Hang Gliding Crash Lookout Mountain, March 15, 2014

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  • @Tom-mu7zy
    @Tom-mu7zy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Pilots tend to think about too high or low on an approach. You need instead to think about controlling the distance to touchdown and making it right for for the altitude you have. The advantage of a base leg approach is it allows you to vary your distance to touchdown by cutting the corner if you need to be closer or squaring off the turn if you are good or overshooting the final a little if you need more distance. Also the base leg allows you to evaluate wind drift and think what that means to your final approach. What you don't want to do is be making steep desperate turns near the ground. That will kill you in a light airplane and bend downtubes in a hang glider. I have owned three hang gliders, licensed in sailplanes, and 5000 hrs+ instructing in light airplanes.

  • @wschield608
    @wschield608 10 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I may have missed it, but looking at the windsock you turned down wind on what appeared to be your final and then you tried to correct it too late. Unfortunately you had plenty of ground speed but virtually no airspeed. It was hard not to notice throughout the flight you were flying too close to stall. I'm glad everything came out so well. But in the future, please keep up your speed.
    You may also want to try what I call a W,X,Y,Z at 500'. "W" Check the wind strength and direction. "X" marks the spot you want to land. Knowing the strength and direction of the wind helps you check for obstacles in your path. "Y" is the notch of the VG, set it. And "Z" unzip. Then Re-evaluate at 200' Food for thought. Thanks for posting, how else will we learn. Wes

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +W Schield Very right and thank you for the feedback. I have improved a bit since I think. I've got a few videos posted since, though I mostly tow up these days. Still, the landings are better.

    • @kajlauritzen9765
      @kajlauritzen9765 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      On the last turn upwind, windgradient could also be a factor. The lower wing just stops flying. ...beentheredonethat....

    • @edd.9543
      @edd.9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Brandon Ohara Just outside Chattanooga, Tennessee. Close to the Alabama/Georgia line.

  • @jonblade51
    @jonblade51 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for being brave enough to post this video footage. I watched it about a dozen times frame by frame almost. Some smooth flying and yep,,, some bad choices, but non the less, I learned from it as others will have too. Thanks again Man.

  • @daveholmgren
    @daveholmgren 10 ปีที่แล้ว +114

    A lot to learn from this. Reviewing it with your instructor should really be beneficial. It's hard taking the beating that comes from posting an oops on youtube. Bravo to you for manning up.

    • @viralbull8085
      @viralbull8085 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      he stalled the glider on the last moment when he was still too high and try to land with his belly, he might have pulled it off landing on his feet

  • @dormantsuperhero
    @dormantsuperhero 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thankfully, you walked away, so in effect a good landing! Yeah, I'm no hanglider pilot, but I could see that coming, too slow n too low. You got balls for posting so respect to you. Stay safe.

  • @dr.crentist3155
    @dr.crentist3155 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    For someone like me who has never done this...id say it was a perfect flight lol

  • @TheParamotorGuy
    @TheParamotorGuy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I love how people are sitting at your launch and you step up and they just sit there like a 747 couldn't get them up from this spot.

    • @bobbg9041
      @bobbg9041 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes it takes big balls to jump off a perfectly good moutian.

  • @Nashy76
    @Nashy76 10 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Please discuss these points with an instructor, happy flying.
    First thing to look at is flying speed. I.e. airspeed. This really is the most important. Throughout the whole flight see how your nose relative to the horizon is bobbing up and down. This is called nodding or dolphining the glider is close to stall. This is confirmed by your straight arms kind of doing a push up on the base bar. Also all your roll inputs are done by pushing from the opposite arm. THe glider is obviously hard to control partly due to cross controlling but also due to lack of air speed. Stop all this. Pull in a couple of inches to get the glider flying with the bar under your chest not out in front. then do pulling motions with the inner arm toward the upright in the direction you want to go to initiate roll try to lead with your feet. a bit of a pull in for two seconds first will give the glider more speed to turn and better control then ease out to coordinate the turn.
    Airspeed airspeed airspeed especially if it is rough or there is gradient pull in. Lack of airspeed kills. If you keep forgetting while new move your hang point forward.
    Finally look up constant aspect approach. .this will help avoid steep turns low down.

    • @HotGaSoLine
      @HotGaSoLine 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +FCbisleybob Best observation and explanation..thank you..

