Why are so many setting up right at the top where they have no room to run at the glider, and also where the flow is accelerating/ straight back/ not lifting? Seems they have a beautiful clean slope beneath that would allow them a much better setup to avoid the pluck/ blowback
There is also the pressure of a competition start: time is ticking and every pilot wants to get in the air as soon as possible. Ager is also a hot start. Once you have the jacket and the gloves on you start sweating... Therefore some get ready in the second line, which, as you noticed, is not optimal for a windy start...
I think between 5 to 8m/s. On Ager takeoff there are thermals triggered so it can be gusty during the midday's hours... On the other side, being an exposed takeoff to thermal gusts "what you see is what you get" once in the air. Once airborne there are no hidden dangers in the air.
9/10, seriously? I have a feeling you've never kited a high AR glider.. 90% are top top pilots, rusty perhaps and a few make mistakes and I totally agree (!!!) that a lot of top pilots don't practice aborting and groundhandling enough, however to say most of them should start over is ludicrous xD (sorry)
@@matiascorvinus1769 you answered the right way….. high AR glider……. That’s not the righ glider for them….. 90% would have enough with a low A from school…..
