Well done mate , hope you don’t mind some advice though . Get set up for landing way earlier with your legs out ( say 300ft) & with your hands off the base bar and shoulder height on the down tubes . In these videos it looks like your fighting to maintain stable approach fumbling from base bar to uprights . Set yourself up early and maintain stable coordinated approach all the way in from 300 and your landings will be safe 👍
In 12 years of avid hang gliding with my knee hanger harness I never went for the down tubes until I was ready to flare. I can't recall falling down more than 3 times in hundreds of hours of flying. I'm 78 and still take an old UP Condor which I inherited to the Oregon coast every couple of years and fly at Cape Kiwanda where I learned to fly in 1977. The last time, 2 years ago I gave a kid 5 bucks to carry my glider to the top of the dune for me, then I took off and soared for an hour, made sure I can still do it. In my long past day I flew in all the western states plus Canada (at the World Championships) and Hawaii. Makapuu was my favorite place to fly in the world, I'd go over there every winter on vacation. Oh, to be young again. BTW, I have 1,800 miles on my Onewheel so I ain't quite calling it quits yet.
Hi, I'm from Taiwan, and very interested in your video, may I know the cost of whole set, including every single unit in the vedio..? and is it possible for me to learn without flying a hand gliding? Many thks, Fly safe
Good question, hard to say exactly. I had a recent flight in Indiana and got to 8,200 ft without really pushing super hard, but it was a buoyant day, lots of lift around. A buddy of mine said he got to 10,000 once. The problem I believe becomes that the engine is not very efficient at the higher altitudes, also it's harder to climb in thin air.
The quirky ingenuity of this idea put a smile on my face. Especially you controlling the speed with your mouth of all things!
What a beautiful area. Like from the movies. Nice flight and take off. Tnx for sharing
Great video.
Oh my gosh that looks fun!
Oh yes I have to have one of those that is the coolest ever
Wow😢😩Cant wait to do it 😩😩😩
Well done mate , hope you don’t mind some advice though . Get set up for landing way earlier with your legs out ( say 300ft) & with your hands off the base bar and shoulder height on the down tubes . In these videos it looks like your fighting to maintain stable approach fumbling from base bar to uprights . Set yourself up early and maintain stable coordinated approach all the way in from 300 and your landings will be safe 👍
In 12 years of avid hang gliding with my knee hanger harness I never went for the down tubes until I was ready to flare. I can't recall falling down more than 3 times in hundreds of hours of flying. I'm 78 and still take an old UP Condor which I inherited to the Oregon coast every couple of years and fly at Cape Kiwanda where I learned to fly in 1977. The last time, 2 years ago I gave a kid 5 bucks to carry my glider to the top of the dune for me, then I took off and soared for an hour, made sure I can still do it. In my long past day I flew in all the western states plus Canada (at the World Championships) and Hawaii. Makapuu was my favorite place to fly in the world, I'd go over there every winter on vacation. Oh, to be young again. BTW, I have 1,800 miles on my Onewheel so I ain't quite calling it quits yet.
Looks like fun
Could put a dirtbike twist throttle on the bar thingy (technical term) and make a shroud for the prop, more thrust and less meat blenderish.
I'm curious on the thrust output of the prop set up. Have you any idea of the amount of thrust and horsepower of the engine?
One important advice: never pull the VG rope at max, if it reached the propeller and rolled up it would be fatal
Hi, I'm from Taiwan, and very interested in your video, may I know the cost of whole set, including every single unit in the vedio..? and is it possible for me to learn without flying a hand gliding? Many thks, Fly safe
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What is the max altitude over the launch you can attain (with no thermal)? What conditions do you need to attain that?
Good question, hard to say exactly. I had a recent flight in Indiana and got to 8,200 ft without really pushing super hard, but it was a buoyant day, lots of lift around. A buddy of mine said he got to 10,000 once. The problem I believe becomes that the engine is not very efficient at the higher altitudes, also it's harder to climb in thin air.
What was your hook in weight?
Nice place, i think you would better take your uprights earlier and pull a little on it to be more straight
You guys use a bite throttle is that for real??
Yup, for real on takeoff. Once well off the ground you can switch to "cruise control" and spit out the mouth throttle.
Better without music ;)
All you can hear is the drone of the motor, what's the point? It's easy enough to turn down the volume of your speakers.
--Hands higher on the downtubes.
Nice job ruining the video with music.