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +FCbisleybob Very right. I'm really not sure why I flew like I flew on this day. I feel like I've advanced tremendously since doing aerotow. After trying to stay in the sweet spot of a tug during turbulence, landing is easier by comparison :)

    • @joelhebert4559
      @joelhebert4559 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      porposing, not dolphining.

    • @cyranodebergerac636
      @cyranodebergerac636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      EXCELLENT ADVICE. THAT JUST HELPED ALOT OF JUNIOR PILOTS

    • @uwebeckerspanien
      @uwebeckerspanien 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Er sollte erst mal fliegen lernen, vollkommen verdreht im Flieger.

  • @alltheboost5363
    @alltheboost5363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well that was a belly flop on land if I ever saw one... glad you're okay. Hope the glider is in good shape still

  • @pete2070
    @pete2070 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Love the camera position. It's almost a hang gliding tutorial as well as scenic views!

  • @ExSkyCyclePilot
    @ExSkyCyclePilot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I learned to fly trikes at this park. And that wasn't so bad - no injuries, and apparently no damage either. I'd call that a rough landing, rather than a crash. Keep flying!

  • @marcusvaldes
    @marcusvaldes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a landing where I was going long at that same LZ back in the 90s. Those cabins got big QUICK, but I didn't make any low turns. Accelerated stalls in a turn are NOT good. A lot of aircraft accidents which are fatal are accelerated stalls. It just gives you a high speed rate of descent when you hit the ground. Thanks for sharing though. We've all been there and good to learn from. I haven't flown in about 20 years and looking to get back into it soon.

  • @SilentKnight43
    @SilentKnight43 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great camera perspective! Beautiful scenery. Landing looked like a slight oops...I'd be happy with it myself - you walked away.

  • @willsjaime
    @willsjaime 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "That was some of the best flying I've ever seen, right up to the point where you crossed the hard deck"

  • @edwardkiernan
    @edwardkiernan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Glad you are okay. I was mystified as to why you made that last turn downwind before attempting to turn upwind and coming up short, but that's easy for me to say from the comfort of my couch. Anyway, happy flying.

  • @flashted
    @flashted 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Glad you're not seriously hurt from this. #1 problem you're day dreaming, #2 best approach for lookout is standard aircraft approach for newbies. (matts advice) #3 cross controlling the whole flight #4 flying way to slow. #5, no real plan for landing in your head, #6 last minute death turn, which could have broken your neck, and killed you. That's a big field man, should have just kept going straight. love that place, last time I flew there I got 3 1/2 hrs, and 6500 over. my best in the Sequatchie. hope you learned from this. Cheers!

    • @philipdabney9595
      @philipdabney9595 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I agree.....the last minute turn was a bad idea here. But we all take our turn learning. This was your turn, :)

  • @Mirandorl
    @Mirandorl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    "Hang gliding ground boop" would be a fairer title. Glad you were ok though.

  • @davekingpt
    @davekingpt ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You made that last turn so low, I really thought you were setting up for a downwind landing so I was thinking , "this is not going to be good" but, for a different reason.

  • @billengland2983
    @billengland2983 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Chris, hope to see you soon at LO. Planning a trip down in a couple of weeks. My only comment on this is I've dealt with cross-controlling myself. My best fix was just to relax, and focus on staying centered. Then when doing turns, etc., focus on staying centered and as suggested by another commenter, pull in with the inside arm, bumping that way, keeping my head and shoulders, centered. Makes the glider smoothly turn, because the focus on centering also causes me to keep my bar pressure light, my speed good and steady, and I can feel what the glider is doing better. I'll need to brush up in a couple of weeks. Wish me luck. Thanks for posting.

  • @joeshmoe7967
    @joeshmoe7967 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    No beeps on your vario? A couple of spots looked like lift. Also seemed you were flying faster than necessary, hard to tell for sure. Definitely not the finest landing approach. LOL!
    I was always good on the approach but always sucked on the last 10 seconds LOL!
    I have been away from flying awhile now, but still fun to watch. Glad no injury or damage.
    Never flown Look Out but always loved the look of that ramp. Any videos from Golden B.C, and you would see my home site. Awesome views from 12,000.

  • @MrFalcon195
    @MrFalcon195 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    At the last turn you made, I was just saying to myself No No No No Nooooo!!!!! And then, I was happy when you stood up : ) Really exiting stuff! Thx for posting.

