Introduction to basic Hang Gliding flying skills

This video goes over some basic skills you need to have to fly a hang glider successfully in the simulator.
This series of videos will go over:
Introduction to instruction.
Understanding the widget
Setting up your controllers and views
What are the basic controls of a hang glider.
Basic Hang Gliding Skills.
Basic Site and Launch types
Using the variometer.
Flying Cross Country.
Using the flight computer.
Building flight tasks.
Understanding wind and weather.
Flying with other people
Flying in real time with real weather.
Making custom scenery and new sites.
The WIDGET contains everything you need to hang glide in MSFS 2020
Download and install the widget here: thehanggliding...
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Simulated Hang Gliding in MSFS 2020 is actually complicated because nothing about it is normal according to standard aircraft simulations.
Takeoffs can be from airports and/or from remote mountain sites, cliffs and beaches!
Control is done via weight shift/CG changes and not 3-axis controls. This means the pilot moves relative to the entire aircraft during flight. That never happens in any other type of aviation.
Aircraft type has no default for multi-user flights.
Ground movement (walking/running/launching) must done using special code.
To accomplish this, we had to write a LOT of software. Not all this software is installed into the community folder.
Community Folder:
WIDGET - everything you need to fly a hang glider in MSFS 2020
Finds a site (inside MSFS 2020 toolbar)
Site teleportation
Ability to foot launch and ground handle the glider (requires control mapping)
Variometer and flight computer capable of using standard XCSoar type task files.
Standard weather presets
At least 1 standard glider for each glider classification. Currently contain just 1 but this will be updated over time.
Custom Gliders
We have 1 custom Glider available at this time. The WW Falcon 4. It can be downloaded from our website or flightsim.to. It is a free custom glider. It comes in 2 variations:
Full Glider (works with the widget)
Stand alone glider (does not need the widget but you can't foot launch it and it does not have a variometer).
Tow Planes
We have 1 custom Tow plane available at this time. The Bailey-Moyes Dragonfly. Standard tow planes in MSFS 2020 will not successfully tow a hang glider. This can be purchased from out patreon page: You can join for free, sign up as monthly patreon member to help us create more content (and get free access to all download content), or just simply purchase individual custom gliders at any time.
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Custom flying sites
We provide the ability to build custom flying sites that become actual airports within MSFS 2020. This is done using the THGF App (see below).
We can build these sites or anyone can for that matter.
Some of these sites are posted by us and other pilots on flightsim.to. Just download these zip files and install into the community folder.
They usually come with 1 or more JSON files (database). These can be imported into your locate database app (See THGF app below). This will let you teleport to these sites using the widget.
Desktop Apps:
PC APP (THGF)
This download from our website is a PC-Desktop application. You are downloading the install program. This application must be installed on its own and it has nothing to do with the community folder or MSFS 2020 directly. It is not required to fly hang gliders in the simulator at all. What it is, is a database of flying sites and the tools to create new flying sites as well as many other things.
All modification to this database automatically update the MSFS 2020 widget (see above).
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[@Kanye_West_Gaming]

i dont have a launch key please help

[@thehangglidingfiles6684]

@@Kanye_West_Gaming what are trying to do? Do you need to download software? No key is required. Send email to thehanggligingfiles.com and I can get you detailed instructions

[@Kanye_West_Gaming]

​@@thehangglidingfiles6684at 3:27 you say push the launch button I am wondering what the launch button is?

[@thehangglidingfiles6684]

@@Kanye_West_Gaming there are some controller events you can map . One is the launch/run event. Download the latest widget add on from our website and that will include instructions on what you need to configure

[@Kanye_West_Gaming]

@@thehangglidingfiles6684 alr thanks

[@Kanye_West_Gaming]

@@thehangglidingfiles6684 one more question by any chance can you send me a older version of the widget i really dont like the new one (no offence)