My biggest mistake and lucky in paragliding! Paragliding accident near tragedy or crash! @gregwings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
- That day I made a serious mistake taking off in unpredictable conditions, during very strong gusts of wind. In trying to save my life, I made a few more mistakes in the pilot, including throwing a stock that did not open. Fortunately, I manage to get out of trouble and land safely on the ground
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Thank you Greg for sharing this video. wow, what a thrill ride!
It looks like you pushed speed bar very early on (unless this is your harness' leg strap that you're using, which I doubt) - good thing on using it early!
If that's the case, when you pulled big ears you were on full speed bar. It is safer to pull big ears first and then to push bar, and you were a little lucky not to get a frontal collapse right then. (However that luck didn't last long, and I understand that you were under tremendous stress!)
If I were you I wouldn't be pulling big ears at that incident, since you were flying backwards on full speed bar. and you'd be flying backwards even faster with the ears on. I would stay on full bar, and hopelessly gain altitude and drift backwards, mainly looking up at my canopy to make sure it stays open, and looking rearwards to look for landings behind the mountain I took off from.
another point: When you're on the speed bar, hold your C's instead of your brakes. and pull for some tension in them too. It's kind of scary to control from your C's in such wild conditions, but the flight gets a lot smoother while you're on the speed system.
after gaining some altitude you might get a relief in the wind (being outside of the ventury) or... could get stronger. in that case, at least I might be able use the gained altitude to turn around and glide with the wind, away from the mountain, hopefully past the lee turbulence too. It takes a couple of seconds before you reach your full speed on the bar, and then you'd want to stay on full bar and keep the glider straight above you using only the C's. Once you get somewhat off the speed system - the glider has to rock backwards, get more altitude, slow down, and surge forward again in order to stabilize. you're trying to keep this energy exchange down to minimum, and fly as fast as you can.
Ears could get messed up, cravated, and they cost you both speed and your brakes control. Probably a bad time to use them.
releasing the bar+big ears was the right thing to do, since you got an assymetrical collapse.
Then, it seems like you can probably work on your active piloting. there were very little inputs coming from you, especially before the big frontal collapse - you had a lot of time to brake the surge forward.
I wonder (like others in the comment section) when was that reserve last repacked. To everyone watching this: No question that the gear was not up to spec. The throw was great, a proper reserve would have not stayed in its bag like this one did.
It would have been better if you let go of the brake toggle first, and it seems like it was even worth a couple of seconds of your time in your case, even if you had to get your fist out of the brake loop, because evidently your glider was still flying and pointed into the wind, and your reserve might've only partially opened from that altitude (or... as it happened, not at all).
But accidents happen quickly - and throwing your reserve was a good call!
A few more things:
1.When shit hits the fan, tighten your legs to the bottom of your seat. This reduces your angular momentum, and gets you reoriented under your wing faster. This is true for all harnesses.
2. Look up more. You can get information from the glider quicker from your eyes than your bum. on your next SIV, try to make it a habit to lean back into the harness and lift your head & eyes as much as possible.
3. practice lots of SIV maneuvers! I think it's really important to practice _without_ an instructor (once you know what you're doing) (with a life vest/boat/above water) so you really know your techniques!
4. We all make mistakes. Thanks for sharing yours! It's a valuable learning tool. I also hope this comment will be valuable in some way to you or to others. cheers!
Edit: Haha I just found out 'Ari in the air' has a video about blown backs. It's nice to hear that he's exactly on the same page as I am on this topic!
th-cam.com/video/lVuWWxcbka4/w-d-xo.html
I'm a new pilot (EP done, CP upcoming) and I've found this comment EXTREMELY useful. I've copied your comment so I can revisit in future. Many thanks, both for the video (Greg Wings) and this comment (Shachar Liberman).
@@johnchristopher5201 you've made my day!
Thank you for analyze!
Great comment.
My question is, why are you up there in that wind?