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +MrFalcon195 Ha! It's funny because every time I watch this video it's sort of the same thing. Except at that last turn I say "What were you thinking? WHAT were thinking? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!"

    • @MrFalcon195
      @MrFalcon195 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Chris Kelcourse Ha ha ha ha! Yes, that's funny !

  • @DomesticDave
    @DomesticDave 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That wasn't a crash, merely an uncontrolled landing. Glad you're ok

  • @garymitchell6056
    @garymitchell6056 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 4:53 you were in the good positon to get out of prone - pull on a little speed and come in straight for a landing - but you turn downwind - still in prone position - there was no setup for landing whatsover ??

  • @krampdrucker1753
    @krampdrucker1753 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Glad you are okay. Thank you for sharing.
    I saw someone make the same type of decision at LM last year, but he didn't get up for a while. I have 1 HG areotows and 5 training hill launches, 65+ sailplane flights, and 3 Cessna flights. I have the impression that hang glider pilots aren't told to fly a disciplined pattern to landing. I have seen evidence of haphazard patterns from hang glider pilots, and that scares me.
    Hitting the goal speeds and altitudes, while in the pattern, is strongly emphasized in my sailplane and SEL training. I would never turn 180 degrees in a sailplane unless I was at least 200 feet above the ground. And, for a sailplane: On the downwind leg, the sailplane should descend to arrive abeam the touchdown point at an altitude between 500 and 600 feet AGL. Base altitude should be no lower than approximately 500 feet AGL. The stabilized approach should be established no lower than 100 feet AGL. {Excerpted from FAA Glider Flying Handbook, free online}. None of this applies to hang gliders, but the idea of a disciplined pattern may.
    God speed.

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Kramp Drucker Kramp, please don't let my video give you the impression that hang glider pilots are not disciplined in their landings! I won't be invited in the clubhouse anymore. You are supposed to come into the LZ making left turns, you are supposed to do a standard DBF approach, and you are supposed to do each step at the safe altitude for the conditions. I didn't plan a good D... pretty much realized it during the B... and we all saw what happened during the F. :)

  • @SagaSeaCraft
    @SagaSeaCraft 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Chris for posting.... Takes some good-sized balls to post mistakes of one's self. I am going to LOM for my first time, first real HG lessons sometime this summer. It's so much better for me to see someone's mistakes and get decent commentary, than to see near-perfect form and not know what I'm looking at because few people comment favorably on good form. Thanks again for posting!

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +SagaSeaCraft That's exactly what I hoped would come of this. I hope your lessons are progressing well. Just bear in mind, you are going to make mistakes. It is inevitable. But that doesn't mean you can't learn as much as you can to prevent them where you can. Kudos to you for doing that.

  • @TheRealLifeGuys
    @TheRealLifeGuys 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I'd love to do this sometime so much!

    • @parsecpres
      @parsecpres 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nobody’s stopping you. Go for it

    • @markprange4386
      @markprange4386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a great thing to learn to do--don't put it off.

    • @Flori_S
      @Flori_S 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      finde random Video: erster angezeigter Kommentar ist einfach von den Real Life Guys und 4 Jahre alt

    • @jekyllhyde374
      @jekyllhyde374 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wich part

    • @anotherguy9402
      @anotherguy9402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would recommend you get into hang gliding and stay away from the crashing business.

  • @mpeltz1534
    @mpeltz1534 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I broke my arm with a similar landing at that hang gliding park. I held on to the down tubes to long and got a spiral fracture of my left arm. Glad you let go in time.

  • @dozerboymiller
    @dozerboymiller 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not to pile on as I'm sure you are aware of this, but for new pilots of any type aircraft, you want to get set up for final early and never make any sharp heading changes or turns once you commit to a landing.

  • @ahgflyguy
    @ahgflyguy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are times when a spiral approach is actually necessary. But you usually would still want to rock upright, get hands on the downtubes, and get the wings mostly level in order to land, even if you don't get into the wind.
    Regardless, it's good this lesson was essentially free!
    Only other thing (Besides what's been stated here at length- airspeed, approach planning) is that when you were stepping onto the ramp, you apparently dodged around two yokels who didn't get out of the way of your side wires. It's their job to get out of the way, and your job to tell them to. I helped pour some of that concrete. It's not a bench. It's a launch. in the 5 or 6 years since, I hope you've gotten a bit more assertive.

