Paragliding - Connecting and ground handling. Episode 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- Marc leavesley cheif flying instructor and stunt pilot for tv and film.
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www.leavesleyaviation.com
mark@leavesleyaviation.com
Disclaimer
These are my personal hints and tips that work for me,I am sharing them to give you an idea of what could possibly work for you. I am not saying they are the best way or the way you should do them, please take that into account, there are many fantastic pilots doing such movies on TH-cam that may well work better than mine, what ever works for you is all that matters.
Marc.
Repetition and more repetition. I love it. Instead of blowing through a topic and having me rewind trying to catch it all you just show us a few times. Couldn't be better.
Thanks pals happy with all the great feedback from all over the world, please spread the word to your pilot pals. 100 more and we have a 1,000 subscribers OMFG!!
best tutorial ground handling ever.. thx..
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Wow, these videos are just fantastic! Not only are you showing how to do everything correctly while explaining it very concisely, all the little tipps and tricks you insert here and there are also amazingly useful.
I can only imagine how much work this all must have been, so thank you very much for your dedication to teaching and the sport.
I am an ultralight pilot currently learning paragliding and I am trying to at least groundhandle a bit and practice until the training courses can contine as usual.
This has helped me immensely!
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Thank you very much buddy.👊👍🪂
You are an excellent communicator and instructor. Much thanks for this content!
Thank you thats very nice of you.🙏🪂
I'm in awe of how great of a teacher you are. I haven't seen anyone come close to your teaching ability. Thank you.
Wow shane thank you very much.👊👍🪂
As a beginner pilot, I’ve watched lots of ground handling videos but this is absolutely the best. Thank you Marc 🙏
Wow thanks.👍🪂🙏
@@leavesleyaviation I agree. I was having a lot of problems launching and maintaining a wing prior to watching this. Best instructor out there!
What a great video!! I loved the repetition. I just ordered my first wing and I’m very excited to get started!!
Brilliant videos Marc really clear and thorough really helpful definitely the best videos I've watched . Wish I had done my training with you.
That's real cool of you matey, thank you, messages like that make me keep doing them.
Very good tutorial...maybe the best...i am from Germany...thx
Thanks and welcome buddy.👍🪂
Fantastic Marc... Your language used and your explanations are spot on! My world is a better place having found your videos. Especially this one. Thanks a million for taking the time and effort to help your fellow pilots !
Thanks very much, more videos will be live soon.
Wow bloody impressive . I'm personally only just starting ..I wouldn't mind having to some one to one on this. .I struggle but . Went out today managed to get wing up . 😆
I'm glad I found your channel. I've been out of action for few years so these set up lessons are perfect for review. Well made video instruction. Thank you!
Very informative an useful video for me as a beginner, will practice your teachings at the first good windy day waiting for. Thank you very much.
Excellent video. Very clear! Is this filmed in South Wales?
Great work Marc…thanks for keeping it simple amigo!
Thanks so much. Excellent video.
Wow!!! Happy to encounter this video
Best explanation ever! Thank you, Marc! I think it will be also great to demonstrate - in a 100% safe manner, of course - typical beginner mistakes and the effects they induce in the wing, like inducing a frontal, symmetrical or asymmetrical, pulling on the wrong brakes inducing a wrong roll. Or tips on how to untangle the lines. Great channel! 👍💪👍Keep these awesome videos coming!🙏
Glad you liked it!
Hello from Switzerland. Excellent, you explain so good and demonstrate thinks many times. When watching the video I have the feeling I practiced myself. Many thanks. For the connecting part, if you could also show how to connect de speed bar would be perfect. I love your videos and I wish to Fly one day in your area. Enjoy.
See if this helps and thank you for your comments 👍🪂 th-cam.com/video/TkgxwIrhMoQ/w-d-xo.html
incredible great explained!! its nice to watch your content! Many Greetings from Germany!!!
Thanks very much.
There are so many different methods and websites to look for weather before flying. Can you please create a very simplified method how a newbie can review weather?
