I was a pole vaulter in the 70s - my vaulter friends and I made hang gliders out of old fiberglass vaulting poles covered with a pretty thick MIL plastic. We used duct tape to attach the plastic to the frame. We used a foam ski belt as a harness. I swear this isn't a joke. We flew at a few ski resorts during the months they were closed down for skiing. We also flew at large sand dunes in Kitty Hawk, NC. We were young and stupid, what can I say . . .
I like the newer designs, as they appear to have no king pin; much cleaner aerodynamics. When I started hang gliding in '77, there were no double-surface sails and the only battens were to help stiffen the sail, not create an airfoil. Heck, we were just out of the Stone Age of regallo wing gliders w/ 15 degrees of billow and glide ratios in the single digit range. To put that into perspective, the Space Shuttle has a glide ratio of 4.5:1 - which is really poor. I remember how impressed I was with my Cirrrus 5 and its 1 to 2 degrees of billow and an 8:1 glide ratio. There are hang gliders out today that sport 15:1 and 20:1 glide ratios. To think what I was able to do in such a relatively primitive glider - 8 1/2 hr sustained flight, a PB of 12,500ft altitude and enough flight hours to warrant a commercial pilot's rating twice over - makes me wish I could still fly. Be still, my heart. lol
Yea, the innovations have excelled exponentially, and now in paragliding also. My beginner paraglider had about 8:1 glide ratio. Now my “high performance” En-B (still a B which is a very safe glider, but top of the B class) gets 9-10:1 in dead air at trim, the glide ratio gets worse when speed system is activated, but not by much, and I can speed up from 25 mph trim to about 40 mph full speed. If I only use half of the speed bar, fly at 32-33 mph air speed I don’t lose hardly any glide ratio. It’s that last 7 mph that really starts to degrade my glide. But the higher performance comp gliders can fly at 45 mph without losing almost any glide.
Looks like Devils Dyke; it's always crowded on a good day. There has been more then 1 fatality due to collisions over the years. It is a great site tho'.
I can only assume the dislikes are because it says tsunami hang glider I clicked on this thinking a hang glider was flying over a tsunami so I would get to see one but no I did not click down for that but I assume some people would
Not the White Cliffs of Dover - this is the Seven Sisters in the County of Sussex on the south coast of England. The fliers are utilising the north scarp of the The South Downs. We also see Belle Tout Lighthouse and Eastbourne . . .
i believe in the next 20 years we will have hang gliders that have motors where the propeller fits back into the leading edge of the wing or something, and the wing covering material is made of solar panels, and the wing ribs are where the batteries are located :) will make for very long flights. maybe all day on a good sunny day with thermals
I flew a Top Secret, the forerunner of this glider. Are they still made? They look so much better as an all round glider than the over the top Atos . The TS was so much fun and easy to fly
@@watdatdoo human error kills humans in several activities, including airplanes, cars, bikes. Death is the price we all pay for being alive, and there's nothing else in life as flying like a bird. Hang gliding is the best and most beautiful thing I've ever experienced, and well worth any risk that might be involved. Still, those can be mitigated to a great extent and I know many pilots who have been doing it for decades and never got hurt.
there are 3 basic types of paragliders, #3 is called a speed glider and if speed is your thing then you should check them out. There fast as hell and there are some good speed gilder videos on hear but all said and done i'm with you, hang gliding rules!
I will go for balancing your own feet. Not just depend on tie. It will make the original gliding experience when keep balancing yourself to keep your feet forward.
@Hard Facts yes there is a risk associated with paragliding but it can be done safely and you can have one or two Reserves. And if you don't take it to the extremes it can be done safely. I'm leaning towards the PPG more than just gliding. I like the idea of taking off from anywhere and easy Transport. In powered hang gliding or ultralight airplanes it gets a bit more complicated/ expensive.
Imagine a day when the world has a giant Tsunami and everyone flies out with their hang gliders :) I just need to find a school to teach me cus I'm interested in this a lot
Look for the nearest club/instructor/spot/pilots to get proper training. They will advise on equipment. A used glider is a good start, and you can pick a new one later.
He turns. It's pretty normal with these things. You pull brake, you slower and you loose some height. Also during take-off wing need to get some energy so it looses some height too. He was taking-off and turning left, two factors at once.
I was a pole vaulter in the 70s - my vaulter friends and I made hang gliders out of old fiberglass vaulting poles covered with a pretty thick MIL plastic. We used duct tape to attach the plastic to the frame. We used a foam ski belt as a harness. I swear this isn't a joke. We flew at a few ski resorts during the months they were closed down for skiing. We also flew at large sand dunes in Kitty Hawk, NC. We were young and stupid, what can I say . . .
