KEEP UP: How to get higher when paragliding in light lift

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5 жыл бұрын

It can be very challenging to fly in light conditions, but it's also when your skills are really tested. Join Flybubble Paragliding as we try to levitate along a small shaded ridge in the lightest of breezes.
Tons of tips for paraglider pilots in this one! Launch timing, ridge soaring, search patterns, turn timing, watching other pilots, trigger lines, lift lines, turbulence, transitions, winter flying and using the vario. Enjoy!
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@thermalflyer3601 5 жыл бұрын

This type of video where an experienced pilot is simply speaking aloud the thought process , explaining the decisions etc is incredibly useful. Thank you

@severinbechtold1873 5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY!! It can be ANY little flight, any thoughts that help less experienced pilots tremendously

@NicholasSladenDew 5 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@mbrunnme 5 жыл бұрын

These videos are like educational meditation. Love this vibe!

@severinbechtold1873 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy watching you flying in these weak conditions with little to no cutting in the video. You are a very good pilot; so that any unspectacular little flight helps pilots like me!

@AndreBandarra1 5 жыл бұрын

Really reminds me of winter flying in the UK. Hopping from here to there and always trying to hedge my bets. A lot those rolling hills have taught me. Great video Greg :)

@AndreBandarra1 5 жыл бұрын

yeah I've heard a lot of good things about Arnold and love that part of the country, near to where my dad lives too :) need to take the time to explore xc sites in portugal during summer. I've done some medium/big distances in the UK but here I think it will be different because we can get really high :) 2k, 3k :) and more. only been to 1500m or so in the uk

@tangolima647 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Greg for this beautiful educational video!

@javierserrano2125 5 ай бұрын

Greg, you are a bird of prey!!!!love your work,,

@laniik 5 жыл бұрын

thanks so much! this kind of narration is super helpful for us to learn the thought process of better pilots!

@gabiciaba 5 жыл бұрын

Very useful video,Greg✌️

@caspernilsson 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Greg!

@preetisaxena5503 4 жыл бұрын

Great job Greg. Thanks again for this.

@Adventure_Bum 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your videos. Love them!

@milcog3662 5 жыл бұрын

Thx again Greg ! .....” thats the game, it’s verry simple” at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="771">12:51</a>.......😩😏

@jpetzke 5 жыл бұрын

Great video - really appreciated hearing your thoughts while looking for lift in such light conditions and late in the day. Learned quite a bit from you on this one - even the simply obvious point while you were walking and knowing there is lift when the glider shoots forward, should have known that, but never thought about it that way until you mentioned it. Thanks!

@barrywebber100 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you fro sharing your skills and experience.

@NourLababidi 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Great content and video. thank you as always!

@climb315 Жыл бұрын

Love the videos! Thank you

@arndwolvetang5025 Жыл бұрын

Very useful, great to join you on this flight

@paraglidingpassion338 5 жыл бұрын

Greg super flying I love this type of flying this is when the skill factor comes into our flying.✅🆒🇬🇬🇬🇧🇿🇦

@junuhunuproductions 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful!

@billbankes-jones6034 5 жыл бұрын

Greg. Your a star man!

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

... when I stay up ;-)

@mustafasinan866 3 жыл бұрын

Nice man

@ashbrand6739 Жыл бұрын

Thanks maté, some great advice 👍🪂

@flybubbleparagliding Жыл бұрын

Happy to help. 😁 See the Flybubble Knowledge Base for a wealth of free-flight info and advice: flybubble.com/knowledge-base

@perkarlsson4915 5 жыл бұрын

And I have never flown, yet watching each and every video you guys put on YT. Keep them coming!

@caspernilsson 5 жыл бұрын

Bara att börja :)

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

we'll turn you into a pilot yet! :-) glad they inspire you

@MotoFlyGuy 5 жыл бұрын

nice. I really want to get in to paragliding. I love paramotor. but to stay up for so long and fly in silence must be great. most flights I like to go up high before landing and kill the motor and enjoy the glide down.

@SerbanOprescu 5 жыл бұрын

Nice music, splendid views, very nice video.

@tomasjuskaitis 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video. Thank you for sharing all of those tips! Also, does FlyBubble sell these attachable ball compasses, as you've got in this video?

@andersborum9267 3 жыл бұрын

As always it's very educational and inspiring. You're asking for suggestions .. as an aspiring pilot, I am interested in learning about the struggles you faced as a beginner to paragliding, i.e. what were your fears (if any) and the path to overcoming said fears or mental boundaries. I'm asking as I'm personally not afraid of heights per se (tandem flights), but definitely face some mental barriers about moving away from e.g. ridges (meaning the safer ground) and increasing heights. Are these normal thoughts for people getting into paragliding and something that'll simply go away as one continues to practice? (might be answering my own question here, but if the answer is that paragliding just isn't for everybody and one shouldn't have any concerns, even as a beginniner, I'll have to reconsider). Also, is it normal for beginners to do face plants when front starting as the canopy overshoots? (mine did a couple of times) I'm 45 and physically in good shape; also, I have access to some of the best pilots in Denmark for training (currently signed up for a team in march, 2021).