Covering -
paragliding maps
free vs commercial websites and merits/demerits
what all to check (direction of wind, knots, any other things)
Lastly providing some readymade checklist for beginner pilots to start with?
There is no simple way at looking at just one weather site really, I check 4 or 5 each day for my students and try to build a picture myself for the following day.
Were also lucky to have a weather stn on top of one of our best hills that gives wind speed and direction with a camera too.
A big thing to remember is most weather sites wind speed is at sea level NOT hill level so you need to work out the height of your hill and get some practise in knowing how much to add to the forecast, ie when my local area forecasts say 10mph I double it and this is roughly what it will be on the hill top.
You made it ver simple to understand. Thanks
So helpful thanks a lot, great vid
this really helped clear some things up for me. i’m earning my P1 right now. loving this sport
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise, easy to follow instructions.
Very usefull and clearing explanation.Big up to you!regards from Bordeaux
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Very clear, excellent video!
You are a good man!
Suggestion: assuming strong wind conditions…when going to take “an hour break”, perhaps it would be a good practice to put the other tip of the wing under the other tip (the one you already had folded in your video) and the harness on top of both of them, in case the strong wind changes direction during your brake.
I started to see your videos today and am a new subscriber.
Thank you for your videos!
Thank you for subscribing.
Excellent video thank you so much for your time and professionalism.
Thank you.
Thanks so much, best explanation I've found
Thank you.👍🪂
Thank you very much it was real helpful great video by the way I am from San Diego California USA
Heah Miguel thanks buddy.
Watching this video multiple times .. Thanks a lot for your efforts put it in to make it easily understandable..
Thank you I am happy it’s helping you.👍🪂
I think a great video but after 1 minute i already have one question: Why must the right riser be on top? What if I prefer to turn left? As far as I know there is no "rule" for that. Thinking about it I also turn right. Only reason I could think of if it has something to do with staying clear from the rescue chute?
You can go right or left it’s just that I teach tight from day 1, either way works the same Guido and neither way is any issues with rescue. Hope it helps.👍🙏🪂
thanks man for this awsome video
I'm a beginner and it does help a lot
you take time to explain again and again and again and it's very helpfull
chears from France and keep going
see ya in the air sometime😎
Thanks for that.🙏🪂
What a fantastic instructor!! Clear concise and brilliant delivery. The filming angles and mic together with this depth of knowledge is just superb. Bravo Mark and Sian.
Those comments make it all worth while buddy.🙏👍🪂
Fantásticos vídeos, muy bien explicados y didácticos, perfectos para alguien como yo que está empezando.
Muchas gracias Marc, gracias por todo el trabajo y esfuerzo que has hecho para hacer que este deporte sea mucho más seguro.
Fantastic videos, very well explained and educational, perfect for someone like me who is just starting out.
Thank you very much Marc, thank you for all the work and effort you have done to make this sport much safer.
Thank you for the kind words and I am happy you enjoy the channel.👍🪂
@@leavesleyaviation Thanks for you !!!!!!!!!!!!
Very useful, thanks a lot.
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Amazing videos very helpful.
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What a great video!! I loved the repetition. I just ordered my first wing and I’m very excited to get started!!
Thank you and good luck learning.
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better and easier explanation than most other channels. Thank you!
Thanks you 👍🪂
Excellent video dear master 👍
Thank you.🙏👍
@@leavesleyaviation 🤝
Thank you very helpful
Very great - thank you Marc
The best kiting training video! Thanks!
Thank you very much.
I am about to start my paramotoring training and this video has fantastic tips and tutorials for ground handling, especially the "reverse launch". So simple yet not confusing way of going about it. Can't wait to get my wing and start practicing ground handling.
I’m in the U.S. I’ve flown before. I have about about 10 of flying time, but that was 4 years ago. I find this video very helpful in ground practice. I would take retraining classes again. Where are located? Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching. I now live in Central Florida. I subscribed and put notifications on, so that I can watch more of your videos.
