Simple Paraglider GROUND HANDLING training demonstration

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2 жыл бұрын

Join Greg and trainees for a condensed paraglider ground control coaching session on the hill. This video shows the shortcuts to being a ground hero - the key principles to paraglider control and depowering your launch.
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Edited by Courtney Dawe
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@samirstreatfield1996 2 жыл бұрын

Terrific advice. Had never thought to pull my C's before bunching my glider. Love your videos.

@AddictionHappiness 2 жыл бұрын

Playing with wind is the best 🤩

@crofty_92 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you for inspiring me too! First lesson booked in!

@laurikeranen 2 жыл бұрын

Depowering the wing is absolutely the thing Im going to practice next. Thats the thing that i need to master. Thx for tips guru

@susannewilliams 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. So simple. Thank you!

@ALHJ1997 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, this would have saved me so much hassle earlier on! More like this please!

@piotrpawelkapusta4192 2 жыл бұрын

Perfectly explained! Great job Greg

@johnoutside84 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent instructional video. Thanks Greg!

@markhuman Жыл бұрын

Great tips Greg! You are legend

@linolafettatnet 2 жыл бұрын

Great format for the video, very enjoyable! Thank you.

@jumpleadsx2 2 жыл бұрын

Whoah - now i want to go out and do some groundhandling !!! Great video!

2 жыл бұрын

quick tips, full of information. This urge to fight the glider, instead of doing small step forward and depowering it, it is very easy, but counterintuitive (from beginers perspective), so it took me more than few difficult starts and I am still not sure I mastered it :-)

@ElsmoreHomes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this! 😀👍🏻

@HermannLoose 2 жыл бұрын

Learned that "extra length of C lines" trick from one of your older videos and it makes a world of difference in how nicely or not the wing bunches up. I still keep forgetting it in practice when I first bunch up to leave a busy landing site and after a few meters of dragging what feels like a mini hot air balloon behind me, I remember. 😁

@mcbrite Жыл бұрын

Ohhhh, the mini hot air balloon, we ALL know that one! Worse if it's windy! ^^

@ooglek 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Greg! Thanks for posting! I was always told -- flip the risers over clockwise, turn clockwise. It isn't intuitive but it works! (you can choose to go counterclockwise for both as well, works the same).

@marcusbaca634 9 ай бұрын

Greg - you are the best. Always very excellent instruction. I've learned SO much from your great videos.

@tarpnpoles 9 ай бұрын

Really awesome tips, thanks!

@keenanhursh1118 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@darioguarracino8961 10 ай бұрын

great. one of your best video teaching

@raoulduke1914 2 жыл бұрын

useful tips, especially for tight takeoffs like Sir Lowrys Pass

@MrKbtor2 2 жыл бұрын

Greg, a groundhandling Ninja!

@mountainflyhigh Жыл бұрын

Been flying 20+ years, the world over. Still amazed how many pilots, including high-level comp pilots, that pull their wing up in stronger conditions with absolutely no pre-planned idea on how to kill it if things go pear-shaped. Brakes are never enough, you need to have a kill method in place, appropriate for your wing design, BEFORE you inflate. You shouldn't be allowed a P2 without demonstrating this skill in actual windy conditions.

@crofty_92 2 жыл бұрын

Booked in for my first lesson! Thanks for inspiring me!

@gabsisbabsis540 Жыл бұрын

How is it going now?

@pauledwards3325 10 ай бұрын

I am going to look for the ground work videos for powering my launch . I have a lot of work to do and your help is where its at. The first time I leave the ground and return smoothly I will be a happy CAT . Even if it is for 120ft. Then I think I will be ready for the tow line .

@SanctionNormac Жыл бұрын

I didn't like this video - I LOVED it! Cheers Greg

@jirisilhan3094 2 жыл бұрын

Good video

@Dvybz 2 жыл бұрын

The problem is the right timing and the right amount of power when you pull the A lines. It is a very fine game between pulling the A lines, moving towards the wing as it lifts of the ground and the right amount of pull on the C lines. After years of flying still trying to get better at it.

@AdiAsaf 11 ай бұрын

Even the initial advice re the brakes position is priceless. There is no need to have this mass of A risers & C risers bundled in each hand...Simply pull them up your wrist..you'll have plenty of time reaching for them once the glider is up..that's the easy part

@turkeyphant 2 ай бұрын

Any tips for keeping a high aspect glider pinned to the ground? The centre of mine flaps up in a horseshoe when trying to keep it down with rear risers

@TheGrundigg 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool video! I need to find a nice ridge/ slope for GH and some low flying practice. Living near good flying sites like Annecy is great but I have never soared a safe grassy ridge before but I have thermalled 1.5km above takeoff... Wrong order! :D

@HermannLoose 2 жыл бұрын

I would challenge the idea that soaring is safer than thermal flying.

@turkeyphant 2 жыл бұрын

When did you run this course and are you doing any more?

@bgparis100 9 ай бұрын

Great video, are the wings your using smaller? Or are they full size 11-12 metres?

@itsalifestyle496 6 ай бұрын

Hey Greg this is Eric I was wondering how should the wind fall whenever you're done ground handling if you're not touching anything when it's up in the air cuz I got a brand new wing and it's wanting to collapse in the middle shouldn't fall on the shouldn't fall like on the left wing tip and I'm talking about whenever it's in are and you don't touch nothing and it's floating and then it stops it shouldn't collapse in the middle should it if you can get back with me and let me know I would really appreciate it