Paragliding Tips: Wind Speed, Air Speed And Ground Speed Explained!

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5 жыл бұрын

Flybubble Paragliding explains the difference between wind speed, air speed and ground speed. We show you why the wind direction matters, give you some tips on how to judge the wind direction when you're paragliding, and talk about how to make a safe landing when you don't have a windsock.
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@mbrunnme 5 жыл бұрын

These videos are just getting better. I always come away calmer and more educated, I could watch them all day. Thanks for helping me fly, guys.

@dropsofink1336 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I am going to watch this one over and over again. Tracking your airspeed by your shadow over the ground is a great way to "see" SOG.

@720spinna 4 жыл бұрын

Never really seen or heard it defined so well. Just been used to feeling it in flight and watching the windsock near landing. Kind of like writing a cool riff on a guitar and not knowing what technique you used until you show an instructor. Thanks, Greg!

@FluidBlow 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing how it looks so easy watching you fly. That landing is so soft, like a caress on a feather duvet. Thanks for sharing

@martinlittle9917 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Greg and team Flybubble: as ever you share your knowledge generously and with delightful touches of whimsy and the child-like wonder we all have for the airborne world we love...

@luissoco 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Greg and Carlo, this is gold! I'm sharing it with all the students I'm currently coaching.

@cj3t 5 жыл бұрын

It's great to see a video that gives us a recap on the basics. Great footage as well!

@markmcgoveran6811 Жыл бұрын

I always love your videos watch them over and over. They're pure silver with gold nugget dressing. When you said if the wind sock on the paraglider stops blowing let out some brakes cuz you're about to stall. That's a gold nugget. I think a guy starting out like me needs to build a stall horn of some sort to put on his foot once you launch and you're flying if you go too slow it starts honking because you're going to stall. I had thought of a small windsock kind of like you have or a streamer on your foot so you'd get an idea of my relative wind speed.

@AdventureBrad 5 жыл бұрын

As a new pilot (motor and free flight) I really appreciate the time you put into your videos! Your video on cravats was a big help in seeing and understanding a cravat. This video is great demonstration as well. Thanks so much and happy flying!

@Hix066 5 жыл бұрын

Great instructional video as ever Greg. Great work. I'll be sure to add my patreonage, when I've got some funds coming back in regularly. Keep up the great work!

@ginoferreira5193 4 жыл бұрын

AMAZING Video and instruction! Very clear!!

@archiebob11 5 жыл бұрын

How can anyone give this a thumbs down? Fantastic video Greg, beautifully shot and so well explained with your mini boot windsock 👍👏👏

@AP-gn9fd 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video thank you so much. Please do more like this!

@MikeyFirst 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks again for sharing this! Very educational, but also very nice scenery.

@rogee3742 4 жыл бұрын

Just starting out on my paragliding journey. Finding all your videos very useful. Thnx.

@davidcrooks1752 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly explained just shows a picture (video) is worth a thousand words. Thanks

@ollielaw Жыл бұрын

Thank you for these videos Greg. I start my first course in November and getting ahead of the basics really help!

@fredericcavrenne162 5 жыл бұрын

Greg , you've got a perfect camera system to show us more details and advice for wing over practice , may be good idea for a further movie......always well done .

@barrywebber100 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating food for thought, thank you for posting.

@CuCarrot7686 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Greg, now I learnt

@windspeedmetersandanemomet6444 3 жыл бұрын

Educational, insightful and a good watch. Thanks, 👍

@Dave82012 5 жыл бұрын

AMAZING as always!! Thank you :)

@JohnUsp 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you.

@MrSowrd204 4 жыл бұрын

You have an excellent way of explaining things in a slow clear manner. Impressive how I learned a lot thanks

@avugiak 5 жыл бұрын

Allways good information here!! Awesome!

@TC-sr1qf 5 жыл бұрын

Great instruction, and what a beautiful place to go flying.

@9999DAJO 5 жыл бұрын

Just joined.....great material guys !! thanks !!

@Hemersonr 5 жыл бұрын

wow!!!!! this is what a masterclass... simple and practical... great tips for certain ears...