Hi Jose, we have a chap coming from California starting 24th may so maybe you could join in on that course, email sian to see all info sianleavesley@yahoo.com We are based in a little town called bishops castle in Shropshire and only 10 mins from the hills, you would be best doing CP Plus with me, much cheaper and quicker to get you to a good std as you already know the basics, I will tell sian about this message and that I say CP PLUS she then will give you prices. Marc
@@leavesleyaviation we’ll be traveling to the Middle East on holiday in the middle of next month. Please keep in touch. We’ll see what develops. Thanks!
Excellent video, thanks Marc
Cheers mate.
Just getting back into paragliding after a 2 year lay off and only 12 hours air time and find this video which is an absolute game changef for me. Fantastic detailed and easy explanation. Great job.
Thanks for the message means a lot.🙏👍🪂
Thank you good info video
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Thanks 🙏
You're just Awesome!! That Re-deploying wing after a break is 🔥
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Great video. Keep doing what you do 👍👍👍
Thanks buddy
what a wonderful presentation Marck
Hi mate, nice kiting, im learning with Clive Mason, and got Ozone Mojo Pwr 2, and Bulldog with Atom 80. You know my mate Simon, rc planes
All the best with your lessons.
@@leavesleyaviationThank You mate, ive been solo, I had done years of ground handling on parks, but then decided to find an instructor, first I went to Brian Burrows, vhe scammed me, then a few years later, I was going to go to Brad Quinn, but he sold me a Bluzzard, and im advised to sell it, as its a B wing. Do you know anyone who would be interested, 2.5k
I don’t know those people@@thebeerinnandrewmckenna2655
Fantastic training video! This is helping me a ton!
Thanks matey
The most simple and easy instructions for begginers. Congrats and tks. I´m a Brazilian Citizen and a new pilot. I like studye a lot of tipes of ground handling.
Thank you Foschi 👍👊👍🪂
Thank you Marc for your videos they are really helpful, I'am Adil and I'm a paraglider from Morocco I invite you to come over here to fly with us, it will be a pleasure.
Maybe 2022 we will meet then Adil.🙏🪂👍
Excellent!
You're the first instructor that I've seen explain that perfectly. Now I'm ready to go kiting. Thank you SO MUCH. I've been watching paramotor and paragliding videos for over a year.
Thank you pal.
Thanks Marc! Very helpful video! I am a beginner and learning a lot from this!
Thanks 🙏🏽
Your videos are fantastic. Valuable advice!
the best
haven't got my hands on the course or the gliders itself yet....but this one familiarized a littler better..
Hey Marc, great videos, tx!
Just a question about the reverse launch. You have the right hand on the right riser break and left hand on the left riser break, so far I understand. But when you go for the rear risers you take the right rear riser with you left hand and the left rear riser with your right hand? Is that to be able to pull the rear risers further back? Many thanks for your help!
Thanks for the message pal and yes spot on 👍 ps BUT do not pull the rear risers past the front of your hips, if you do the wing will try to launch trailing edge first and go inside out, if that ever happens just release the riser a bit and it will correct it’s self.👍🪂
@@leavesleyaviation Okay! Thanks for your quick reply! I'll go for my first real life introduction paragliding in a month🤩Your videos make me feel I could do without, but I guess some personal training is always recommended, regarding the risks of the sport😛
Thats great to hear, yes 100% better to get an instructor 😉🪂
Great videos, subscribed 😊
Wicked thank you.👍🪂
Would someone who flys stunt and power KITES ie kids toys
Adapt to this?
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise, your videos helped me immensely during my P2 (CP) training recently. Looking forward to learning everyday for the remainder of my flying career. Happy Flying and 🍺
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thanks for the great lessons
now i can understand more and make my skill better.. thank you
Is the conditions there pretty much laminar wind? It looks so consistent at least. Thanks for your answer in advance Marc 🤝🏼
Not at all no, at the cost yes but here where I live it's sometimes up and down.
@@leavesleyaviation But in that video, it doesn't look very gusty or that the wind changed directions a lot... You can pretty much keep the wing above you without doing very much (movement and brakes), that's what it looks like at least.
