I considered speed bar but what you can't see because of the GoPro image stabilisation is very turbulent conditions. I could see clear skies ahead so just trimmed out and waited.
Great video Mark as always, I love watching your flying exploits. The sunset flying wow what a view and those golden clouds stunning. Your cloud suck experience reminds me of an experience I had (along time back) when I was flying in wave lift in a open class sailplane over Lincolnshire. The wave lift took me from 3200ft to 18100ft in 28minutes where the wave bar petered out. This left a large areas of lift but thermal, no matter where I flew I was in either lift or 100ft /min sink. Long story short it took me 4 hours to get down and most of that was over the north sea. A great experience but frightening at times watching the wings flexing and icing. Take care and keep the videos coming 👍
Wow that is crazy. Did you have oxygen on board? I wasn't too concerned with this one because I could see clear skies ahead and knew I would hit sink at some point. I just didn't expect it to be so strong at that time of day.
@@markallisonparamotor I always carried oxygen but didnt use it much as I preferred to fly cross country tasks as opposed to altitude. On that particular day I had launched at Camphill Derbyshire picked the wave up West of Sheffield and decided to follow it for the height rather than use it for the distance. The wave bar was 8 miles long N to S travelling in an Easterly direction. My initial thought was to gain height and then travel south towards Nottingham and back to Camphill logging a triangulated course. Sadly never made it back to Camphill and had to be recovered from a field near Bawtry. Great experience though but very cold at 18000ft.
1:06min listen mark you dont need to be upset. getting a nasty suck here and there is still better than having a full blown typhoon every week. i didnt fly for the entire summer. not even once! what the heck is going on with the weather this year... 😅
Oh man that sucks! 😏 Weather in UK was pretty bad until July and then it all cleared up mostly. Fingers crossed you get up again soon... we wanna see more electric shenanigans.
Lovely sky and nice video mate, but one thing I was taught 20+ years ago when I started paragliding was, if a cloud is wider than it's tall it may be dangerous. Those Cu in the distance didn't look nice. They would have been a warning sign for me when pg or when paramotoring. My first thought was convergence as someone else has said, though I'd have thought late in the day for that. When flying in the Alpes (I have a lot) I was told to always look around at the clouds on the mountains around you. If they are booming, the ones you are flying under (can't see the tops) may be getting big too. Ears then bar to get away from suck, and I've used it. Something else I was warned about was embedded CuNimbs. You had no idea what that clouds above the stuff you were under were doing (as you discovered!) I prefer clear blue skies for power flying, but I'm a chicken! I wondered about you pulling big ears too. I've never managed to pull them when testing on my Dudek Universal. It was taking a scary amount of force. I've pulled B lines on a normal PG it was OK, but never tried with a reflex wing? Fly safe.
Yes I've been taught that too. 😏 I was surprised how strong it was at that time of day and how rocky and turbulent the air was too, which is why I didn't deploy bar. I've heard that big ears don't do that much, and better off doing wing overs or spirals, but I haven't measured it.
@@markallisonparamotor Real BIG big ears, say 25% each side, can be effective! I've had as much 'sink' as I got with B lines doing that. Re spirals: I did one under supervision and over water once in Slovenia and it was scary as fck! (It wasn't an SIV course as such, just a guided trip with really good guys who encouraged exploring that stuff. ) The French schools (apparently) teach a method of doing a spiral with one big ear in which is apparently safer, probably cos it won't lock in, though I've never tried it.
This is a fantastic video. It reminded me of my BHPA power rating training in 2009, when I had to demonstrate a rapid decent technique that employed trims fully out (aka full reflex), a full-speed bar, big ears, and a weight shift spiral dive simultaneously. The B-lines cut into your hands, so wearing protective gloves is advisable. ATB
First time I ever had turbulence (which was mild) I thought I was going to die!!!! Then realised as I gained more experience that It was nothing to worry about! Not been sucked upwards (yet!). Interesting!
First thing to do when you want to escape cloud suck is speed bar and big ears.
I considered speed bar but what you can't see because of the GoPro image stabilisation is very turbulent conditions. I could see clear skies ahead so just trimmed out and waited.
Looks like convergence, use it fairly regular in paragliders.
Important that you pull ears first then speed bar, and to release , speed bar off, then ears out.
Some great flights and sights. Love the tune as well 🤙🏻
Thanks Sparky!
Great vid again Mark. My last landing was nil wind on very wet grass, what a disaster, nothing damaged or broken though. 😊
I'm going to try taking a wrap in nil wind wet grass in future.
Really want to try this sport 😊
it’s like sex… but i’m having it!
If you're in the UK look up Clive Mason at cmparamotors and book in a tandem flight to see if you like it. No experience necessary.
