40 years ago I went up in a Terratorn Tierra with my 9 year old daughter. The only reason we are alive is I had the prudence to buy a BRS ballistic chute. I am a believer. I will never fly without one.
If I had a ballistic parachute I might have kept my ELSA. But they cost 5000 and FAA requirments are to be inspected every 2 years i think at around 1500. @@FLYNRYAN1978
Years ago when I learned to fly hang gliders (1980), my instructor told me that if air was visible, there's no way anyone would want to fly through it. I think he was right. I remember the first time I ever went over the falls in a booming Arizona thermal, and boy did It scare the crap out of me! I was coring the thermal and the next thing I knew my wing was pointing almost straight down. Thanks to the reflex our wings have built into them, it really wasn't that dangerous. Going over the falls isn't uncommon in big air, and I actually got to where I enjoyed the ride. It's kind of like going down that first big hill on a roller coaster. But I can tell you the most dangerous thing I have encountered and witnessed in my 40+ years of flying dacron and aluminum wings is a dust devil near the ground. I hit one in Flagstaff on landing which was invisible since there was no dust for it to pick up in the area, and it put me into an almost 90 degree bank, and I was less than 40 feet off the ground. Somehow I managed to pull it out and was unscathed. I was also a eye witness when Dan Buchanan was killed flying a hang glider while performing at the Mountain Home AFB airshow in 2018. The likely cause was determined to be an invisible dust devil (it was a very hot day with big dust devils in the area). So my point is be very careful during strong thermic conditions while flying close to the ground. I've found it's best to be on the ground wishing you were flying rather than being in the air wishing you were on the ground.
I’ve watched invisible vortices nearly push large SUVs off the road. The August heat here in Wyoming seems to be when they are most prevalent. When the do hit a dust patch or alkali flat, they rocket the dust into the sky!
As I was reading your post before getting half way through I was thinking ‘Dan Buchanan’ and then you added you weee there. That accident really took the wind out of my sails …total pro, high airtime pilot, boom..he’s gone. I only saw him fly once at an airshow in Grand Junction. I happened to be one of the ‘early bird’ hang glider pilots back in The 80’s hot towing behind a vehicle in Hobbs, NM using the harness tow method.
@@FLYNRYAN1978yeah I been kiting for cpl years myself, got all the goodies now to start hang testing n motor practice! I'm ready for spring for sure!!!
Now thats real flying, and getting a real feel of some wind/turbulence. Well handled. When i encounter heavy turbulence i just add power. Pull the bar slightly and try to punch through. Circling the bar and just keeping calm. It always feel worse than it is. I also convince myself its only the cart swerving. The wing has got this👌🙏😄
Yeah You really have no choice but to stay calm . If you can’t you have no business flying. Panic makes you make bad decisions lol . Thanks for the support and thanks for watching.
I just do a quick dump in my pants… Bail the craft, dragging frantically at my Parachute before doing another quick dump in my pants… And then crash land somewhere over some power lines minus my Phone, shoes, craft, pants and my dignity… 🪂
Yes, updrafts and downdrafts from the hilly terrain with maybe some added wind to make it even more interesting. Ultralights will be affected more than heavier aircraft. You should be okay if you don't exceed your maneuvering speed. You did well when you reduced your throttle. Just ride it out and be prepared to quickly add lots of throttle if you get into a downdraft.
Be ready is all I can say. You have no idea how scary the turbulence can get. I could tell your stories. I felt many times if I was going to make it back in one piece and I flew for over 2 years.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 From ground view or overhead view it looks less scary. But i flew trikes over 12 years and had my own scary moments, while ground viewers say ,, your wing was perfect and straight level, and i was shaking in the trike unit.🤗
Turbulence... It looks like similar situation I experienced in the past during my paramotor flight. Sometimes the weather is unpredictable... Great job Ryan!
It’s definitely unpredictable. Sometimes they say it’ll be gusty and it turns out to be the smoothest air ever and other times the exact opposite. Thank you for commenting.