@shraddhajantre 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. I always curious about what that sound is in the background? Is that camera sound? In many Paragliding videos I heard of it.

@MikeyFirst 5 жыл бұрын

I see you flying with moderate brakes. It looks like a little more than the brake travel when flying actively. I presume that's somewhere in the range of min sink? Or is just to fly slow to be in the lift as long as possible? What's the idea behind this? Nice video footage! It's quite addictive to watch.

@ranman58635 4 жыл бұрын

I'm new so I hope this is not a dumb question. Above your brake toggles there are handles. What are those for? I'm guessing, trims?

@addzyify 3 жыл бұрын

They are for controlling the glider while using speed bar without losing speed

@therealtimedigimob 4 жыл бұрын

Great video! What location is this?

@m.sierra5258 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Greg! I understand the things you say, but when I try them myself, I always have the problem that whenever I decide during the flying around that this is enough lift to circle/search there, I loose height overall. What are your technical tips for flying with little lift, especially how to fly curves, how much brake pressure on which brake, and at what point to search? How far away from the hill? How do you make quick direction changes without height loss? I refuse to accept that it is all in the aspect ratio of the wing, there has to be some pilot knowledge.

@ld4347 5 жыл бұрын

hello , i want to come in your country, but where is this place to do paragliding please? thanks for your great videos

@AP-gn9fd 5 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I do a lot of coastal ridge soaring, are varios as useful in that situation as they are for inland thermalling?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

yes! if you're below ridge height it's easy to notice changes in climb rate, but when you're above the ridge line, especially on the coast, it's hard to tell. Then you miss out on the small signals of a sea thermal, and miss out the chance to get really a lot higher and a lot further upwind from that coastal ridge.

@AP-gn9fd 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Greg!

@davepacker5441 3 жыл бұрын

Did I see you cross a road near Breacon today ???

@liamainsworth1023 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I have been watching your videos and really enjoy them. I weigh approximately 115kg is that to heavy for paragliding or should I try paramotor?

@danielcoffaro6569 4 жыл бұрын

I just started paragliding. I have a friend who is about that weight and paraglides. They make different size wings for different weights. The Kibo 2 is the wing that I use. The large for that wing is 100-130 kilos, so you could use that.

@markmcgoveran6811 2 жыл бұрын

I love you more every day. I live in the devil's Ball as far as nice wins come off the ocean and stuff. It's all rotors by the time it gets here. We have these giant fronts that come through and man is it crazy sometimes. I just bought an epsilon nine 30 and I'm flying about 5 kg from the top recommended limit weight Wise. I swear I thought I saw this man walk around with his wing above him like an antenna on a grasshopper. When that wing jumped forward on him he ran into a thermal that was just for me on the ground. The camera doesn't reveal a lot of the terrain. Next spring when the air is highly unstable and the Sun is beating on a black field next to a big snow covered field I'm going out in that black field and try to take off from the flat ground. Just like it appears my hero did. Do you know how many times I have been accused of making a mountain out of a molehill? Finally a home for my skill!!!

@sevie3026 2 жыл бұрын

i tought you could only use that thing to only slow you down as you go down, ive never tought that it could lift you up

@jimfuhrman8665 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff @Greg Hamerton. The launch timing, you were talking about feeling the wing pull forward, so you were talking about a thermal lifting in front of launch? and feeling the air on launch pull the wing forward to backfill?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

Yes Jim! There's a little change in angle. When the airflow ahead of the hill is descending in general, your wing hangs back. If it's ascending, you get a slight feeling of excitement! A bit more on flybubble.com/blog/keep-up-paragliding-in-light-lift

@magetervel 2 жыл бұрын

what kind of sensors would a drone need to be able to achieve something like this? Or maybe several meteorological stations and two metorologists as operators?

@ParaglidingVlog 5 жыл бұрын

For such light lift you need a good paragliding and preferably a new :)

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

the difference in sink rate is very slight with new good wings, the older ones still had OK sink rate, they just didn't glide as well fast, or feel as nice! So it's more important to focus on technique and timing, where you turn, where you search.

@sergioprospero 2 жыл бұрын

Where is your mic? Could you tell me the model please? Thanks!

@peterblackburn7269 5 жыл бұрын

greg is that beeping unit work on wind change or height change as keep hearing wonder what it does? ,🤔cheers lovevideio

@m.sierra5258 5 жыл бұрын

It's a variometer, indicating height change, e.g. vertical velocity. Beeping means up, higher means faster. Constant tone means down, lower means faster. They generally work using pressure sensors, the newer ones are assisted with accelerometers and gyroscopes to decrease the response time.