May 2020, Flying a BGD Punk ML (90/110) at approximatively 110kg.
A knot in my strings almost brought me to the trees.
00:03 I inflate the glider to take off with a quick control. I cannot see any problem here.
00:09 I start running to take off, the shadow is a early indication that something was wrong.
00:15 The gliders directly goes to the right heading straigt to the trees. Why ? There is no apparent reason !
00:21 Strong counter on the left and also a strong pull on the left side break. (I cannot tell if i should have pulled less to avoid a potential stall issue) As i am stupid and love to play with trees, i try to touch the one i just avoided. No logic here, pure stupidity only.
00:28 The glider continues to pull to the right, at this point i have three options. I can try to land to the left but it is steep and it will get me in the trees. On the right side, I would have the wind in my back and a difficult landing due to the steep field. It is a high risk of injury for me at this time. Last option finally, going straight parallel to the barrier which would have been the best option.
00:48 I am convinced that this direction issue is coming from the harness set up, as I have been training a lot today with 360/SATs mainly on the same side. in my opinion there is no reason why the glide ratio should be worse than usual if issue comes from harness. So i continue to be mistaken in thinking i will clear the trees.
01:07 I counter on the left again and adding a lot of brake, hopefully no stall.
01:28 Trees cleared, I check above my head and find nothing wrong, it can only be the harness I am now sure of it !
01:40 So here i start checking my harness. Where did my settings move ?
01:53 The thermal is good here, however i chose not to take it and to focus on my flight to avoid further issues... At the end, i check again my harness. What is happening ?
02:20 Here you are ! Issue identified... Yes it took me too long and no, it is not the harness. My bad ! Time to pull lines to try to release the knot.
02:33 Finally the solution is to pull the break and the issue is fixed, hopefully without accident.
I hope this video will give you some tips on what to do if you find yourself in this situation, and that you won't repeat my mistakes.
Fly safe.
22 май 2020
