My first ever flight on this Hangglider - and first time on a Moyes - which is during the first task of the British National Hanggliding Championships 2023..
We went to a tow weekend at Forbes early this year and Bill Moyes was there watching us fly. Such a privilege to meet one of the inventors of hang gliding. I too have a Moyes glider now the intermediate Gecko in Red Barron red and white complete with black Maltese crosses on white squares. I am no good at flying it but feel a million dollars in it 😎👍
Ager - spine back ridge. The take off there had my heart pumping every time. We used to take off from a concrete ramp (1985/6 ish). Had an Eagle fly in formation with me for a while on one flight - fantastic. I was on a Solar Wings - Tyhoon, that probably dates me a bit 🙂
Well I'm not used to this glider yet and need to learn it a bit... but I think the Moyes is definitely the glider for me now. The climb is just so awesome.
All WW performance gliders that I've owned, required highsiding while thermal circling once the glider was about three years or older. I was surprised to hear that highsiding was required in - I assume a young, low time glider.
All modern high performance hang gliders need high siding. The factors that affect it are speed and the strength of the thermal. Higher speeds require less high siding - but then you lose on climb. Stronger thermals also require less high siding. I am told they are generally set up to be at optimum (in terms of a neutral position) for 500ft per minute thermals. I don't know if that's correct. My WW required high siding from new. But not as much as this Moyes does. But also there is an element of getting used to the glider to my impression may change over time. I have never noticed any change in the amount of high siding required based on the age of the glider and don't know if this is a factor,.
I fly intermediate wing (Sport 3) and often the VG fixes high-siding. More VG - easier to bank, less or no VG makes glider more stable = less high-siding.
I don't know the actual weights though I'm sure they are on the specs on the manufacturers website. This Moyes does feel a little lighter than my T3, but also it has carbon inner leading edges, where my T3 did not.
Yes - but that isn't really required. We fly by feel. What is more important (when thermalling) is knowing if we are going up or down and how fast. We have a variometer for that. That is the thing making the beeping noises as I fly - the faster the beep, the faster I am going up. So using the sound enables me to centre in a thermal without having to look at the vario.
@@MooSurferyeah man, those weekend overtime hours, older vehicle, good choices in life - all that is out of the window as soon as you buy a brand new wing 😂 Congrats!
How wrong can you be?! In all the years I have been flying I have never met anyone who was "rich" in any sense of the word. It is a minority sport which attracts those (men and women) who have a passion for the freedom of flight and are prepared to sacrifice other things in life to pursue the dream. Once upon a time hang gliding used to be about the only affordable way most folk could get airborne; paragliding now offers an even easier (and slightly cheaper) way of getting your feet off the ground. Little rich boys? Nah - most of are sporting grey hair (if any) and can just about scrape together enough for the next tank of fuel. Must be great in your world? You bet! Go on, give it a go - chase the dream!
