Alex Raflas

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@phillippierce5974 20 күн бұрын

What? Didn't anybody teach you about this? A sailplane instructor taught me about this in 1968 when I was a kid. Study up on meteorology before you kill yourself.

@matiasguerraph Ай бұрын

yo amo volar adentro de las nubes ! la culpa es de alex que me incito a eso ! y ahora si no vuelo dentro de la nube no soy Feliz !

@markjohntowse5347 Ай бұрын

Jesus Man, get your nose down - that was thermalling, not spiralling. Nose down will be 15-20m/s - you only need a proper deep spiral for 5-10 seconds and you're golden... The final one at 2:58 was actually a spiral, the earlier ones not, and it was slow as hell - and you stayed in it for only 2 turns... You can clearly see you have barely a 45 degree banking outside of the 2 proper spiral turns... If you need to get out the sky, do it properly... SIV time 🙂

@EVE101Patt Ай бұрын

well.. at least it confirms my stance that i fly my glider somewhere else when i see a paraglider get sucked into the mist of a bigger cloud..

@PetrosChalkiadakis Ай бұрын

Kuddos to those who didn't nearly throw up during this flight! 🤢

@AKONTISTIS 2 ай бұрын

Ελενη σου παει το wet look!

@jackcarver8234 2 ай бұрын

full stall without watching your wing cannot end differaly

@AlexRaflas 2 ай бұрын

the fact that from the camera the wing isn't visible doesn't mean that the pilot isn't watching at the wing ✌

@jackcarver8234 2 ай бұрын

The pilot have the camera on the helmet and she dont look the wing@@AlexRaflas

@AlexRaflas Ай бұрын

yea ok , you know better! 👍👍

@jackcarver8234 Ай бұрын

@@AlexRaflas having already do 2 siv and keeping doing some full stall with some recorded with caméra on the helmet, yes i know what its look like, the camera follow the eyes so its obvious she not look the wing, whatever doing something being too afraid to watch what happen when you overbrake will never be usefull

@AlexRaflas Ай бұрын

@@jackcarver8234 yea yea whatever you feel :)

@es2053 2 ай бұрын

θαλασσαετός ?? 8-D

@hristodimitrov5422 2 ай бұрын

in 10 years I have thrown a reserve only once with the same wing, it was even the same color

@uberdenwolken4564 3 ай бұрын

Interesting how people can‘t judge weather beforehand and just fly under big clouds they can‘t handle. Then, doing nothing but pushing the speed bar. No ears, no spirals. As soon as they are finally in the clouds they panic and try small spirals. As soon as they see a little bit clearer again they nearly stop spiraling - just to get sucked up again. Get an A-wing, get an open harness and get back to training before doing xc in weather conditions you can‘t handle properly. Learn how to do big ears, learn how to spiral steep and learn how to judge weather, how to read clouds. Its no rocket science. But it is ridiculous to upload such behavior as a pilot with such smileys like it is a joke.

@basejumper1379 3 ай бұрын

When I get sucked like this I just pull the control bar in 🙂

@viliamgazo8589 4 ай бұрын

with all that spiralling and still getting sucked, well done getting out of it. Lots of traffic around even bird:)

@someguydino6770 4 ай бұрын

wow; the inflatable wing; really a GREAT idea!

@Krawaritis 4 ай бұрын

Ωραια wingover φιλος😋

@mountainflyhigh 4 ай бұрын

So, really. Why were you even there?

@Mazby2 4 ай бұрын

Looks nice... As 4 me I would preview the situation... if I did not , I would rather choose BIG-BIG EARS... 1/2 of surface... spiral in such turbulence...rather risky ...:)

@davidwashington4282 5 ай бұрын

Ok what is the best technique to get down asap ? Stall the glider?

@Ty160 2 ай бұрын

1) accel + big ears 2) deep spiral 3) B-stall 4) full stall (little extreme) 5) cut wing... wait... wait.. rescue parachute (true extreme) 😂

@DrAElemayo 8 күн бұрын

Speed bar (with big ears if necessary) to the nearest edge of the cloud. Then find sinking air. This is why you always need to know what direction clear sky is in, and preferably instruments to be able to stay in that direction if you do enter the cloud. If there's a chance of cloud suck, get out of the thermal BEFORE you have less than a 30-45 degree angle between the edge of the cloud. Spiral dives and other non-directional descent techniques are going to take way too much effort. Especially spiral dives, you might black out if you stay in them too long. Which is definitely likely if the lift is more than 10 m/s.