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It's very possible that while estimating the wind conditions at takeoff the pilot felt nothing but a nice breeze, coming from a good takeoff direction. It looks like the pilot hit a very strong wind shear coming from the left side of the mountain about 3 seconds after the video started, and prior to that he had a short smooth flight. That's why it's important to check the weather forecast. We can't see the air we fly in, so gather your information before taking off.
But even if you studied the forecast, fly for long enough / fly cross country / fly somewhere new, and you might find yourself flying in such conditions you regret taking off!
Nothing like going to toss that extra fabric and realizing you replaced your reserve with a brick.
Repack your rescue regularly!
Thus is intense to watch, try paramotoring so you don't have to rely on wind or any certain cliffs for takeoff. And landing when you want is a huge bonus
@@tjmooney4181 isn't that illegal pretty much everywhere?
@@tobiasbrunner4720 actually I lost my driver license from stunt riding my crotch rocket on freeways so I sold it and got a paramotor no license required and I can fly anywhere besides above schools or large gatherings or in some air spaces but over all I'm legal
@@tjmooney4181 interesting to know. I’ve never seen one of these in real life.
Hi Greg! I used this video in my class tonight. I didn't see anyone else comment on this, but It looks like you spun your glider right before the reserve toss and that would have been because the toggle was still in your hand as you went for the reserve handle. Lots of adrenaline going at that point i'm sure.
Glad you were okay and thankful you shared this video so we could all learn some valuable lessons!
Never pull big ears when going backwards. Always push speedbar! But not to fly was the better solution
Easy to say in the comfort of your armchair! 🤡
There is an object lesson here. There is a defined operating window for flying a paraglider and this is outside that. The wind is too strong here and he shouldn’t have launched. As he gains height quickly, you can clearly see he is flying backwards. That is a bad position to be in, it is also difficult to recover from. As he travels ‘over the top’ of the hill he is launching from, he will experience ‘rotor’, which is where the wind begins to curl down over the spot where he is flying and can force him down into the ground very quickly. A collapse was pretty much inevitable. On top of that, he threw his reserve ‘chute when he was much too low for it to be of any use. A reserve will only save you from a complete unrecoverable collapse but you need around 600 feet for that to be effective. As you can see it didn’t inflate and I don’t think it even left the shroud it is packed in. All in all a very lucky escape. It could’ve been much worse. As my flying instructor always told me many years ago, “It is much better being down here wishing you were up there, than the other way around!”
You can deploy a reserve pretty low. I had a full frontal collapse at 200 feet and the wing came back above me with a full twist and 50% cravat. I deployed my reserve and it opened before impact. The entire episode took 6.5 seconds with max 10m/s sink (All checked on my GPS and track log) I was fortunate to walk away with no injury at all.
Nonsense. ALWAYS throw the reserve, no exception. You base your statement on misinformation.
"The main objective of this sport is to reach equal amount of safe takeoffs and landings"
I think this pilot was lucky to get away with this , hopefully they have learnt a valuable lesson as can pilots who have watched this.
Assessing the weather conditions seems to be the biggest mistake they made , the reserve deployment and its lack of opening could have been caused by a number of issues , I remember repacking a reserve parachute for a mate once , he hadn't repacked it for a few years and I'm sure it would not have opened it was completely compressed together , repack your reserve inline with the manufacturer's instructions.
Strong conditions on launch. Big wing. Lucky didn't get blown to the backside rotor rapids while imitating king-size bed sheets with strings attached.
Pilot lost the control game early on. The pilot's mind was too soft and dull. The mind must remain stronger than the conditions, always.
Dang!!!!! Now that’s a crazy ride thanks for sharing
Ok , old hangglider pilot from the 90's here
What I don't get about this is how you would handle the same condition if you were soaring right around the top end of your wing's speed range and a cycle that came through that did the exact same thing. My point is, it really don't matter if you launched into strong conditions or that you flew into strong conditions. Your wing simply has a narrow speed range or at the very least it's not fast enough to be flown safely. It's pretty much why paragliders are not my choice. I have been blown out and into a rotor before while trying to penetrate up wind and it's not pretty. I'd hate to have even less speed range and a collapsible wing but that sure is what paraglider appear to be to me.