Yep, I owned a ELSA with a Rotex 670 engine. That engine had so much power that one could not step on brakes and apply full power on the concret, the engine would push the trike across the apran. I flew for two years. Trained in Jackson County Ga, close to SC border. The air for the most part was okay up there. I had some turbulence. When I flew the ELSA down to middle GA 130 miles, the turbulence was bad. I mean it was really bad in Dublin Ga. I could count on 1 hand the smooth flights. My turbulence looked like what this guy went through ALL THE TIME. And, I was in the air at sunup with calm winds reported. 800 feet off runway, I would get thrown all over the place. I often wondered if I could make it through the pattern without going down. It was always a struggle landing. Right where Dublin Ga is we have the warm fronts from Fl meeting the colder air from North Ga. The 40 mile stretch of land was always volitile. I never could get use to flying in the turbulence and sold the aircraft. Mine was a 2 seater. So I had to have a LSA license by the FAA. I had to take 20 hours training, complete a cross country to three airports using a sectional map, fly with an FAA examiner and take a written exam at an FAA office in Atlanta. I also had to pass an oral exam from the examiner. This guy did not have to train at all as he was in a single seater. I dd notice he was flying over a mountain range. Had he been trained, he would have avoided that as the rotor turbulence on the leeward side of the mountains will take you down fast.
I have some training as I am an H2 rated pilot back in 2019 and trained for around 6 hours in a two seater in North Carolina. So I didn’t train all by myself as I’m crazy but not on that level of crazy lol. I was around 27to 2800 MSL at the time and usually once you get around 2500 or better things start to smooth out significantly however I believe I ran into a cold front starting to move in as the weather said it would be smooth the rest of that late evening however as we all know the weather isn’t always accurate as I found out lol. Also I couldn’t fly anywhere if I had to avoid mountains where I fly as you can tell in the video my airport is right beside one lol. Thank you for watching and commenting.
We would fly The Columbia River Gorge, when flying from southwestern Wa State to North Idaho. In a bad storm we had 250ft+ elevation drops and gains in a Cessna 6 seat going thru the Gorge. We flew that way to Idaho all the time,, and went thru some doozie storms in the Gorge. Hood River in the Gorge is or was a very popular sailboarding spot,,and a high turbulence area. Sometimes that turbulence extended quite a ways up in elevation. You did the best you could when riding a kite, chop the power and turn around, be ready with the power after the turn. Be ready for the back flip if you get a monster updraft or headwind., God Forbid.
I am thinking about a ultralight for retirement and you gave me a new perspective of what else there is than just flying and having fun. Thank God you came through this ok but, again, thanks for showing me there are other things to think about other than taking off and landing.
You’re welcome. Admittedly I may have overreacted in my situation but until that flight I’d never experienced turbulence for that long of time. I recommend this type of aircraft to anyone. Thanks for watching and commenting.
You should have flown in and around Dublin GA, The turbulence you experienced was a normal day for me. I finally sold the ELSA rotax 670 high performace engine. Unbelievable power. I could never get used to wind gusts trying to flip my ELSA over. The worst trubulence was flying in the pattern and trying to burn base to final fighting really bad turbulence like drops of 20 feet or fighting the wing being blown on one side. I remember being blown so hard I ended up landing in the grass next to the runway. I had Tundra tires. The ELSA was designed for grass landings. @@FLYNRYAN1978
Hi Ryan, It was interesting to watch your response to the turbulence and the more it kicked you, the more you pulled on the bar. The extra speed from tensing and pulling the bar in will make the turbulence feel much more pronounced. If it does get a bit rough just slow the wing down as well as just damping it out. I did make a video on fly in turbulence but this is all about your channel. Being confident in your machine comes with time, experience and knowledge of how to make it easier and less stressful for you. Keep flying and a good pilot never stops learning. Fly safe :)
Thank you for your support. It’s instinct to pull the bar in lol. I have to get away from that I know. You are definitely one of my favorite channels to watch and learn from . Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy flying!
I'm sure it's really scary in an open cockpit configuration such as an ultralite. I've had summertime turbulence in a Cessna 152 that lifted me off the seat and bounced me around. Yes, I did not have my lap belt on but the cross belt was on. Just know thermo turbulence does not happen over water. That river would be a great place to fly down her or up her and not have the affects of thermo turbulence. Wind turbulence is different, but on relative calm or cool days, you won't have that.
Scary stuff, great video! Would you be okay with me featuring some of it in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description.
Absolutely. That’s why I share content. I love showing others the beauty and sometimes scary side of flight . Thank you for commenting. Appreciate your support.
Awesome view. Yea that turbulence can be real scary. Sad part is ya can't see it till ur in it. Seems it messed up the camera view. Thanks for sharing the trip.