Great video Mark as always, I love watching your flying exploits. The sunset flying wow what a view and those golden clouds stunning. Your cloud suck experience reminds me of an experience I had (along time back) when I was flying in wave lift in a open class sailplane over Lincolnshire. The wave lift took me from 3200ft to 18100ft in 28minutes where the wave bar petered out. This left a large areas of lift but thermal, no matter where I flew I was in either lift or 100ft /min sink. Long story short it took me 4 hours to get down and most of that was over the north sea. A great experience but frightening at times watching the wings flexing and icing. Take care and keep the videos coming 👍
Wow that is crazy. Did you have oxygen on board? I wasn't too concerned with this one because I could see clear skies ahead and knew I would hit sink at some point. I just didn't expect it to be so strong at that time of day.
@@markallisonparamotor I always carried oxygen but didnt use it much as I preferred to fly cross country tasks as opposed to altitude. On that particular day I had launched at Camphill Derbyshire picked the wave up West of Sheffield and decided to follow it for the height rather than use it for the distance. The wave bar was 8 miles long N to S travelling in an Easterly direction. My initial thought was to gain height and then travel south towards Nottingham and back to Camphill logging a triangulated course. Sadly never made it back to Camphill and had to be recovered from a field near Bawtry. Great experience though but very cold at 18000ft.
1:06min listen mark you dont need to be upset. getting a nasty suck here and there is still better than having a full blown typhoon every week. i didnt fly for the entire summer. not even once! what the heck is going on with the weather this year... 😅
Oh man that sucks! 😏 Weather in UK was pretty bad until July and then it all cleared up mostly. Fingers crossed you get up again soon... we wanna see more electric shenanigans.
@@markallisonparamotor😢🫡👊
I loved the video
Lovely sky and nice video mate, but one thing I was taught 20+ years ago when I started paragliding was, if a cloud is wider than it's tall it may be dangerous. Those Cu in the distance didn't look nice. They would have been a warning sign for me when pg or when paramotoring. My first thought was convergence as someone else has said, though I'd have thought late in the day for that. When flying in the Alpes (I have a lot) I was told to always look around at the clouds on the mountains around you. If they are booming, the ones you are flying under (can't see the tops) may be getting big too. Ears then bar to get away from suck, and I've used it. Something else I was warned about was embedded CuNimbs. You had no idea what that clouds above the stuff you were under were doing (as you discovered!) I prefer clear blue skies for power flying, but I'm a chicken! I wondered about you pulling big ears too. I've never managed to pull them when testing on my Dudek Universal. It was taking a scary amount of force. I've pulled B lines on a normal PG it was OK, but never tried with a reflex wing? Fly safe.
Yes I've been taught that too. 😏 I was surprised how strong it was at that time of day and how rocky and turbulent the air was too, which is why I didn't deploy bar. I've heard that big ears don't do that much, and better off doing wing overs or spirals, but I haven't measured it.
@@markallisonparamotor Real BIG big ears, say 25% each side, can be effective! I've had as much 'sink' as I got with B lines doing that. Re spirals: I did one under supervision and over water once in Slovenia and it was scary as fck! (It wasn't an SIV course as such, just a guided trip with really good guys who encouraged exploring that stuff. ) The French schools (apparently) teach a method of doing a spiral with one big ear in which is apparently safer, probably cos it won't lock in, though I've never tried it.
what a flight!, interesting suck ...
It was pretty late in the evening too !!! It just shows how the weather can differ !
Yes I didn't expect it at that time of day!
This is a fantastic video. It reminded me of my BHPA power rating training in 2009, when I had to demonstrate a rapid decent technique that employed trims fully out (aka full reflex), a full-speed bar, big ears, and a weight shift spiral dive simultaneously. The B-lines cut into your hands, so wearing protective gloves is advisable. ATB
That sounds fun lol. I think I would want some training before attempting anything like that.
Are there any mountainous areas in the British Isles?
@@awaitingthetrumpetcall4529 very much so, as you go further north west of Scotland.
@@MidFlightCrisis Thanks.
Yes in Wales and Scotland. There are some high hills in England too but not really mountains. See my Snowdonia video.
First time I ever had turbulence (which was mild) I thought I was going to die!!!! Then realised as I gained more experience that It was nothing to worry about! Not been sucked upwards (yet!). Interesting!
I've experienced it a few times but I was surprised this time because it was so late in the day.
I'm still waiting for the "oh my god I'm going to die!!!" phase to pass... not like I've been flying for almost 4 years or anything.... 😆
@@skatez69 ha Ha- it takes a while, especially in Scotland where our weather can be very variable!!!!!!!!!
Amazing video! What's the name of your flight suit in UK?
This one www.ozee.co.uk/shop#!/Millennium-Thermal-Flying-Suit/p/1727111/category=506008