@BobJones20001 2 жыл бұрын

These phenomena occur when sailing, the yachties among us have a head start on understanding this. For anyone wanting more explanation look up true vs apparent wind in sailing.

@AndreBandarra1 5 жыл бұрын

Really cool video Greg and cool concept by Carlo too :D

@rfs2942 5 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your time and effort put on your videos. you are superb teacher!

@ripmanridin7092 5 жыл бұрын

Good stuff.............thanks for sharing!

@CaveMan2ooo 5 жыл бұрын

"I am causing this wind" - sorry for laughing at this, Greg. Hope it generates some lift ;)

@NourLababidi 5 жыл бұрын

before even finishing the video. "Let's Go Up and Take a Look" Awesome video our other videos. Thank you! Ok, now I paid my fees, I'm going back to the video to enjoy and learn.

@SerbanOprescu 5 жыл бұрын

Very, very nice video. A.A. Milne quotes in a paragliding film? This is remarkable. And splendid music...

@milcog3662 5 жыл бұрын

Interesting theorie presented in a practical way with a sause of British humor......love it!!

@bloomblossoming3387 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Teacher! oh and the music is magnificent

@peterkemp4372 5 жыл бұрын

Perfect, thanks.

@StanBarankiewicz 5 жыл бұрын

Great content, nicely done! Please do a vid on where to expect the best lift along a ridge as you go higher. I struggle with that.

@JauLingChou 5 жыл бұрын

production quality and content is excellent, very easy to understand! are you using a rylo or a chase cam?

@Newt69 Жыл бұрын

Greg your my hero!!!!!!!!

@MrCBMMUNICH 5 жыл бұрын

very professional....very sympatic....it´s a god way to Learn....Greetings from Austria....Your CBM-MUNICH

@thermalflyer3601 5 жыл бұрын

Great video as always. Thank you How about more videos on launching at the right part of a cycle and finding then coring thermals. I know you have already done this but in my opinion it’s the thing we spend most time trying to master. I have been flying for about 200 hours now and feel like I am only just starting to get the hang of it!

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

tip 1: go somewhere where it doesn't matter so much and have great flying ;-) it's really hard, very frustrating in the UK, because you're starting from so low, in such weak conditions, with poor ground heating. tip 2: work on slope landing, so you get really good at this and can take lots of chances trying to launch and then relaunching and relaunching. I'll do a launch timing vid sometime, it's a hard one to film.

@lamarmolada 3 жыл бұрын

I like your channel!

@kindmartin 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Greg, really like the way you explain, easy, calm, and easy words. in this video I think in clifts is easy, the hard is in open landscapes like valleys or even in mountains. In those, I try to do some circles maintaining the same input on breaks and weigh shiting and look /project what is the direction of the imaginary circle center is moving. wash grass or trees could help, as birds and other pilot flying nearby. I also thought in drop a light arrow paper and trying to see where is moving, sometimes altivarios with GPS in my phone like avario app could help.

@calegarieliton 5 жыл бұрын

Strong like brother...

@clubsnapperuk 5 жыл бұрын

Very good videos. I love all of them. Can I ask. At what point ( if there is one ) do you factor in gusts wind speed.

@Hemersonr 5 жыл бұрын

because of these relative velocities I use an instrument and look at the indications from time to time... we must know our average ground speed (no wind) with that info it's easier to estimate if we are going downwind or upwind or even if the wind is accelerating or stopping this improve our situation awareness...

@matthieup5098 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid Greg, great as always! It's the opportunity for me to try and sort out an old fight I have with a paragliding buddy who argued that some wings were more efficient than others at flying into wind assuming the same airspeed and glide ratio. I, for one, was (and still am) convinced that a paraglider has no way of "knowing" whether it is flying into wind or "running" and hence cannot change its behaviour accordingly. So who you think is right?

@andywendler3887 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@flybubbleparagliding Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@niconico3907 4 жыл бұрын

Its great for cliff soaring. For inland flight, You could have talked about looking at a point on the ground below you, and making one or more slow and steady complete turn, and look what direction and how much you drifted from above the initial ground point.