    • @mikebarbee2217
      @mikebarbee2217 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Since you helped pour some of that concrete, I'm surprised you didn't notice that the "yokel" sitting on the back edge of the ramp with no shirt is Greg Heckman...the best thermal pilot at Lookout. He would have gladly moved if needed. But you couldn't get on the ramp in the center because it's too high a step up. That's why the carpets are at the right side for doing hang checks. Then you step up on the right corner. Now we have graded all the dirt behind the ramp to be level and you can step up anywhere you want.

    • @ahgflyguy
      @ahgflyguy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I only flew there in ‘05 and ‘06. I know Heckman’s name, but don’t know if I ever met him. Maybe at Team Challenge or something. I think you’re the trike expert, right? I hope everybody is doing well.

  • @nikolasjay2944
    @nikolasjay2944 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Rad flight buddy...Looks like you misjudged your final approach.. I assume your trying to shave off some altitude with a 360 at the end, which clearly shaved off just a bit too much :)...... perhaps and S approach for shaving some altitude upon final approach would be a safer strategy. You may have hit some sinking air that didn't help your situation. luckily no sheds, houses, cars, trees, people or other obstructions were inadvertently targeting. Great flight thought man, it looked fun as hell! sincerely

  • @jimmyatnip2510
    @jimmyatnip2510 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is too close to jumping off of the roof of the garage with an umbrella for me.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the nasal inspection in the first few seconds of the vid - all clear.

  • @ellenorbovay5226
    @ellenorbovay5226 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You flew most of that flight like you were flaring it, as if you wanted it to stall. Interesting that the glider doesn't stall very much, must be a pretty good glider. You stalled it near landing, and were very lucky the glider is so forgiving because the tip stall turned you down wind, and you could have gone in head first stalling it down wind in the prone position.

  • @edwardkirton4855
    @edwardkirton4855 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was about 26-27 years ago. We came down from the Fraser Valley for a day. The next day our friend took his new glider down there by himself. He was angered because we wouldn't go and in a negative mood. It was a barn he hit . It was on his final. I have a piece of the shingle as a keep sake. I picked it up off the ground.

  • @JLW1242
    @JLW1242 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey you walked away from the flight, been there to. Landings and gravity are not always as nice as the flight. Blessings

  • @mikebodary9758
    @mikebodary9758 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing this video. I'm headed to LMFP this summer to learn to hang glide, and I'm looking at landing videos to see what to do and what not to do. It takes courage to share the "here's where I made a mistake" video, but I've rewatched your approach multiple times to get an idea of the field layout and strategies for landing. It looks like you thought you might run out of runway, tried to circle around to bleed off airspeed and altitude, and underestimated how much altitude/speed would be lost in that turn (and those trees mandated a tight turn there, too!). Glad you walked away from that one unharmed and with an unharmed glider.
    Any advice for a noob who's probably going to face-plant a few times on the bunny hill next month?

    • @marktompkins190
      @marktompkins190 ปีที่แล้ว

      When are you going? Looks like ma great place

    • @Logan4661
      @Logan4661 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@marktompkins190I went there for HG training, can confirm it is a great place!

  • @uwemobil8847
    @uwemobil8847 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    20 seconds into the video and I am wondering why those two men are sitting on the side on the ramp while a glider is preparing for take off.

  • @TheDjcarter1966
    @TheDjcarter1966 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Just a crappy landing at 5:20, just one too many turns plenty of room there take a nice long straight final

  • @reubenbrenner6521
    @reubenbrenner6521 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Turned too close to the ground and did not level wings or flare early enough. I've done it before, but I won't do it again.

  • @islaws4589
    @islaws4589 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When I got to the end of this vid I was so relieved to call out the video title as clickbait...stay safe and happy flying!

  • @jmy6050
    @jmy6050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Set up a good circuit and approach INTO wind. Will sure assist in a good touch down. Whether it's a hanglider, glider or powered aircraft.

  • @thruid3
    @thruid3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whoooooo ! That was a scary landing brother ! I would humbly advise not to make those very low altitude turns on final. A rotor at low alt and the wing banked like that and you are goin in with a probable trip to the hospital or the morgue.

  • @mitchellmcaleer2969
    @mitchellmcaleer2969 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that fits the classic interpretation of auguring in, for no reason in a large enough field. bet you won't do another 360 at tree top level in that wind direction again.

