Paragliding: What speed to Fly? 

Thank you, glad it make sence as my EN is still poor ;) Hope that video is useful for you. Take care ;)

Thank you very much 🙏 glad you find my videos bit useful 😉

Thank you, appriciate it. Take care and happy flying ;)

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That is great news 🙏 wishing you all the best, lots of fun and quick progress🤞 good choice of helmet 😁

Thank you for watching, glad you like it, take care ;)

Thank you for watching and glad you find it useful 😋

As an engineer I agree with another engineer.

Thank you :)

Thank you, i know is lot of info in short time. Hope it will help you ;)

Dakujem pekne za podporu a za to ze ti moje videjka pomahaju. Kde lietas ? Stranik , Chopok ?

Este nelietam iba groundhandling skusam na vysielaci v dolnom kubine

Davaj si pozor. Prajem Vesele Vianoce a Stastny novy rok ;)

That harness optimiser was made by someone from our club many years ago, so that why you can not find it anywhere on web 🤷‍♂️ No sure if that guy is still alive. You will need made you own optimiser 🙂 Thank you for watching my video 🙏

Merci for watching 🙏 take care stay safe 😉

Left crocs down stairs ;) using them for flying not for similation of flying;) Thank you ;D

Where did you get the simulator bars etc ?

@@GodzillaGoesGaga i use from paragliding club , for this video demonstration 😉

@@PeterHoldy Thanks. The demo was very helpful in describing the balance and how the weight shift/distribution works. Very informative.

@@GodzillaGoesGaga Thank you 🙏 if you like to set your harness then you do not need necessary harness optimizer like in my video. You can just hang yourself in somewhere and it will do same job 😉

You are welcome , than you for watching 🙏

I never look that in detail as you did. Basicly i like pod better then nornal harbess as pods are more confortable to fly for longer period of time. Warm, no seat plat, so you feel glider bether and your weigh shifting is more efective and quicker. I know if you wont to fly more aerod. you have to buy that race harness as you said , they do less drag because of extesion on back. Good question man ;) Hope i answer it for you, from my point of view ;)

What you say, makes a lot of sense.. I have always been intersted in knowing the exact drag and slip coefficient, for a well-rounded chair harness, with legs nicely tucked in - along with some 'fairing' between leg-straps and the chest harness (perhaps with a wind deflector thrown in too) Vs a pod harness (without the rear fairing).

the most efficient shape for aerodinamics is a teardrop shape, this shape helps to reduce the drag created by the air vortex created when passed trough an object, im not very good to explain things either im not a expert, but see the links belows with videos to help you better visualize what a mean. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mbzwuNCHlXw.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2ArW-sA8NsQ.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RjzH-VAmi3E.html hope this helps !

Realy like it , thank you ;)

@@wingsonwheelsadventures799 That's a cool demo, who needs a wind tunnel? :-) Upon reflection, I can come up with many examples of manufacturers "going with the money flow" despite knowing better. Example 1: mountain bikes with clip pedals. Have you noticed that whenever there is a report of a race in a mountain biking magazine, you'll see only traditional clipless platform pedals being used? Example 2: digital SLRs. This type of camera was invented in the film era in order to allow viewing through the lens. It was a compromise (SLRs are in general inferior to mirrorless designs, both optically and mechanically) but it was the only way to solve the viewing problem, so people accepted it, grudgingly at first. (Notable exception: Henri Cartier-Bresson.) So one would think when the digital era began, SLRs would be ditched immediately as the main reason for their existence has been obsoleted. But surprisingly, no. Only very recently the manufacturers started relenting and allowed for the first time equipping their mirrorless cameras with good quality sensors and lenses (market pressure from smartphone cameras was probably the main reason). But I digress . Another interesting aspect of all this is one cultural difference I noticed comparing PG vs. HG Internet forums. Both periodically feature a thread like: "Why do we fly?" And one difference is interesting: while both forums talk about the importance of being "birdlike", it is _only_ the hangies who invariably mention the "unobstructed view down". PG pilots never mention that. Now we know why . [As you can see, I've just finished a large coffee.]