@@moritzleidler Good day.
@@leavesleyaviation Thanks for your time bud, appreciate it!
Hello Marc . I am a beginner. Love your video truly love it as you use simple terms to step by step to guide us . I am confuse about one item . Which is when u say when doing a reverse launch. Let's say I am a right handed man . So my rite risers is on term and left riser is on the bottom. It's a cross . So when u said when the glider drop to the right we walk to the right and pull the right break . And when u begin to hold the riser u always mention use your right hand hold the right A riser . But the riser is cross . So the right hand side is actually the left hand side . I get confuse Abt that part .
Yes your spot on with what you say buddy 👍🪂
So when you pull on the A’s you can pull one more than the other to steer it as it’s coming up.
@@leavesleyaviation you are truly an inspiration to me . You are truly truly a good teacher. Your video can influence people all over the world who wants to learn paragliding. You are so good !!!!!!!!!!! I wish I can fly you to hong Kong and train with you . I really like your method of teaching!!!!!! Respect !!!
@@botsprofit Thank you buddy glad there helping you, may see you sometime for lessons 👍👊🪂
Very informative material. Thank you.
Thank you very much ! Your explanations are very clear (the : go to you wing where it rolls and break with the same arm is very intuitive!), and I like that you repeat the important parts - as a beginner I often struggle to remember all these new informations, and my instructors seem to think that once or twice are enough ;) You just got a new subscriber from Switzerland !
My favourite country❤️🪂
Brilliant Mark, loving your videos 👍😎
May thank you for this amazing instruction. Yesterday I made my first 2 flights here in Portugal, and during the ground handling training I had a difficult time to control the glider. Your video gave me so much more insights, thank you
Thats great news and well done on your first flights.👍🙏🪂
Excellent training
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this is the video i was searching for! Thank you very much!
Hi Mark. Great video. If a wing has split A risers, i.e. two A riser maillons on each side, do you take both of them or just the inner ones when guiding the wing up?
Very good question dave, if your wing tips have a habit of coming up quickly and almost before the centre section I would only use the inner A's buddy.
These videos are so valuable in between lessons. Hoping the weather is on our side next weekend 🤞🪂
I’m amazed how you explain it in so many details and yet so easy to understand! I wish I an find a tutor like you around here! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks very much thats very kind of you.
Great stuff, loving this series, cant wait for episode 3... This is helping me get my mind into gear ready for when we can fly again, thanks so much!!.... Get that beard back for the later episodes tho, ok?? :-D
Thanks pal and yes I very silly moment the other morning 🤨🥲 it’s coming back!! Glad the movies are helping pilots, the next will either be COBRA LAUNCHES or SIDE LANDINGS.
Hi Mark, I am a little bit confused on the pitch-control at around the 16th minute of the video. If the wing goes to the left, of course I also walk left to get under the wing again. You say, I must also pull left whilst walking left and there is what I got taught different. I would walk left and pull the break on the right to get centrally under the wing quicker... It works good but what you do works obviously also good. Can you explain that to me please? Thanks in advance and warm regards, Moritz
Thanks for the message Moritz, when you were taught do I take it you were taught to twist LEFT?
This would be why when the glider falls left you would pull right brake, it is because the way I teach is to twist RIGHT.
Basically it’s just because the risers are twisted one way or the other buddy.
Hope that makes sense ??
@@leavesleyaviation Thanks for the quick response Mark and yes, now it makes sense to me. We do then the same as i meant to break the right side of the wing which will be with the left hand and walking left :) Confusion over and warm regards to the UK
@@moritzleidler hehe all the best buddy.
@@leavesleyaviation Wrote you an inquiry via email. See you there :)
@@moritzleidler Ok not had it so far!
After watching this, I'm going back to wing-facing hook in. I was taught the "back to the wing/over the shoulder hook-in" method and both will work, but one reduces risk of being caught by surprise and getting dragged........thank you for all of these wonderfully clear instructional vids Marc.