  • @DL-kc8fc
    @DL-kc8fc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is not a disaster. You just made one last incomprehensible turn to the left at a low height above the ground and with the wind at your back, which caused a rapid descent and little time to prepare for landing. At least you've verified that the landing policies actually apply. ))

  • @darrelrobbins
    @darrelrobbins 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Carry a bit more speed. Notice if you relax the glider speeds up if trimmed properly. Then shift hips with a slight pushout to turn.

  • @hectorherbert6585
    @hectorherbert6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have you seen here on YT that 'seat-belt'type system with poulies this dude came up with..???

  • @AaronStanford16
    @AaronStanford16 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I admire your taste in harness colors. Glad you walked away from the landing.

  • @sint5990
    @sint5990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Click bait gets me again, YT has some real master baiters....

  • @dp441000
    @dp441000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Meh ,i had more of crash when I tripped over the dog.

  • @r1acceleron
    @r1acceleron 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sitting here with plates and pins in my arm from a motorcycle racing crash and looking for a safer sport to try. Don't think it will be this one.....or will it?

  • @stormsrider9424
    @stormsrider9424 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why did it happen? Why did you pull your legs out of that clothes thing in time? I'm not a hang glider, but thinking of doing it. Just wondering how big is the risk and how this landing could have been prevented. Are you OK now?

  • @superwhuffo1
    @superwhuffo1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would like to ask why you were turning some just as you were landing?

  • @burchhale2335
    @burchhale2335 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was not a landing. Glad you and your glider are okay. You should review this video with your insrtructor and discuss weight shift technique, speed to fly, landing approach, speedspeed on approach and flare. Launch looked okay. Welcome :-)

    • @richardwallinger1683
      @richardwallinger1683 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to swing around like you were doing . whilst you believe you are weight shifting almost 90% of your weight shift is lost because your body is not SHIFTING all it is doing is pivoting around your hang point . I invested in an ASI and my flying improved in leaps and bounds . also get some bigger wheels with rubber tyres it may not look cool but who cares if you can walk away from a misjudged landing . I am 74 years old gave up on hang gliding 30 years ago .. and stuck with flying r/c models .. Now FPV drones with failing eyesight . glad you walked away from that one .

  • @davidmende4438
    @davidmende4438 ปีที่แล้ว

    How are those little wheels supposed to roll on a grass field?
    You need about 12". Just sayin'.

  • @istra70
    @istra70 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm glad you were smiling and thanks for sharing . You are flying constantly on the verge of stalling . Most important (timely decisions ) - your downwind leg , base leg and final are total mess . Seems to me you need more theory first..... Be careful and try to learn something from this - don't just hope - next time will be better.
    Take care ....

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +istra70 Couldn't agree more. I've made some strides since this mess. I don't regret putting this up though so hopefully other newbie pilots avoid the same mistakes. We're in this together!

    • @istra70
      @istra70 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Kelcourse Yes, and thanks for sharing. It is always better ( less painfully and costly) to learn from others, especially in hang gliding - we constantly learn. If you will ever go cross country, you will see how important is to anticipate ....there must be no surprises. Take care....

  • @robertneale5835
    @robertneale5835 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Any landing you walk away from is a good one! 😊

  • @scubastevedan
    @scubastevedan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank God for wheels, they've saved me a couple of times from bad landings. Live and Learn.

  • @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e
    @ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The camera was hella secured.

  • @timberendsen5022
    @timberendsen5022 10 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    omg I was like, really, a full turn at THAT attitude!! lol you need like 10x more speed to pull that off..............

  • @johnfritsche4612
    @johnfritsche4612 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was more an “ugly landing” than a “crash” in the end. I assume the last second left turn was unintentional and was a result of some combo of too little speed. Get on downtubes earlier, look straight ahead, and always come in fast (unless you end up landing downwind, as appears to have happened here). Good thing wheels took a little of the shock.

  • @s-dyorindyorin-s149
    @s-dyorindyorin-s149 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why didn't he release the bar when he realized the hard landing is inevitable? He wanted to break his arms?

  • @TheNYgolfer
    @TheNYgolfer 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The thing about unpowered flight is that you don't have an engine to bail you out if you misjudge your approach. Fortunately neither you , nor the aircraft, was damaged , so it's really not a "crash" . Just a hard landing.

  • @garrykennedy5484
    @garrykennedy5484 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looked like you passed through a lot of lift. Why didn't you circle and see how good it was? Or was this a beginner flight?