Recommending chest strap is different for every human. To set your perfect setting you have to close your fingers to fist and put your fist and elbow between your carabinas. That is your perfect setting recommended even with PG manufactures. Hope it make sense. This is our club harness optimiser and someone built that for our club 🤷‍♂️ So those holes are not for adjusting chest straps, it looks like that but they are pointless 😁 Naturally your riser want to spread way from you but your carabinas keep them in place.

@@PeterHoldy Thanks for the quick reply. It makes sense what you said in the first line regarding cheast strap distance. I wan't to make something simmilar to this hanger so I'm collecting ideas😀. What I also noticed is that on the middle of the upper plate there seems to be some kind of spring, correct? Thanks

@@tihomiraric1378 originally was there just small carabiner. But i put string to hung me up 🤣 but you can see string at each corner for simulating your brake handle. Thank you for watching 🙏

Sounds interesting 👌 😉

Yes, im great with ideas but I need follow through. I know one thing, I want to travel and see things. How to run a business ( I failed) but I will figure out how to do what I love and have fun too

I have big ideas but no money to make them real 🤣 but that can not stop us !

@@PeterHoldy, truth! I always get what I want. Not from a selfish point of view but in the way of, I always go for my dreams.

@@ranman58635 that is called a power of mind !!! 🙏

Thank you ;) realy do not know here you can find it, sorry :(

Make a fist and put it between carrabiners, so your fist touch left or right carrabina and your elbow the other carrabina, fore arm need to be straight, hope it make sense. That is best setting for weight shifting. To tight and you can enter spin or to wide , you want feel glider that good.

My paragliding club lent it to me :) so no idea where you can buy.

It all depending about aircraft wing design. But generally min sink and stall speed are not far off from each other.

@@PeterHoldy thank you for the prompt response. I thought for a paraglider the lowest speed was the full stall speed. The next lowest speed was a parachutel stall speed.. right above that is your longest glide per foot speed. Minimum sink is real close in that range. Then it's trim speed then it's full speed bar. If you were flying heavy on the wing or light on the wing the order of the speeds remains the same but for heavy flying on a wing you almost double the trim speed.

@@markmcgoveran6811 hope i can explain it. If you check my video again and check the Polar curve. At the point A - that is speed just near stall point the lowest speed you actually still able to fly forward. Any slower then point A you will stall your wing and you will going down like rock. Parachute stall and normal stall is same thing. You do not fly forward anymore. In parachute stall your wing is in paragliding shape and as we call full stall your wing is in mess. Parachute stall has little bit of less sink rate then full messi stall. Point B is min sink rate with just enough brake pressure. Point C is your trim speed hands up , your maximum glide over the ground. Point D is full bar and your max speed of your glider.

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Thank you 😉 take care!

Thank you;)

That Harness optimise is our club one. Do not know any links to buy one as is really difficult to buy one. Sorry can not help😞

Thank you 😁 take care stay safe !

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Absolutely you are correct ! C position in my video is best glide speed or called as well Trim speed. That is max L/D (lift /drag) ratio of your glider/ aeroplane. 😉 Thank you for watching 🙏

@@PeterHoldy thanks for replying. But I just want to confirm that best glide@ LD speed is the same to the trim speed. Bcos as in hang glider etc, the best glide speed is always a bit higher than trim speed. I m asking out of my own curiousity only, I m not questioing your credibility. Thx

@@ariffbasri in PG trim speed is Best glide speed too ! Trim speed on PG is hands up position. PPG wings or speed wings have trimmers. So you need to check which position of trimmer setting will give you best glide. Same in HG. So for easy explanation , PG wings hands up you get your Best glide. In aeroplanes, HG, Speed wings or any aircraft which has trimmer you have to find which is your best glide speed. Some HG or Speed wings have markings on trimmers which give you your best glide. In your case full trim setting will be minimum sink and then should be marking for best glide speed. Simple said your trim speed is different to your best glide setting. Hope it making sense 👌

@@PeterHoldy tq for your time. I appreciate it.😍😍😍

@@ariffbasri my pleasure to help 😁

If you are beginner best way pull yours Big Ears. If is smoot air not too rough use full Speed bar +Big Ears. These are the safest ways too loose your altitude. If you will master Wing Overs that will give you better descend rate. Never pull front A as you will have full frontal collapse. If you are high in mid air not near ridge or cliffs you can use B-line stall but you will loose forward speed! Quicker way is just deep Spiral Dive. Hope it make sence. Thank you ;)

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