@Krawaritis 5 ай бұрын

Τρεζολι!🎉

@ChrisJewell7333 5 ай бұрын

At mark 3:05 what was that floating by you ? Weird it looked like some kind of material or fabric.

@herrlito-hv 5 ай бұрын

Why do paragliders just randomly fall from the sky so often? If never seen this happening with skydiver - parachutes or base jump - parachutes

@2310Ole 4 ай бұрын

because parachutes have a much higher wing loading and are primarily built to fly stable, unlike this paraglider, which is built for a better glide ratio

@herrlito-hv 4 ай бұрын

@@2310Ole makes sense. Thanks :)

@user-wz5od2qc4b 5 ай бұрын

Μπράβο σας ρε παιδιά, απίστευτη αίσθηση

@AdamChodorowski 5 ай бұрын

Excellent ! :) Best regards !

@marekkowalski541 5 ай бұрын

Alex, why didn't you spiral down? I mean proper life-or-death type spiral, with couple of loops around your brake handles, going down 25m/s, with glider completely horizontal, and the surrounding view turned into a zipping blur around you? Cos it seems you were taking things rather casually at the beginning, when you were at the base, and when maximum escape speed was needed. It could have easily gone the other way for you. Lucky dude ;)

@notthestig8524 Ай бұрын

If you've never done a nose down spiral the G forces are incredible and if you've not practised them pretty scarry!

@DrAElemayo 8 күн бұрын

You don't need wraps to do a spiral dive... After a certain angle with the horizon you'll actually need less brakes than what you used to enter it.

@paulino3320 5 ай бұрын

Thats the moment you are able to pray in 5 different languages!Wouldn´t it be better to try to escape with big ears from the could?

@AlexRaflas 5 ай бұрын

Hahaha 🤣 no time to pray cause i had an "issue" to solve! :) sucking was strong and i was going up even with spirals,so big ears wouldn't work

@theworldisbeautiful471 6 ай бұрын

Get a compas bro.

@rastachip 6 ай бұрын

I hope you have an ANTI G chute now…🤙☀️☁️

@AKONTISTIS 6 ай бұрын

Είσαι μεγάλος σκηνοθέτης

@Krawaritis 6 ай бұрын

Mentally came 😋

@hippoyell 9 ай бұрын

How is it overloaded that much with an average sized male and a woman? Weight limit is 440lbs. If your rig is 40lbs, then the two of you are 430lbs?? Do you have a large ballast??

@AlexRaflas 9 ай бұрын

Its a small size tandem wing and I'm heavy, we where 15-20 kilos over

@hippoyell 9 ай бұрын

@@AlexRaflas Wow. I just ordered a BGD dual 2 38m and weigh 170lbs. I figure with my kit I can take someone up to 230lbs... Do you mean 15-20kg over the optimal weight range of 180kg, or over the certified weight range of 200kg? Thank you for your response, I'm genuinely curious.

@AlexRaflas 9 ай бұрын

Nice! Over the max limit of the 38size, 200kg yes, in the video my body weight was about125kg + 65 the girl,+ more or less 20-25 gear + 3-5kg various stuff that we carried with us

@snickle1980 9 ай бұрын

You type in "Cloud suck" one time in KZfaq and now half of your morning is cloud suck videos.

@Krawaritis 10 ай бұрын

🤯🤪🎯

@MrAnthism Жыл бұрын

θα το κανω μια μερα αυτο!!!

@alkaiosavdelas8053 Жыл бұрын

Raf Rulz!! Last green flight...☹

@Krawaritis Жыл бұрын

Τυχαια το προχωρησα στο 55 και επεσα πανω στο καλο!!!! Αξιοςςς 🤯

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

hahahaha to the point!

@iKenFlyPPG Жыл бұрын

I try to keep a 200 mile buffer between me and rain when flying, you paraglider pilots are braver it seems.

@Krawaritis Жыл бұрын

grazie❤

@moeggenberger Жыл бұрын

dude you should do an siv course and learn proper spirals and stalls/spins if you want to fly a glider this hot! take care✌️

@111jkjk Жыл бұрын

Thats some scary stuff

@Birdman953 Жыл бұрын

That’s why I fly a hang glider!

