mine told me that when you learn to fly, is like ride a bike, you never forget...! but, according to reeflyingspike, we have seen that's is not truth, a ten years breaks from hang gliding is a very long time... Any way, wherever a hang glider or a paraglider pilot get hurt, one feel very sad... Not matter how far you are.. I feel very sorry...
Willem was returning to flying from a 10 year break from the sport, on recent flights witnessed by myself he's turns were getting too close to the hill and sometimes when in lift turned towards the hill and not away from it. he was warned by fellow pilots and myself to stay clear from the hill but unfortunately never took our advice to heart, paying dearly for it. All relevant equipment was checked after the accident and found to be in perfect working order. our condolences. Mike Spike
Sorry to hear this and sad news and it is another loss to our sport. Any comments about the pilots' experience level and conditions on the day? It looked about 10mph on the hill and thermic. The glider appeared to encounter lift on rhs, nose lifted and the LH wing appeared to stall with a consequntial LH turn.
