Thanks :) I do really want to try the 2 stage stall. Looks super clean when done correctly. I think it's a natural progression especially moving into higher aspect wings. And spin to backfly is next on my list to do for sure! Would you say it's a more technical move?

@@thomm0007 I'd say the spin to backfly is actually easier and less abrupt. It's difficult to mess up. What I do is hands down to chest level or so, wait for wing to stabilize, one hand fully down on one side to pierce, half wing starts to go backwards, put both hands to backfly level.

My first SIV was on a Swift 5, same problems! Stay confident and really do the 2 stage stall. After batteling with the Swift the stalls are super easy on my Alpina now . But what I ve learned are all different kind of bad stall exits with the Swift and that helped me a lot in flying!

@MattyDeutschmann that's really good to know! Thanks. Good to know the experience translates to other wings, evan at least somewhat.

No worries :) Hope it helps.

Thank you 👍

Nice. And yeah I'd love to try the reserve deployment again, find a better way of getting the wing in quicker....without using quick-outs :D I think dry gloves would have helped heaps.

So true.

@@thomm0007 one of the maeuvers i work more and i love it, it's the full stall because i nearly go in my wing, but i master the beast and now who is the boss hahahaaa, if you can play with the energy hahahaaaa you're the boss.

Thanks for watching!

Thank you too

No problem 👍

Good choice! One of the best performing high B's imo.

Try not to be terrified. It's one of the safest places to be if you really listen and follow instruction. Things that used to terrify you will probably just become "meh". I'd say try to go at your own pace so you don't get too scared.

Thanks!

cheers!

Totally worth it imho

thanks :)

Good advice. I am also willing to try a more authoritative harness. i.e. seatboard. Some of the guys had trouble controlling the glider in backfly and they had hammock style harnesses. The Strike 2 does have a seatboard but I think there are more supportive harnesses around. Still good to SIV on the gear you will fly often.

thanks :)

Thanks :) It's only found on youtube as far as I can see. The info is correct in the description. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/as6erdWav7yRdYk.html

Thanks for the kind words. My face didn't show how nervous I was lol. In the High B class I think the Swift SIx is the best glider I've flown. The only reason I don't have it anymore is because I am now flying a 2 liner C as I like the full control on full bar and extra top speed in competition flying. The Swift Six seemed to have no compromise between floatability, glide and speed on bar when comparing to other high B gliders. Also light enough for hike and fly. Super easy takeoff characteristics, light wind launching and spanwise stability were excellent too. I kinda miss it tbh.

I think it adds nicely to how rediculous we look naturally :D

Ha thanks. Maybe I just appear calm. It's pretty exciting. The school is @SkySurfParagliding in Australia. More info in the desciption.

I subscribe to @FlyWithGreg and he does a good video on filming in flight. The method I used was the self standing insta 360 selfie stick with a hole drilled in one of the feet with a clip on it clipped onto the inside of the harness next to my waist. The selfie stick extends up onto the chest strap/flightdeck where I use a velcro ziptie to keep it in place. From here you can extend it out really easily and control the camera. For the SIV it is in really really close to the flight deck for safety reasons.

Hope so! lol Cheers:)

Yeah I was a bit surprised. But not heaps. The modern high B-s really are pushing the limits of the category I think.

Totally agree! It's probably a more prevalent phenomenon in areas that don't have SIV courses available or are prohibitively expensive.

Lol, yep. I fixed it on the following days 😂

Don't know about Europe, but this is in Australia. The Mentor 7 Light looks like an awesome glider too. Interested in how it performs in an SIV, as glide performance in the modern High B class is pretty close. How did you find it in your SIV?

Actually can't remember exactly sorry, not that long really.