pilot did extremely well to deploy his reserve given his extreme rate of turn and the g-forces he had to withstand. The parachute bridle is lengthened to enable it to clear the aerial wreckage and behaved precisely as designed. The reserves are not cut-away on a hanglider.
It would have been perfect if the glider wouldn`t have folded like cardboard and instead worked properly throughout the show. So nah, I wouldn`t call people lucky just because they had luck after being unlucky in the first place.
These parachutes are always advanced quickly, up to 5 m * s-1. That is why it is good to have a parachuting course with training on a simulator for a special way of impact, when the body goes into an arc ...). Definitely the pilot should do any work, if possible different. That the parachute was not wound into the kite is only luck, not the art of the pilot, and the acrobatics were not in accordance with what the kite can withstand, so it was a big irresponsibility. Apparently he was a very young pilot and all that remains is to wish him a long life, because such pilots have a very short lifespan.
Or he almost ran him over,. depends :) According to what they teach you when you simulate these manoevers to get a licencese, the engine should be off already when your tight next to the person. I think they had to give quite some reverse thrust, but whatever ..
In this case it was the high g-loading on the base-bar (thing you hold on to)induced by radical aerobatic maneuvers (high speed entry into turns). Additionally the carbon base tube was apparently weakened by previous damage. This is one of the rare hang gliding accidents attributable to equipment failure. 99.9% are pilot error. A little bit of both in this one.
to be fair there is a good chance he might have survived that over water if the parachute had failed as that spin was performing an auto rotation and was slowing his descent speed, rather like a sycamore seed, still though scary as fuck !!
Lucky. That's the most violent energetic aftermath of a frame break seen. Could have wrapped up the reserve parachute in a hurry. Lucky pilot. He got out safe from the worst scariest situation. Lucky.
this also happened at a small air show in the USA, he also used the parachute, the following year people were disappointed that he did not do his BIG FINISH!
Thank God for this outcome! I don't care what you say these flying machines have a limited life time and should not be stressed like a factory built aircraft built for aerodynamics
You speak from knowledge and experience or are you just babbling from ignorance without really knowing shit? Btw, a hang glider is not a flying "machine". Doofus.
kudos to the cameraman for staying with the whole thing instead of like some morons who lower their cameras to get an eyeful at the most critical moment and cause themselves to miss the shot of a lifetime!
Truly! He could’ve easily drowned, especially if he had passed out. Those kind of G forces with him swinging around like that could’ve easily causing the pass out.
I've never witnessed a collapse like that before. They generally use Grade 8 fasteners, so that was some serious force on that particular bolt(s). You know the pilot had a nice adrenaline headache, after that.
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but he would have required great strength to pull his arms in against that spin and then to locate the parachute. You can see his arms flail back out at speed as soon as the chute is away.
With the exception of high-performance gliders built for it, hang gliders aren't designed to be inverted (upside down). Most of the wires that support the frame are set up in such a way to support a weight hanging underneath, not supporting a wing that's inverted.
@@petedavis7970 I do, often, nothing to do with being tough, its adventure and physics... You have done 100mph on a road not designed for it, what makes you so special?
@@pimplequeen2 Look, you clearly don't know anything about hang gliding. I'm not saying not to do acrobatics. I'm saying that you need a high performance glider designed for it. You clearly either lack the reading comprehension to understand what I'm saying, or you disagree and think people should do acrobatics in regular gliders, which is advocating STUPIDITY.
@@larrywest538 Kind of. Rescue chutes for hang gliders are designed with that risk in mind. Many are ballistically deployed so that you can fire the reserve away from the spinning glider, for that very reason.
> why did this happen in the first place The pilot was doing loop de loop flips and the glider collapsed under the strain. The entire glider is held together by wires and is made from aluminum. Looks like a wire snapped or possibly one of the tubes buckled. It's difficult to tell from the video. Hang gliding is NOT a dangerous sport, but can be if you do unorthodox things like this. I have never desired to do acrobatics.
All the hang gliding and gliding I have done, I have only ever had one worry, that has always been about the structure of the craft and what it can take But thest days if you look at the old gliders I fly. I have no worry they are well strong..but then, I do not stress mine like this guy did,, dose???, Horrid to watch that, even though he had a cute, I never wear one myself as most of my flying is low down. Thanks for showing. Cheers, Pete
I really don't know because he was slowed by the glider but without the parachute the water don't give more safety,isn't it? I really don't know, Im just learning and I don't wanna try to probe anything :p. I think that the glidder was very clever waiting the moment to launch the parachute. PD: English is not my language, sorry for any mistake.
It probably broke because he was inverted. Hang gliders are designed to support a weight hanging below them, not supporting the weight of the wing inverted. It requires additional support wiring on the top which, unless it's a high-performance glider intended to for loops and wingovers, probably isn't there.
This video capture offers an excellent tutorial on just what can happen. As a beginner to the sport, I am grateful to have seen this and what can happen when pushing the kite to the limit. The Schloss only adds to the value. danke fur sharing.
Even without the chute he would have stood a chance. His folded wing went on autorotate, which slowed his vertical speed down considerably. That chute looked a bitvsmall though.
surpriced his shut did not get tangled with all the filps he was doing during the deploying. and then not to have drowned. he need to know he is BLESSED
I've had several 'cutaways' from a malfunctioned main parachute and thankful, I could totally separate myself from the swirling mess above my head. What's the chances of that deployment not ending up as part of the spinning rig.
@@zippythinginvention The possibility of entanglement is the reason why skydivers release (cutaway) a partially malfunctioned (ie not fully open and spinning) main parachute before deploying a reserve, even when they're descending at a much slower speed than if still in freefall. Without any specific knowledge of this particular sport I would think there's similar possibilities. ps. No requirement for the uppercase 'NOT'; I can still pick out the word in a sentence without the emphasis.
No need for a parachute---just ten feet of electrical cord with a plug on the end. Just throw it out the back, and the plug will always find something to snag on.
yes er yee! you are CORRECT! or....i agree with you... he was going really fast! and pulled off quite a few amazing stunts in a row! can you say...adrenalin? guess he was gad he had a... tranquillizer in his pocket! ....or guessing he didnt care if he...broke it!
ive seen paragliders doing chute testing over water. the harness is heavy dont think id like to try it without the saftey boat. what gave way on the glider was it not to spec for aerobatics or had a fault.
I'm surprised there isn't some sort of emergency quick release that would separate you from the glider. It would have to be tiny explosive co2 carts or something of that nature
With the Gs he must have been pulling while spiraling, he could have quickly passed out. That deployment was a Hail Mary to God. It worked out just fine. Must say his prayers regularly.
ya!!!i second that! thats why mine has a 7 meter line of 5/8" dynema blend with a swivel on it. used to get crap from others back in the late 80,s cause i had a light weight swivel, 8,000lb test. then willswing started putting this really heavy swivel on theirs ..till i went way out of my way to point it out to em, that it could get ahead of the line or tangle with the lines with the type 18 webb...which most have (hot wire cutting) this lucky guy most likely has a short bridal for opening time
at other hang glider reserve deployments i see the chute is on a long bridle, i mean far away from pilot. by paraglider it isn't far away. whats de different?
I just bought my first glider without mast, and this video scares the shit out of me. I shore wont be doing any aerobatics vith it. It accelerates quite diffrently than my old WW super sport.
