Just don't kill your engine when you go to land wait till your feet are on the ground. You don't see airplanes kill the engine before they touch down. This isn't a car or you can swerve out of the way of a deer. Stay at idle until your feet are on the ground. You may have already realized that seeing as you're not new anymore

Tim Johnson thanks for the feedback

probably your very good pilot and instructor!

It's not so easy to use a visual reference as you have described with an airplane as the wind strength considerably changes how we set up for each landing.

@@SkySchool True, the parawing is affected much stronger by wind than a heavy chunk of an airplane! Also, if ever I’d push the stick forward on a flight it is at landing - flying almost till the end straight towards the touch down target point, while the parawing doesn’t have this pitch down control. When we extend full flaps we know that the glide slope gets steeper, so this maybe equivalent to you pulling on the trailing edge of the wing on holding it ( brakes?). In any case, I’m really looking forward to learn this way of flying, it is pure freedom! In the airplane I do the same airports around me year after year, cannot land or take off wherever I want, heavy vibrating cabin, smelling like oil, each time I land I just want to stay in the field to feel the breeze and smell the meadows and the air! Pushing in and out of the hangar 1,5 ton planes, paying per hour quantities of money that will keep you for moths in the air on a paramotor! Not to mention the constant paperwork and dependency on a club….

@@RosssRoyce definitely time to take up paramotoring then!

For the Spyder we recommend setting the trimmers on the white stick and using the 2 stage flare technique. If you get the timing right then actually get a little but of lift towards the end of the swoop which means in nil wind you land with very little forward speed. If you go full slow on the trimmers we've found you don't get as good a swoop on landing. I hope that answers your question.

@@SkySchool I had assumed that would be your answer I tried ounce to land with trimmers all in ( SLOW ) thinking I would land slower and softer but experienced a steeper descent and it caused me to jam my knee painful and not sure if it was my technique or thats just the way it will happen if I try again where's if I use the Neutral ( white stitch ) setting and do the 2 step I come in with more speed but I'm able to land with less impact do to a much shallower angle but do have to run some times to keep from face planting LOL .I guess a bit more work on the last part that you flare as the last of the energy is drained from the wing just enough to to raise and float down to a standing stop. Thanks for the input ..

It depends upon the wing however on most wings you have a better flare if you ease out the trimmers by an inch or so from full slow

davidis7 the wind was indeed light but the camera angles can be deceptive as the pilot was landing into wind

Research the model you have or contact the manufacturer

Once you’ve nailed your landings then yes this is fine

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Great videos btw :)