I flew with a friend on his trike, and another buddy took off with us out of Double Eagle near Albuquerque New Mexico in 2008, I was invited to drive there for a trike fly-in group I was part of when I took up flying them using my LSA fixed wing experience as hours so I could learn to fly trikes with mechanical, comms and especially meteorology experience (my College minor was Earth Science and Major was Social Science) . On our trike flight near KABQ, everything was nominal--nice smooth air, our engines were well warmed up, and we looked forward to an hour long flight, and we headed west, away from the city, knowing the high mountain range to the east, the southern tail of the Rockies, could churn up dangerous turbulence. What we did not see, or see on the radar, was the hidden gust front moving in from the east from behind the mountain range. It came upon us suddenly, making us feel like the wind wanted to separate our wing from us. We declared an emergency, and tried to warn our friend on the radio, who had flown faster out ahead of us, but we could not reach him and there was no operational tower at Double Eagle at that time. So with me and my friend both working the trapeze trying to stay cool thru the chop--just flying through it and not trying to overpower the trapeze, we made it to the longest runway at the field, about a mile long, coming in crabbed but touching down shaken, but not stirred. During the flight my friend shouted to me "r u alright?" and I gave a thumbs up, since his helmet probably would have not let him hear the answer, even on radio with noise cancellation, because of the heavy wind. Funny thing, I was fine, more worried about landing so I could visit that place we need after a flight on an aircraft with no "facilities" since I had had several cups of hot chocolate that morning. My fixed wing teacher taught me how to be unflappable in a crisis--his attitude is "one way or another, you'll kiss the planet earth again" so he prepared me and coached me well for emergencies before offering me a solo, only four lessons in my fixed wing training though I only flew trikes with a partner, because it was like camping, since trikes can land by streams and rivers and we could catch fish for our lovely ladies waiting for us at home. Only advisory about this video--find a helmet, the only landing u can walk away from is one where your head does not have to be velcroed back on to your body.
Thanks you I enjoyed reading your comments. I have several helmets and I don’t disagree that it’s probably better to wear one than not to but if I land that hard that I need a helmet it’s probably only going to be good for identification purposes only lol .
@@atticushexcel9567 So correct. On any ulltralight, a must. I was run over crossing at a crosswalk in '19, the car that impacted me was going 35 mph, and I rolled under the SUV and flew 10 feet, landing upright. Soo lucky, the police said I was the only person they'd seen who'd survived such an accident, and I was out of the hospital 24 hrs later with just a concussion and bruises. Of course I did not have a helmet, pedestrians usually do not, but I was wearing my heavy jacket I always use for trike flying, since it was cold that night. My padded arms cushioned the blows the tires and suv axles made to my face, and I had jeans on. So I recommend motorcycle style wear in addition to a helmet when flying an Ultralight--since my impact speed in my pedestrian accident was quite similar to what one might expect in an ultralight landing upset by a freak wind gust.
As one who has hit the ground at speed many times, the helmet becomes one of the few things you actually prefer to lead with. While an aircraft impact could be too severe to matter, it could also be sort of an out of control landing type crash that resembles motorcycle style/type smacks/tumbles. Anyway, having been knocked out with a helmet on, I’ve never been a fan of testing the ground with my bear naked skull.
Wow... initially seemed like a smooth flight... then out of nowhere, turbulence. You cant even see any wind on the river either... wild... Good job keeping calm.
It was really smooth initially, but I seen something forming to my left but didn't know if it was coming at me or moving away . Now I know lol. Thanks for watching and comments.
You handled this like the Total Boss that you are! Outstanding! I have a question about a glider vs a chute. Assuming vfr as in you were familiar with ground and terrain features.. having flown neither... would the chute be easier or harder to maneuver?
Thank you for your kind comments. I am currently learning powered paragliding and from what little experience I have with PPG I think it’s a little easier for a hang glider . The plus with PPG though is how small it packs down and the portability of it. But the powered hang glider as long as you have a hangar is easier as you don’t have to inflate the wing . Thanks for watching and commenting.
the LSA is funner to fly. Both are suspectible to turbulence. Never flew paramotor but i understand situation from shifiting wings can cause wing collapse. A lot more people are killed flying paramotors than LSAs
Great to watch I fly a FLPHG and would kill power and turn in the lift for that situation making the most of the unstable air .I have thermaled to inversion layer only to bounce under it that felt like every bolt would shake undone it terrified me .latter after landing I asked other pilot how he broke through inversion he said stay with it until a stronger thermal can punch you through inversion to were the lift is like silk .mabe you were at an inversion layer ?
