This is the perspective my buddies must have had when I took the InCross120 "quick" descent. Took well over 10mins and quite some drift under my way too large reserve till arrival at the ground. I pulled the reserve at cloud base after a nasty wing collapse and didn't even try to undo the mess. Maybe I should have given it at least a few attempts. 😅
If not cascading into a spiral, and there is plenty of altitude, why not to attempt to fix it? Spirals can be deadly at any altitude, so throw early if there is no quick exit.
@@SkyMaxOne It was my first big and sudden collapse. Before realizing what happened 3/4 of the wing crumbled. No direct spiral but I got scared and panicked. Today I would handle it more focused and most of all, I won't scream like a hysterical teenager before the reserve was out and open! 🙄 It all happened slightly below 4000m in the Alps, so I had somewhat around 2300 to go. Under a reserve which could have carried 1.5 x my weight. The InCross100 had been a solid fit already.
Paragliders are not designed to open at velocity. We launch off a mountain and use ridge lift and thermals to go up. In thermal lift you can climb all the way to the cloudbase
If the cloud base is high enough you can fly up to the air space limit at your location. In same areas this is beyond 4000 m. Or over 3000 m above the ground. In the summer most strong thermals reach from ground all the way up to the clouds. If you are lucky you can get one at 400 m and 7 minutes later you are at 3000 m.
You gain confidence pretty quick, you feel yourself being pulled up when you launch. I started paragliding and paramotoring 3 years ago to overcome a fear of heights.
at 0:03 before it disappears behind your glider it's turning tight left, possibly left spin, when it re-appears it's turning right with a right side cravatte. wtf happened....
@@SkyMaxOne " all I wanna do is have some fun, I got the feeling I'm not the only one...." Sheryl crow...awesome you got this on vid, thanks sharing. now I know what it looks like from other than the pilot's seat.... Been there done that on R10, Enzo2, haven't deployed on a 2 liner, ...yet....... lucky lucky.
@@billS-c3nI understand the fact pilot a cameraman was climbing whilst old mate pilot b was descending, however, when they were in close proximity of one another you can see how fast he’s dropping out of the sky in that moment which won’t kill him, but definitely fvck pilot a for sure landing like that
The inflatable wing concept certainly "looks cool and convenient"; however it ultimately turns out to be a very risky endeavor. Know that paragliding requires one fourth the skill and four times the judgement of hang gliding. The lack of an airframe means that a paraglider offers zero crash protection during an accident.
It's not like safety record of hang gliding is any better than paragliding. Different aircrafts, different issues. It all comes down to the pilot and training.