  • @FISHH00KS
    @FISHH00KS 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That wasn't much of a crash, but I'm glad it wasn't. It takes courage to hang glide and that's lacking in societies moral fiber. You're one of the brave. You've got a beautiful hobby there - enjoy every minute.

  • @dallas69
    @dallas69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was that a good landing? It looks like all hang gliders would be extremely hard to land. I always wanted to try this but I found when I went to the grand canyon I have a sever fear of heights. I probably could do it but might freeze up at the wrong time. I fly commercial aircraft and like flying but small engine aircraft Zip. Funny thing is I am a A&P and a Commercial Aircraft Engineer. Do what you hate do what you fear. Go Figure

  • @paulmobleyscience
    @paulmobleyscience 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually from the way it dropped out from under you expected worse but you handled it really well. Were you ok?

  • @trupr
    @trupr 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why dont these gliders have bigger wheels?

  • @ivanjdrakov1957
    @ivanjdrakov1957 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice landing bro, are you OK after this?!

  • @marktracy586
    @marktracy586 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's up with people sitting on the launch? Pilot had to move around them. Not cool

    • @mikebarbee2217
      @mikebarbee2217 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      One of the pilots sitting on launch is Greg Heckman, the best thermal pilot at Lookout. He sometimes can't be bothered with moving out of the way. We just go around him!!😅😅 EDIT: actually back when this video was made you had to get on the ramp on the far right corner. The ground behind the ramp was lower in the center and much lower to the left side. So those guys weren't in the way at all.

  • @mikewelch3903
    @mikewelch3903 ปีที่แล้ว

    As a former hang gliding pilot, it looked like you let the wind take control of your landing.

  • @kennethbutler1343
    @kennethbutler1343 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That's a "crash landing"??? Nice footage, but this is click bait.

  • @odom2142
    @odom2142 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn’t look too bad at all. Could have been far worse. I want to try this!!

  • @Kim-bd2oz
    @Kim-bd2oz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    By the audio of the wind you fluctuated your airspeed from very slow to stalling .Your arms were Straite out .To fly the same track again with more airspeed, speed is your power.
    Also make your last 100 ft with more speed again,but have a long straight line to the landing point you have put your eye on. have your feet free legs folded,You'll learn where you keep speed up to round out close to landing ,the time to slow down and feel the pressure your pulling in to maintain flight is getting lighter ,Nezt it will push back by iit's self,wanting to drop the nose to regain speed.This point is the right time to flare.

  • @cyranodebergerac636
    @cyranodebergerac636 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    YOU KNOW YOU MADE THE SHITE WHEN YOUR VIDEO IS STILL GETTING VIEWS OVER 5 YEARS LATER.
    I BELIEVE YOU REALLY SHOWED YOU COULD SAVE IT AND YOU DID. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ALOT WORSE.
    YOU FLEW AND YOU WALKED TO THE CAR. THATS A GOOD DAY OF HANG GLIDING

  • @user-nv6vh4js2y
    @user-nv6vh4js2y 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Might want to work on the cross controling a bit.

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +B.S. Nininger Agreed. Nothing makes it more obvious than a tail cam. I think it's the easiest bad habit for an HG pilot to slip back into but I've come up with some methods to do better.

    • @richardfortescue5583
      @richardfortescue5583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Kelcourse Many, many years since I binned my glider, but that twisting was a thing I found myself doing - makes a heck of a difference when you work it out, shift your weight and the glider turns instead of wallowing about! I never really learned to land well, always had issues timing the flair. I am sometimes sorely tempted to give hang gliding another go!!

  • @davestambaugh7282
    @davestambaugh7282 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The glider does not seem to respond to control inputs very well>

  • @sciencelad8286
    @sciencelad8286 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A hang glider pilot must never set up the landing in a turn. The left and the right sides will see different speeds, and the result can be seen in this video. Set up the landing leveled up, assume upright position, speed through the gradient, ground effect, and flair at the right moment (don’t flair in strong head wind though)

  • @tobydogrc
    @tobydogrc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not terrible...common beakover and no harm done to self or glider. I did a ground loop in Utah and also came out unscathed ,no damage...lol. flew Lookout Mountain twice on my trip cross country. both sleigh rides do to lack of wind and 0 lift. Loved the volleyball games as i camped out in my van for 3 days. Great people running the site!!! super friendly. This was 32 years ago right before I got married and sold the Wills Wing. Learned to fly Ellenville NY. Good times.