@commenge 5 жыл бұрын

I like ur videos Greg,, Ill be glad to meet you in UAE/EGY when you fly by ..

@TheAlphalimamike 5 жыл бұрын

Good practice explaning but you could easy tell the seabreez is a daily wind coming from the sea toward ground. Thats beacuse high pressure ( over the sea) goes toward low pressure ( ground ) and its the opposite during the night. The wind is stronger ( gustly too ) at 14-15:00 pm as in that time we have the daily highest temps. Thanks for the video.

@anonlove5551 5 жыл бұрын

Buena leccion!!

@swj2556 5 жыл бұрын

Being able to tell wind direction and strength on a ridge soaring site is rather simple. The wind direction has to be fairly predictable and known otherwise you wouldn't be able to fly that site. Reading the wind at a mountain thermal site from the air on an XC flight is a bit of a different story. Maybe some tips and tricks on wind direction and strength when going XC, since you will be flying into and out of different air masses, would be appropriate for another video topic. When to use speed bar and when not to? How should you utilize ground, wind and air speed and glide ratio on the vario to maximize performance on an XC flight? How do thermals affect ground, wind and air speed?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions, Scott. 'Wind and XC flying', sure can do, I've got a whole XCmasterclass series planned as one of our stretch goals on Patreon, so the more pilots that join up there, the sooner it happens. Lots of this is covered in our knowledge base on the website - poke around there a bit in the meantime. flybubble.com/blog/flightskills

@georgh.7558 5 жыл бұрын

Grate explanation! Which launch site is it? :)

@laniik 5 жыл бұрын

great videos, looks like a nice flying site! idea: bubble machine on the back to visualize thermals? :D

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

love that idea! although I can see myself getting absolutely drenched with soap. The other pilots in a gaggle usually do a good job of marking a thermal so you can visualise it.

@laniik 5 жыл бұрын

There might be some circumstance where bubbles can reveal something a bit different as they are not falling as fast as other paragliders, but yes, it does sound rather messy :D

@Julien.adventure 5 жыл бұрын

it seems like a good place for Flying :D

@user-th8pz9sc4d 4 жыл бұрын

Очень полезное видео. Спасибо за перевод! Хорошая шутка про дорогое оборудование - колдунчик 😀

@VLADParagliding 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Greg, good tips for soaring. If you look to the wind you should see me eat my apple sauce on the other side of the Channel ;-) Greeting

@saamip 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE FROM NEPAL ❤❤

@nickbroyles6584 3 жыл бұрын

I’m considering getting into this sport BUT I want to experience and learn more about it. Where can I do this for the first time in Vegas? I haven’t found many areas

@andywendler3887 Жыл бұрын

Sooo cooll

@benedictteo3689 5 жыл бұрын

Greg, I Really Like Your State of the Art personal Wind Sock! could You Teach Me how to make one??

@peterkemp4372 5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the info, the recommended wing speed on a spec. Sheet is that the max wind speed at takeoff? All the best from the Bahamas

@domdg5234 2 жыл бұрын

when I was young 12 years my science prof says to me that no one know from the wind come and why! that was incredible for me😂

@stanleydenning 5 жыл бұрын

I'm actually studying to become a Powered Paraglider Pilot. This lessen can be applied. Thanks.

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

for sure, when you're landing a PPG you REALLY want to know you're doing it into wind!

@markmcgoveran6811 Жыл бұрын

Here's a question you might answer pretty old video.. could a low time pilot use a small wind sock or something of that nature on his foot to have a stall warning?

@khoa7269 4 жыл бұрын

I wish Greg could teach me paragliding :-)

@arnoldmeulen 5 жыл бұрын

Good video. I would like to know how an altimeter with sound beeps works on a paraglide.

@arnoldmeulen 5 жыл бұрын

I've searched for an hour and found the name of the device. It's called a variometer.

@kunjandave5526 3 жыл бұрын

बहोत सुन्दर कला भाई प्रणाम गुरु जी 😀🙏🙏🙏👌 कुंजन पी दवे गांघी नगर गुजरात

@pakk2khan117 3 жыл бұрын

Nic sir

@satman 5 жыл бұрын

Nice. Which location is that?