I like the newer designs, as they appear to have no king pin; much cleaner aerodynamics. When I started hang gliding in '77, there were no double-surface sails and the only battens were to help stiffen the sail, not create an airfoil. Heck, we were just out of the Stone Age of regallo wing gliders w/ 15 degrees of billow and glide ratios in the single digit range. To put that into perspective, the Space Shuttle has a glide ratio of 4.5:1 - which is really poor. I remember how impressed I was with my Cirrrus 5 and its 1 to 2 degrees of billow and an 8:1 glide ratio. There are hang gliders out today that sport 15:1 and 20:1 glide ratios. To think what I was able to do in such a relatively primitive glider - 8 1/2 hr sustained flight, a PB of 12,500ft altitude and enough flight hours to warrant a commercial pilot's rating twice over - makes me wish I could still fly. Be still, my heart. lol
They are still quite heavy. Can't wait to see them build with more carbon fibre and titanium ....
Yes, the Bobcat II and the Super Scorpion! Flown them?
Yea, the innovations have excelled exponentially, and now in paragliding also. My beginner paraglider had about 8:1 glide ratio. Now my “high performance” En-B (still a B which is a very safe glider, but top of the B class) gets 9-10:1 in dead air at trim, the glide ratio gets worse when speed system is activated, but not by much, and I can speed up from 25 mph trim to about 40 mph full speed. If I only use half of the speed bar, fly at 32-33 mph air speed I don’t lose hardly any glide ratio. It’s that last 7 mph that really starts to degrade my glide. But the higher performance comp gliders can fly at 45 mph without losing almost any glide.
Too much traffic, ever seen a paraglider wrapped around the nose of a hang glider? It doesn't look good, neither do the results.
My thoughts exactly. I've lost an RC glider in a similar situation, it was traumatic enough.
Looks like Devils Dyke; it's always crowded on a good day. There has been more then 1 fatality due to collisions over the years. It is a great site tho'.
Its ok everyone has emergency chutes
1:26 Avoiding jellyfish traffic with a better sink rate.
What a beautiful sport! I would never want to come down 😊
11 dislikes? Realy? who are these haters and why? Its not like you shot a puppy and cooked it.
I can only assume the dislikes are because it says tsunami hang glider I clicked on this thinking a hang glider was flying over a tsunami so I would get to see one but no I did not click down for that but I assume some people would
I didn't like the crowded sky. Looking for a midair.
I think there are assholes who just unlike videos just to be priks even if they enjoyed the video
@@tmazer99505 That's probably why he got so many views, good point. I'm going to dislike for that now lol
Standing there before you launch. You guys remind me of grasshoppers when you are out of the sleeping bag thingie.
Loved my Tsunami wing :-) freaking awesome and so easy to live with - great memories
Nice ! That is a real hang gliding - Ideal spot for my Fledge ;-)
Fledge? You've been around for a while.
Beautiful place but you wouldn't catch me flying there with that much bag traffic in the air.
Not the White Cliffs of Dover - this is the Seven Sisters in the County of Sussex on the south coast of England. The fliers are utilising the north scarp of the The South Downs. We also see Belle Tout Lighthouse and Eastbourne . . .
this is so beautiful
It's good that he didn't smash into a person on the ground and shit
Best hang glider TH-cam I've seen so far.
that's fun, but where is the tsunami ??
Anyone else think that was harambe in the thumbnail
Makes me brain happy!
i believe in the next 20 years we will have hang gliders that have motors where the propeller fits back into the leading edge of the wing or something, and the wing covering material is made of solar panels, and the wing ribs are where the batteries are located :) will make for very long flights. maybe all day on a good sunny day with thermals
What country is this video being recorded in. Fantasy location.
sweeeeeet!!....if all humans (or at least many more) could see the world from our perspective, everything would be perfect....
Looks so fun to fly, love it.. yeahhh
How I wish I could do this in the Philippines
POV: using elytra IRL
I’m guessing the white cliffs of Dover?
7 Sisters, East Sussex I think
The glider on the ground at th-cam.com/video/7n7f6Ubsr2I/w-d-xo.html looks a bit bent.
hello...what's the difference in the terms of flight and aerodynamics with this tail wing...?...thanks...
It is for added pitch and yaw stability - necessary on wings with long span....
I flew a Top Secret, the forerunner of this glider. Are they still made? They look so much better as an all round glider than the over the top Atos . The TS was so much fun and easy to fly
That looks so nice to glide like that.
Awesome! Beautiful view coming around.
Quién me hace el favor de informarme.
Donde se ubica este lugar para volar . To fly hang gliders.
Where is the place.? To fly.
Thanks so much.
What site is this ? - Awesome place to launch .
The first part all at Devil's Dyke. I flew a lot there on my old Airwave K2 back around the 2000's. Probably my favourite spot to fly in England 👍
I flew a hang glider once.
I was super high
0:35 shhhwoooo :)
There was no Tsunami, the ocean was calm. 👎
😄😁👏👏👏👍😁
How much is your hang glider? please!
