As a new pilot I immediately saw if you look down it’s hard to time the flare. Staring at the horizon helps delay the early pull because the ground doesn’t look like it’s coming as fast.
Ahhh the memories you're bringing back! I was the oscillation butt landing king and it took a mental toll on me the first year. Good points and this video will help pilots dial in that landing!
Trevor, I told you awhile back that if I decide to take lessons, it would be with you. You've got the touch buddy and it’s obvious with the progress these 4 students made. I know when your working at making a living, paying bills, teaching when your not feeling it you might think what you do is just not worth the trouble. Take it from me, watching you and the students fly is like being reborn each flight and all things are possible. Me, I think I waited too long, never knowing about Paramotoring….then when I did learn about it I woke up and old guy. The dream is still there though and your videos give me great joy and pleasure although vicarious. Keep up the good work.
Good tutorial. When people ask me what advice I can give, I always say to come in as fast as possible. No brakes until you want to stop. Keep energy in that wing.
I'm just barely barely learning how to paraglide. I'm still ground handling and I've often wondered if you don't have the best idea with the trim speed the best speed. If you had a mile of gravel road in front of you the land on, good you just come in and make a trim speed approach from 100 ft, assuming the wind blows right up the road. If you were gliding at 10/1 could you just glide 1,100 feet and flare at the landing? I just bought an epsilon 9 , I'm flying heavy on the biggest one they have. Right now I'm ground handling and trying to figure out how to do my first landing. I don't have a motor.
@@markmcgoveran6811 With or without a motor, the Landings will be the same. You will just have less pressure on your knees without one. When I first started flying, I assumed to slow my forward momentum before touching down but I always had really hard Landings. One day I figured out to keep my speed up and my Landings got softer and easier. Now I try to keep my speed as fast as possible when I land. That's a lot of energy I can use to flare. I wish they told me that in the class. They always told me what to do but never why to do it. When landing, if you start to ascend, don't release the brakes. Hold them until you start to descend and then use every inch of those brake toggles to stop. It gets much easier with time.
@@TheParamotorGuy I'm already fat enough for this process, it is great encouragement that other people are able to land with a motor tied to him and I'm just a little overweight. I'm trying to learn to fly and there's no one else in my area that flies. I'm going to be all alone here running down these hills and trying to fly away. I appreciate everybody online is taking some time to answer my questions and give me some advice so when I leave the school I have a chance to be here flying.
Thats why when flying i practice landing by doing foot drags as you get lower and lower you can really feel and get comfortable with the speed and ground approaching. I see a lot of pilots freak out with the speed when they come in, pull to much break to slow down but end up stalling the wing or
Het Trevor, great video mate. I’ve had the issue of pulling right hand down more than the left. Think I’ve got it sorted. Keep up the great content mate.
I use to be 5'10' now I'm only oh who is countin at 50...Whats im por T an T is landing with no oscillation and using the right amount of brake at the right time, thanks for a great video!
I also noticed that in each video that when they didn't use all the brake, they had their arms out straight. Also, when flaring unevenly, their arms were straight out.
This video is brilliant & excellent & the BEST i have seen EVER for landing pointers.. It is GOLD for newbies like me! Thanks for sharing & do make more like these. So F** helpful for improvement.
First powered flight was last Tuesday :D I'm very grateful that I had the opportunity to do around 20 tows beforehand, the last 10 added about 3/4 of the weight of a paramotor. Really helped to dial in the landing technique before having AU$10G worth of motor on my back :p Still need to develop that finesse (while trying to avoid that early flare) and bring the distance of my spot landings down, but that's all practice. Also, i'm 5'7, so not going to rip you for being 5'9 :p
As I see on all of these videos the pilots also simply _didn't leave their sits completely_ . (As Trevor said in one of the cases: "put your legs under you"). A common mistake is not to slide forward completely out of your sit onto your leg straps well in advance to landing. You should be completely hanging upright - not sitting inclined with just your legs protruded 45° down forward. In sitting position your legs will likely slide, slip and you end up on your but. (Or, alterntively, you jump out of your sit too late and lose your balance). It is quite hard to get just enough grip and the right speed to stand up from the inclined position with your motor on your back! Look at it this way: You take-off running and then hanging on your leg straps and only then you get into your sit. The landing is reverse: get out of your sit hanging in the air and only then land running. If you are "scooped" with your sit on your take-off too early, or you cannot completely leave your sit before landing, you may need to adjust your harness. Another good piece of advice additional to complete hanging: put one foot slightly forward and another slightly back (not just too feet together on touch-down). This will magically automatically switch you into the running mode on touch-down! And you will normally need to run at least a few steps even with the full flare (which you should have been applied all the way at this point).