  • @flyerh
    @flyerh 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agree with other comments, don' t turn down wind at such a low level, do a few short s turns if need be. And as my instructor used to say,"A lot of feet waging going on but not much weight shifting" Glad you let go of the uprights at the end otherwise your wrists would have taken the impact.

  • @edwardkirton4855
    @edwardkirton4855 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a friend who landed his brand new glider into a barn roof at Lookout. Went by himself, newer pilot, could of flown his old glider but no, he had to wreck his new one. I kept a piece of a shingle from the roof as a keep sake to remember " if conditions and circumstances are wrong ,DON'T FLY!!!! I

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +edward kirton Was it a barn or a cabin? I saw someone take a dive into a cabin on the edge of the Lookout Mtn LZ maybe... 3-4 years ago... curious if that might have been him. If not, which barn? I've circled around that place enough to know every shack in the area.

  • @PeterPanoramics
    @PeterPanoramics 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Flying too slow will cause slow responses and even no response, I’d have pulled in the bar to increase airspeed and bleed of the airspeed once committed to final straight approach and landing

  • @swillis717
    @swillis717 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where were the guys in the LZ yelling WHACK!!??

  • @don4476
    @don4476 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    A bit of a splat there at the end. Most pleased you are ok.

  • @Slears
    @Slears 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    so you actually forgott to open the Harness?! You tried to open it close to the ground..what results in the loss of glider control?!

  • @zekbss
    @zekbss 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Looks like my hangliding graduation LOL

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      @yuvrajrandhawa4705 5 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @1htalp9
    @1htalp9 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Looks like your base came way too late, couldn't even make final. Last two turns too close to the ground. Looks like you should have made that last downwind longer, then just go into base and final; dive to get closer to the ground and have plenty of groundspeed (which you didn't have at the end). BTW, what kind of glider is that? Looks a lot like my Saturn.

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a Pulse 10. Luckily a still intact Pulse 10. I have no idea what I was thinking turning so low. I've got 20+ mountain launches and more than a dozen tandems with an instructor and I've never done that before. I'm going to go ahead and blame it on a full moon (you just can't see it because it's daylight)

    • @1htalp9
      @1htalp9 11 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Kelcourse What were the conditions like? I'm trying to get up there but it always seems like the wind is blowing out of the south.

    • @krizz90000
      @krizz90000  11 ปีที่แล้ว

      1htalp9 It was great on Saturday. This flight was around 12pm and there was a nice light headwind maybe around 5mph. Occasionally it would cross for a little while, but for the most part is stayed pretty steady all morning.

  • @Bm3116
    @Bm3116 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Probably shouldn’t be turning that low. You have a huge field set up on the downwind side of the field, s-turns. Turn in on final so you have the entire field just Incase

  • @n3tuf
    @n3tuf 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had the same kind of Landing at Kill Devil Hills, NC broke the left down tube and cut my inner left thigh.

  • @terryandlisadrum
    @terryandlisadrum 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have been there, rough landing.

  • @Nashy76
    @Nashy76 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pps look up constant aspect approach helps avoid turning low and late

  • @tomfire1972
    @tomfire1972 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Maybe i see this to critical but those two dudes on the ramp. Sitting there, Talking. Blocking the ramp like it was a bench. We all were rised differently. Good Landing, I dont have the balls to do something like that.

  • @alanaldpal950
    @alanaldpal950 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who is the BOZO sitting on the launch ramp that makes the pilot have to walk around him to get set for launching

  • @romanempressolivia1815
    @romanempressolivia1815 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    what did you do wrong?

  • @enriquecasiano579
    @enriquecasiano579 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So , what the weels for?

  • @skyhigh776
    @skyhigh776 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can see why you crash landed with such a small landing area!

  • @quantummath
    @quantummath 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dude I'm glad you're fine.

  • @mikemarcott4888
    @mikemarcott4888 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Should have went farther on down wind keep your eye on the LZ and maybe you should be in a a single surface till you get that aircraft approach down good

  • @kilowhiskeyalpha6078
    @kilowhiskeyalpha6078 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The man survived that's a good landing.

  • @nickroberts6984
    @nickroberts6984 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember watching people hang glide from here when I was a kid.
    Looks FUN !

  • @EugeneBumbacco
    @EugeneBumbacco 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Good landing you walked away