9000 EU.
That looks so fun... but I'm not too keen on hanging by a string, lol
I thought the same too until I saw the video of a guy's harness coming loose during flight and he almost dropped like a rock.
That's not a 'string', there are 2 belt loops (4 straps) that each alone can probably lift a car. The glider would break before the hang strap.
@@watdatdoo that dude didn't properly hook in (carabiner was attached to the wrong strap, some weird type of harness).
@@ericoschmitt More the reason, human error and guess what species I am? I rather jump out of a perfectly working plane.
@@watdatdoo human error kills humans in several activities, including airplanes, cars, bikes. Death is the price we all pay for being alive, and there's nothing else in life as flying like a bird. Hang gliding is the best and most beautiful thing I've ever experienced, and well worth any risk that might be involved. Still, those can be mitigated to a great extent and I know many pilots who have been doing it for decades and never got hurt.
Everyone out there flying paragliders and hangliders on such a nice day.
Looks like a magical place to be.
Tsunami is the brand of this glider? What’s the cost?
the brand is lamouette the model is tsunami
FABULEUX !!
Superbes images et photos, le pilote fait des décollages/atterrissages tellement parfaits.
Merci pour le partage.
I belieave i Can fligh.
Now put a jet engine on it
Some Guy already did.
Way to many unpredictable garbage bags flying around for my liking.
Holy flock of paragliders Batman!!!
It takes two to tangle.
When was this filmed? How many of these (Tsunami) gliders still exist...they look awesome and appear to fly effortlessly. Great stuff!
All rigids are awesome and effortless :)
All rigids are awesome and effortless :)
1.31 looks kinda crowded with all those paragliders around!
naic landenig
Any ideas where that was? The south of England?
That title was way more exciting than the video.
That looks fucking awesome.
Beautiful flying site. Where is this???
Really GREAT! I must try it.
Sorry if my question is stupid, but how much faster is it to set it up vs the other models?
I wish I could experience that but with the behotec jet engine on.
where is that place ?? whats country?
South of England
1:25 all these boring paragliders "flying" so slowly zzzzzzzzzzz LOL Hang glide rules !
try doing a SAT in a glider
there are 3 basic types of paragliders, #3 is called a speed glider and if speed is your thing then you should check them out. There fast as hell and there are some good speed gilder videos on hear but all said and done i'm with you, hang gliding rules!
@@ndgambella who cares.
I will go for balancing your own feet. Not just depend on tie. It will make the original gliding experience when keep balancing yourself to keep your feet forward.
I LOVE the wind noise.....not!!!
I love the wing but tell me how much your neck hurts after each flight?
all worth it
Is like all sports. Your neck gets Stong with practice... like your legs (and seat) with the bicycle... but 1000% more fun. Great vídeo.
@Hard Facts it's because you would have to sacrifice aerodynamics and speed therefor shoulder gliding distance
@Hard Facts check out PPG, (paramotoring). Or paragliding.
@Hard Facts yes there is a risk associated with paragliding but it can be done safely and you can have one or two Reserves. And if you don't take it to the extremes it can be done safely. I'm leaning towards the PPG more than just gliding. I like the idea of taking off from anywhere and easy Transport. In powered hang gliding or ultralight airplanes it gets a bit more complicated/ expensive.
Imagine a day when the world has a giant Tsunami and everyone flies out with their hang gliders :) I just need to find a school to teach me cus I'm interested in this a lot
That looks like a mid-air collision recipe for disaster.
So dangerous with all those chutes in the air
where's this place? it's beautiful!
United Kingdom
so beatiful.can anyone advise me where to buy one ?
Look for the nearest club/instructor/spot/pilots to get proper training. They will advise on equipment. A used glider is a good start, and you can pick a new one later.
Very nice. It looks challenging with all that air traffic.
What a buzz
Nice flight. John, did he land or not?
Nice easy landing
Looks like a lote of fun, and thrill😀😲
I love free flight....
Wow love to do this
Looks like original Exxtacy.
Looks like so much fun!!!
Just flying at it's best !!
Man I'd love to try that
11 dislikes?
Look at the para-sailer run into the hill at 1:30 , hit some sink or what???
He turns. It's pretty normal with these things. You pull brake, you slower and you loose some height. Also during take-off wing need to get some energy so it looses some height too. He was taking-off and turning left, two factors at once.
Ракета !!!
🚀
Good video and foto.
How long can you stay in the air?
Hours if the weather is right
Rad glider ! Nice video man !
I like
Neat spoiler. Does it improve levelness
Excellent job 👍
Nice glider, nice flight but terrible wind noise
Great rigid, isn't it?
Aw, I live in Brighton... I'd love to learn to use a hang glider!
two diffrent gliders ??
what types of pipe r used in wing
mudasir abbas aluminum or fiber glass
Dear thanks
Modern competition gliders are build with carbon fibre and titanium. Anyone can buy them - but they are expensive.