My way is a bit more complicated, but makes landing extremly easy. Before landing, i fully release shoulder and leg straps (actualy, I do it after takeoff). That way I can lean forward alooot and body hangs way under the frame, so it makes a fast runout a easy task every time. Im 171cm, its a good hack for smaller pilots. In all these videos, nobody was leaning forward. I can not land like that, it freaks me out.
Can you do a video of landing while foot dragging. I am comfortable with foot dragging now but my landings feel fast now. They turn out alright, however it almost feels like I could foot drag and land better. But how do you kill the speed at the end in nil wind conditions? Keep it up.
I have 8 solo skydiving jumps. I stood up my very first landing which made me feel great but it kinda went downhill from there haha. I think I stood up 3 out of the 8. Not great but definitely not terrible. A couple other students I was training with had some terrible landings. Here's my question. Is it harder or easier to land a paramotor?
Great video! Love to use these videos to help keep my mind current and continue to dial in my skills. Always learning! (12:20) i did the same right hand turn when landing due to uneven brake pressure. Worked out what I was doing wrong with the help of Micah Stevens. Keep up this great content!
Its easy to land when you know how... Only hours of practice and hundreds of landings lead you to a good landing. The instructors should be inside our head to do it right....
We are all guilty of it! If you'd like additional instruction on launches and landings we do offer an advanced/level 2 training course where we help people in your shoes, improve their skills and confidence. We'd love to help you!
As a new pilot I immediately saw if you look down it’s hard to time the flare. Staring at the horizon helps delay the early pull because the ground doesn’t look like it’s coming as fast.
Very good feedback. Thanks for sharing. 1000% correct.
It's the opposite for me... Seeing how much altitude I have as I'm coming down helps me judge when is the perfect time to start flaring.
Ahhh the memories you're bringing back! I was the oscillation butt landing king and it took a mental toll on me the first year. Good points and this video will help pilots dial in that landing!
Trevor, I told you awhile back that if I decide to take lessons, it would be with you. You've got the touch buddy and it’s obvious with the progress these 4 students made. I know when your working at making a living, paying bills, teaching when your not feeling it you might think what you do is just not worth the trouble. Take it from me, watching you and the students fly is like being reborn each flight and all things are possible. Me, I think I waited too long, never knowing about Paramotoring….then when I did learn about it I woke up and old guy. The dream is still there though and your videos give me great joy and pleasure although vicarious. Keep up the good work.
THANK YOU 🙏🏻
Good tutorial. When people ask me what advice I can give, I always say to come in as fast as possible. No brakes until you want to stop. Keep energy in that wing.
I'm just barely barely learning how to paraglide. I'm still ground handling and I've often wondered if you don't have the best idea with the trim speed the best speed. If you had a mile of gravel road in front of you the land on, good you just come in and make a trim speed approach from 100 ft, assuming the wind blows right up the road. If you were gliding at 10/1 could you just glide 1,100 feet and flare at the landing? I just bought an epsilon 9 , I'm flying heavy on the biggest one they have. Right now I'm ground handling and trying to figure out how to do my first landing. I don't have a motor.
@@markmcgoveran6811 With or without a motor, the Landings will be the same. You will just have less pressure on your knees without one. When I first started flying, I assumed to slow my forward momentum before touching down but I always had really hard Landings. One day I figured out to keep my speed up and my Landings got softer and easier. Now I try to keep my speed as fast as possible when I land. That's a lot of energy I can use to flare. I wish they told me that in the class. They always told me what to do but never why to do it. When landing, if you start to ascend, don't release the brakes. Hold them until you start to descend and then use every inch of those brake toggles to stop. It gets much easier with time.
@@TheParamotorGuy I'm already fat enough for this process, it is great encouragement that other people are able to land with a motor tied to him and I'm just a little overweight. I'm trying to learn to fly and there's no one else in my area that flies. I'm going to be all alone here running down these hills and trying to fly away. I appreciate everybody online is taking some time to answer my questions and give me some advice so when I leave the school I have a chance to be here flying.
Beautiful video Trevor, many people should see it to solve landing issues!
Good teacher. Wish you had been making videos several years ago when I started.
Thats why when flying i practice landing by doing foot drags as you get lower and lower you can really feel and get comfortable with the speed and ground approaching. I see a lot of pilots freak out with the speed when they come in, pull to much break to slow down but end up stalling the wing or
Thanks for the informative training video Trevor.
Het Trevor, great video mate. I’ve had the issue of pulling right hand down more than the left. Think I’ve got it sorted. Keep up the great content mate.
Great Video Trevor!!!!
Thank you
Very well explained
I use to be 5'10' now I'm only oh who is countin at 50...Whats im por T an T is landing with no oscillation and using the right amount of brake at the right time, thanks for a great video!
knowledge. excellent to watch and learn. thumbs up
This is excellent information! This is valid for bith motor and Free-Flight.