Thanks for the message, new video coming real soon.
Thanks Marc for all these clear and useful exercises and tips . I find your pedagogy wonderful and very reassuring . I shall try them tomorrow ! Thanks again for your patience and sharing ❤❤❤
Thanks buddy hope it helps tomorrow.🤞🪂
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a clear and professional way. Would be happy to be your student, I am starting now with this amazing sport.
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Thank you so much Marc! I am a low hour P2 I’m Michigan U.S. We have much wind here. Coastal cliffs. Sand. We have to launch on the top of the slope because of no flat or nicely rolling tops like in the U.K. Any suggestions for launching on sand slopes in winds 12-18 knots? I have a B wing.
Hi dave, well I launch my wing on the beach then run sideways up the dune and I am away, it takes practise but works great.
Next time I am at the beach I will make a video.👊🪂
Very good. Thanks for taking the time to make this.
Can’t wait to get back into this great channel 👍
Man! I wish I watched this a long time ago. I struggled to understand how to grab the brakes getting into the reverse launch configuration with the result being a clean config when I spin around. No instructor could understand my concern. They just basically gave me the attitude to just grab the damn things and stop overthinking it! Now I feel more confident and safe.
Well thats great news your getting there now buddy.🙏🪂👍
Brilliant video Mark some really useful tips in there. Just to let u know the giveaway ended yesterday though 🤣
More give aways coming next month.
I am a complete beginner.
Just recently started ground handling at the beach after watching this terrific video and following Marks suggestions.
This video has been responsible for getting my training wing up into the air above my head this afternoon
(after spending a fair bit of time building a wall and playing with brakes and risers as Mark suggests) - much to my surprise - admittedly after a little fluffing about and pulling the wrong riser/brake numerous times!
So great to see my wing overhead and actually flying.
I don't think I've come across a clearer, more detailed video for a raw beginner - and I've watched many.
So a a HUGE thank you Mark and Sian from this trainee PG pilot for literally getting my wing into the air!
Thank you both for your great work with these super clear videos.
Heah thats really great John and well done to you, you need to get booked in with us and lets get you sorted asap.🪂🪂🪂
Hi Marc , thanks for great tutorials..👍
Once and for all an accurate and stairt to the point demo of reverse launching. Never cease to amaze me how many instructors make it so much completed. Flying is relatively easy, a good grasp of ground handling is 80% of the game
Hehe thanks man 👍👊🪂❤️
Very enjoyable your videos are. Thank you
Marc,, I am taking classes in Colombia , South America currently,, my instructors recommend both risers in 1 hand and a brake and only a brake on the other hand. What are the pros and cons of each? you method looks very easy
Heah steve,sorry for slow reply we have been on the hill all day today helping pilots get back up after the huge break, umm it's an awkward one matey,I would stick to what your instructor is teaching you and get passed so he/she is happy to sign you off and there happy your safe, you are then a free pilot to learn new things and then give my way a go,I get students come to me with other pilots methods and it's hard for me to relax you know because I would rather they did it from day 1 my way. I hope that makes sense?
Marc I’ve watched many a para pilot go through the paces on TH-cam but by far you are the most fun to watch and you teach in a intuitive manner. I’m not a pp but just love learning from you. Your students are lucky to have you. Drop me a note if you ever get to Florida in the USA
thanks buddy.
Your videos are extraordinary, excellent teaching material, thank you for the efforts
Thanks pal.🙏🪂
Marc I came across your connecting and launching part 2 video today , and I can’t thank you and your camera person enough for showing and explaining everything in so much detail. I have seen many videos but I certainly can say that you both have won me over. Keep motivating us newbies and hope to learn more from you. Regards from Australia
Thanks so much glad it works for you.
Learning so much from this style of instruction! This is going to up my ground handling, thank you so much!
That’s great to hear mate.👍🪂
I fly Paramotors and all your tips have helped me tremendously. Thank you 🙏🏻
Well that’s fantastic news Sergio.👍🪂