Uffff...glad that the outcome is positive and you are OK...but HOLY SMOKE what a terrible conditions.
Who packed your reserve?
The trees should have been the indicator that told you not to fly.
I would have came back on another day. Obviously the wind was not on your side that day😢😢😢
that reserve was packed tight! 😬 glad u landed ok. did you use big ears at first then let them go?
Definetley the wing saving a pilot from a horrible decision.
Looks like you hit a thermal ?
A i po co ciagnales uszy? Nie lepiej było się windować i ominąć rotory góra?
You got damn lucky this time man🙏 Be sure to not take off in those conditions again, Dont pull ears when going bavkwards allready and repack the reserve like it should every 6 months. But these lessons probably have been learned allready😉
What shit if the reserve doesn’t open 😱
Paragliding is actually not considered a high-risk sport, considering you do your weather briefing correctly.
There are 365 days in a year. Plenty of flyable days.
Chose those days, not days like this with 50kmh wind and backwards flying and 20m/s gust elevators, if you want to live a long and happy life.
kek, safe landings are good :) just wow on the whole thing
Who packed that reserve and when?
like previous century I guess
Looks like the reserve didn't come out of its container, a much more common occurrence than it should be.
Very strong wind with gusts. He did all wrong.
Wow, glad you're OK, sounds really gusty in the video.
thanks for info. what can hapens if you have bad decizion you Lucky man
That got ugly. Glad you got down in one piece!
Did you have a speed bar hooked up?
this video should coast 1 million dollars
Cześć. Co było przyczyną złożenia się szmaty i rzucenia paczki? Silne podmuchy boczne, rotory, w silnych rotorach naciśnięcie speedsystemu i zmniejszenie doskonałości paralotni czy co? I dlaczego ta paczka się nie rozłożyła?
waaaaaaa suuuuper lucky asf
Given me a pair of solid wings not a damned kite!
And btw I guess the reserve wasn't repacked for a long time
What "Courba" means (@38 seconds) ? I frequently listen this word in Russian Dash cam
I dont launch with that conditions . Lucky and protect by angels ( los cursos ayudan pero no salvan). Agradece a Dios
Who pack your reserve ? if there is any
thank you for the interresting video! what happened at 0:50? Is this a negative spin? it looks like the pilot holds the brakes during reserve throw.
Stall, then loooot of break on the right side (0:52), the left side wants to fly after the stall : helico. The right break is still down after throwing the reserve... Bad pilot skills. More than that : horrible weather analysis...
I think he reach for his reserve with his brakeline still in his hand and stalled one side
This video is real paragliding. You flew well.
Conditions imprévisibles ou erreur d’appréciation d’un pilote insuffisamment formé ?
Nice acrobatic display
Sick acro routine when are you posting tutorial?
Strong wind! I shouldn't have flown
hihihi la prochaine fois faite du prapente avec 60km:h de vent .
nothing unpredictable there. Just strong wind
should do an siv, all of this could be avoid without problem by simple knowledge
how, he was getting blown back even with full bar and big ears? what do you suggest he could have done at that point? i would say he should have turned around and made a downwind leg to escape the rotor once he hit the crux
@@josephfreeman5289 Not pulling big ears while on bar. It’s great for escaping lift into cloud but when you’re not penetrating the ears won’t help you.
Not sure what an SIV could do to help except maybe helped deescalate what I would think was a fairly emotional flight.
@@903lew yes I'm not sure why siv is suggested. Ears causes more deag but reduce lift so that was the right call.
I think I'll stick with hang gliding.
Paragliders are said to be convenient and easy to land in tight downhill terrain. True factor most of the time. Paragliders can be hard of hearing and aerodynamically unreliable.
God has a reason your still here amigo
They should make you take a stupid test before launching. Then none of that would have happened.
Terrible video, however it's with happy end.
😂. you paraglider ist not Mig 21 🤦♂️😄😄😄
No sympathy. You can hear the windy conditions. Asking for trouble.
Blöd man