@danielgilber5481 4 жыл бұрын

HEllo. Please, where´s this place?

@LorDOlf 4 жыл бұрын

where is it?thx

@etakopolis 5 жыл бұрын

Hi. I was wondering how that footage past the 9 minute mark was shot? I can't figure it out :)

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

insta360 one, on a pole

@etakopolis 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, I thought it might be something like that. So at 11:15 you can see the shadow of that pole on the backpack and there's also a bit of an artefact above the shoulder. Correct? Does the camera remove the pole itself or is there a lot of post-processing involved?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

yes, the artefact is the stitch line of the 360 image. No post-processing needed for the pole, that gets removed automatically. But it takes time to select and guide the viewing frame and more time to add the stabilization.

@etakopolis 5 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks a lot!

@SerbanOprescu 5 жыл бұрын

By the way, Wind in the Willows by K. Grahame might have been more helpful... :)

@Lobotommy110 5 жыл бұрын

South African is probably the coolest sounding accent ever.

@Tiago.F 5 жыл бұрын

Why when i flying upwind i listen less wind noise then when i flying in the same wind direction?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

Not possible. Make a recording please and compare. Maybe you are hearing the wind noise lower while you are doing a turn, because your wing is slowed down by the brake? But gliding on a steady course upwind will sound the same as gliding downwind.

@Tiago.F 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe im not attentive when the glider is exactly come upwind or downwind. Im going check it. Anyway great video and nice idea the windsock on the harness, clarified many things.

@josealfonsomoralesmaya7707 5 жыл бұрын

Why do gliders fly with a red cord on the windsheald? Ps: Im not a glider pilot (i wish) but i think it has something to do with the subject. Thanks for the video.

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

because they can't feel the wind in their face. the red ribbon shows them they have slowed the wing too much and it has stalled or entered a spin. So it's the same as my windsock. For paragliders it's unnecessary, because you can hear and feel the wind. Maybe it would be useful for a competition pilot in a fullface visored helmet and the new Gin Genie Race 4 with windshield up, but those kind of pilots usually understand their airspeed.

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

this guy doesn't really need one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/npump7Ocp5fMY6c.html

@josealfonsomoralesmaya7707 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@christophostrowski3382 4 жыл бұрын

better than learning the theorie - but u need to learn the theorie!!

@spot2be 5 жыл бұрын

What enables the forward airspeed? (Obviously I am not a pilot.) Would appreciate any resources that would explain that.

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

gravity, then the wing is angled slightly nose down (shorter lines on front), so it slides forward on the air. same as a wingsuit. gliding bird. glider plane. given that your weight doesn't change, and the lines don't change length, the airspeed is constant (until you start fiddling with the brakes or accelerator).

@spot2be 5 жыл бұрын

Of course ... gravity, wing shape, weight shift. Thanks

@kunjandave5526 3 жыл бұрын

Ser gaidar prais 1pis? Sar You are cantari ?? आभार कुंजन पी दवे गांघी नगर गुजरात

@floreacalin4754 5 жыл бұрын

Why some peope dislike this videos, I just don't get it?

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe the same folk who sit on launch telling everyone how dangerous it is, and never fly? Maybe they don't like me because I've got TWO windsocks? Either way, I'm much more interested in the pilots who love flying, so I'll keep on making videos for you!

@mom0g1 5 жыл бұрын

sweet potatoe u can fly forever

@niconico3907 4 жыл бұрын

Drink when he say wind.

@igbc176 5 жыл бұрын

I bet a flat earther won't believe you create your own wind that combines eith the wind on the ground :P

@TimoOnline 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video. But sorry. This is something every pilot should really know before first flight. There is something wrong, if for a pilot this is something new.

@greghamerton4422 5 жыл бұрын

Pilots at all levels watch our videos Timo, some haven't even started flying yet, and some pilots forget their training or just don't get it.

@TimoOnline 5 жыл бұрын

Yes that's right. Great video anyway.