@dandaniels851 Жыл бұрын

That was intense 😳 I've never seen anything like this before 😵‍💫

@solentflyerparagliding Жыл бұрын

What is the white coloured tape or streamer that passes on your left hand side at 3.03 - 3.05 - I had to pause the video and have a close look...? I think well recovered from an exciting moment or two and you seemed to be calm and allowed the wing to fly a much as possible without over controlling - lot's of learning in the video - well done...

@nanotech2691 Жыл бұрын

Would have been nice if the vid was a bit longer. Wanted to see how things panned out. Oh well, good video anyway. Thanks for sharing.

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

check description for the full vid.

@nanotech2691 Жыл бұрын

Oh OK, yeah I didn't know you had a "full version" I'll have to check it out.

@MrQuasar1958 Жыл бұрын

Got sucked into a cumulonimbus back in 1989 in a hang glider took 20 mins of terror flying before I pulled max speed with the bottom bar back to my knees before I flew out the side of it , the resulting down going air was as powerful as the upgoing air inside the cloud I was forced down with such a force that me head struck the keel and if it hadn’t been for my helmet I think it could have killed me! That was the last time I flew in such conditions, after all I’ve only got so many pairs of underpants!!!

@nilomardesouza5 Жыл бұрын

What is a "keel "?

@tartaria936 Ай бұрын

@@nilomardesouza5 middle traverse of the hangglider - hes not speaking about paraglider

@RCmodellflieger95 Жыл бұрын

Where is this place?

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

1hour drive from Athens in Greece

@christiankalb6263 Жыл бұрын

Don’t start in this situation!

@micinvit Жыл бұрын

😳 Fuuuck! What's that at 3:05 (it does look like toilet paper roll...flying) Interesting video. Thanks 😉

@DrAElemayo 8 күн бұрын

Garbage from the ground getting a free ride in the thermal

@JonMcG Жыл бұрын

wow so basically , an induced spiral dive is the only way out of a cloud suck ? I dont think Big ears would have worked in this situation . ( I ask because I hang glide , about to start Paragliding in 3 month )

@nilomardesouza5 Жыл бұрын

No, big ears makes it down +- 5m/s and he was being sucked at 10 m/s , so he would still go up at 5 m/s with big ears.

@paraglidingflyer Жыл бұрын

In looks like a very mild spiral 45 degrees to the horizon. A nose down spiral will give a better descent, but then your dealing with G force.

@JonMcG Жыл бұрын

@@paraglidingflyer if I have to choose between G-Force and a white out washing machine ...... Bring on the G 😁

@notthestig8524 5 ай бұрын

G's are ruthless in nose down spirals you can sink like a brick if you can hold your shaz together, they take practice and even then take big kahunas to do and hold!

@CoIoneIPanic Жыл бұрын

I sense your moment of regret at having chosen to enter that cloud as your "wing" suddenly flapped uselessly above you. Now don't do that again.

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

the only regret i had was for the tempreture and what i felt from the cold. the wing didnt flapped by it self, i put half of it in stall cause of my brutal input, the rest was half over breaking and half correcting the situation. of course im gonna do it again in higher tempretures .

@CoIoneIPanic Жыл бұрын

@@AlexRaflas I have reported you to the Cloud Syndicate for failing to follow my advice. Be very aware.

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

good for u.

@CoIoneIPanic Жыл бұрын

@@AlexRaflas bad for someon

@mikefoster3487 Жыл бұрын

Shouldn't it be avoided to fly with such cloudy weather?

@AlexRaflas Жыл бұрын

depending your experience your skills your time in the air your type of glider, u choose what to do and when to fly. that day wasn't for beginners for sure but again if you are a beginner you have a instructor to tell you if its good or bad for you to fly, if you are a non beginner the choice is yours to take. That period i liked hard-core conditions to fly.

@mikefoster3487 Жыл бұрын

@Alex thanks! what is a wind speed where is not recommended to fly at all? And what about snowy winter or very cold weather?

@DrAElemayo 8 күн бұрын

@@mikefoster3487 With a paraglider about 30-40 km/h depending on the glider. It stops being fun in anything above 20 km/h, though, in my experience.

@user-lk5xu4xo7o Жыл бұрын

3:04 сам Бог подарил тебе рулон туалетной бум!

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