Good work Trevor thanks for sharing brother.
I also noticed that in each video that when they didn't use all the brake, they had their arms out straight. Also, when flaring unevenly, their arms were straight out.
This video is brilliant & excellent & the BEST i have seen EVER for landing pointers.. It is GOLD for newbies like me! Thanks for sharing & do make more like these. So F** helpful for improvement.
Beautiful video Trevor, many people should see it to solve landing issues!
Congratulations on the explanation.
So good instruction.
Nice video Trevor.
Very helpfull. Thank you
Great video Trevor. What do you recommend to fix the oscillation on the approach?
Learn to control it. I should make a video about oscillation control.
Leave the blessings zero
@@TrevorSteele1 I'll be waiting. Thanks man.
@@ALGNOBI07 mmkay.. lol
First powered flight was last Tuesday :D I'm very grateful that I had the opportunity to do around 20 tows beforehand, the last 10 added about 3/4 of the weight of a paramotor. Really helped to dial in the landing technique before having AU$10G worth of motor on my back :p Still need to develop that finesse (while trying to avoid that early flare) and bring the distance of my spot landings down, but that's all practice. Also, i'm 5'7, so not going to rip you for being 5'9 :p
As I see on all of these videos the pilots also simply _didn't leave their sits completely_ . (As Trevor said in one of the cases: "put your legs under you"). A common mistake is not to slide forward completely out of your sit onto your leg straps well in advance to landing. You should be completely hanging upright - not sitting inclined with just your legs protruded 45° down forward. In sitting position your legs will likely slide, slip and you end up on your but. (Or, alterntively, you jump out of your sit too late and lose your balance). It is quite hard to get just enough grip and the right speed to stand up from the inclined position with your motor on your back!
Look at it this way: You take-off running and then hanging on your leg straps and only then you get into your sit. The landing is reverse: get out of your sit hanging in the air and only then land running. If you are "scooped" with your sit on your take-off too early, or you cannot completely leave your sit before landing, you may need to adjust your harness.
Another good piece of advice additional to complete hanging: put one foot slightly forward and another slightly back (not just too feet together on touch-down). This will magically automatically switch you into the running mode on touch-down! And you will normally need to run at least a few steps even with the full flare (which you should have been applied all the way at this point).
My way is a bit more complicated, but makes landing extremly easy. Before landing, i fully release shoulder and leg straps (actualy, I do it after takeoff). That way I can lean forward alooot and body hangs way under the frame, so it makes a fast runout a easy task every time. Im 171cm, its a good hack for smaller pilots.
In all these videos, nobody was leaning forward. I can not land like that, it freaks me out.
I've was tought in pg to apply some break to get rid of oscilation. Don't know any other way.
Can you do a video of landing while foot dragging. I am comfortable with foot dragging now but my landings feel fast now. They turn out alright, however it almost feels like I could foot drag and land better. But how do you kill the speed at the end in nil wind conditions? Keep it up.
I’ll make a video about it!
@@TrevorSteele1 you sir......are a true paramotoring iconic hero! I owe any of my advance skills to you good man.
Thanks buddy!
6" is absolutely alot! (At least this is what I tell Ll my women!!) Lmao!
;)
I've been flying for almost two years and just my last landing realized I haven't been fully flaring. My wing can land much slower than I think it can
I hear that if you wear Air Jordans, you cant hardly get it to land... Thanks for another vid, Trevor!
I have 8 solo skydiving jumps. I stood up my very first landing which made me feel great but it kinda went downhill from there haha. I think I stood up 3 out of the 8. Not great but definitely not terrible. A couple other students I was training with had some terrible landings. Here's my question. Is it harder or easier to land a paramotor?
thanks i learned a lot before i tried my first landing
Glad I could help!
Great video! Love to use these videos to help keep my mind current and continue to dial in my skills. Always learning! (12:20) i did the same right hand turn when landing due to uneven brake pressure. Worked out what I was doing wrong with the help of Micah Stevens.
Keep up this great content!
Don't they listen to your radio instructions, "Brake, brake, brake.."? 🤣
Its easy to land when you know how... Only hours of practice and hundreds of landings lead you to a good landing. The instructors should be inside our head to do it right....
when landing, lead with your chest, not with your feet.
12:35 I t should be Faster, Harder ,Scooter
Hmmmm, guilty on all counts. I really need to work on my landings.
We are all guilty of it!
If you'd like additional instruction on launches and landings we do offer an advanced/level 2 training course where we help people in your shoes, improve their skills and confidence. We'd love to help you!
I'd love to come do just that, but I am stuck in the great white north for now. My finances being what they are.