Oh, man... Been there...!! Attempted an approach to Woodland WA just as the north wind kicked in on final. SLAM BAM WHAM WHOA!!! IMMEDIATE ABORT!! Safe skies me brothah...
I've had days where the air was smooth as glass until I hit that first bit of moderate turbulence and then it seems to follow me all the way back to the airport. Then when I look at the windsock it's just hanging limp and I have to think to myself, "Seriously, what the heck?"
Gotta love the result, Ryan. Well done pilot.👍🙏 In a similar case of unexpected turbulence like that were there was next to zero warning, would that have been less scary in a Gyrocopter? What about a small fixed wing ultralight? Like one of your commenters said quite confidently "just fly that wing, they are buiit for those pucker moments" . haha As someone inexperienced still, was that good advice or just internet and not necessarily good advice? Your wing is actually safer in turbulence that a chute trike right? That is my guess only, but I've heard gyros are very forgiving of turbulence..not sure if true. Like I say, well done 👍
Yeah I’ve heard the same of gyro’s . A hang gliding wing won’t collapse like a paraglided it’s true although I like to paraglide and have nothing against them. The turbulence just lasted longer than I would’ve liked lol . I’ve been hit before with some pretty good gusts but on this occasion there was no warning. Thank you and thanks for commenting.
He was too high to be using that flexi-wing tube thing. They do not turn into gliders as even small sports planes do when many failures occur, they go into all kinds of crazy shapes as they plummet to earth when air shit hits fan. There are people claiming to take this kind of craft to 10,000 feet or more. All that kind does is create more regs on all of us and danger to innocents on the ground. And any passengers in other planes they endanger flying through. Most don't have any proper comm equipment on board when they do that.
I was praying to JESUS all the way back and thanking HIM for a while when I landed safely. I’m not religious either sir and am totally against religion as a whole. As a Christian though it’s about a relationship with our Creator and Savior. Thank you for commenting Patrick .
@@FLYNRYAN1978 Like @Wayne said -- the wing is built for it. It was just the landing I was worried about and you nailed it. Come in as fast as possible is how I was trained for in choppy wind. Most of my training landings were high short approaches and pulling the bar in for a steep approach. This leaves no chance of needing your engine should it fail. The only engine-on approach the instructor chanced was at his personal field where he likes to come in low and long as his field is short. But the the approach is over low growth crops so not much to worry about. Get back up there my friend - humans where meant to fly -- evolution gave us the mind power to create aircraft to do it. Its just the fear we have to get over. Like from the movie Dune - "Fear is the mind killer" 🤣. Cheers
It’s a Skycycle They were made by a guy named Trike Mike out of Chattanooga. He passed away a couple years back. They are very similar to the Northwing mavericks . Where are you Soloing? I fly at Jackson Co airport in Gainsboro. You should check it out sometime.
To avoid thermals, do not pass over darker colored ground cover. It's tough around airports but rising heat from dark colored ground cover will toss you around like a hackysack
Ryan was it rotors coming off the hills/Mechanical Rotors? Or Thermal? or Both. And the flight over was smooth until it wasn't, but you seem to turn back right away, I would have thought that It would have gotten better going back from where you came??? Was there a front coming in?
It was very calm for the first 15 minutes or so . Yes I think it was a front because I fought it all the way back down to the landing. The weather didn’t predict this for sure lol . There were some darkish clouds forming to my left but I didn’t know which way it was heading and thought I was far enough away to fly a little further. Next time I’ll listen to my instincts.
Actually some good exsperience for you. The hills i see and the calm water tell me it wasnt mech rotors. You came into a shear and turbulant edies. Prob generated by the weather you had on a distance. But you maintained control and flew the wing. Good job
@@FLYNRYAN1978 I use to love flying around the coast on my open cockpit trike ..... one fine sunny day engine problems forced me to make emergency landing on the beach- returning later in the evening to the airfield than planned - the weather suddenly changed - really thick fog moved in really fast - lost all visual waypoints - couldn't locate the airfield reduced height to try getting a location - suddenly realised where I was after almost flying straight into the church spire near the airfield 😂🙈
@@FLYNRYAN1978I didn't mean to minimize your experience, I've never flown an ultra light and I'm assuming turbulence affects them more than heavier aircraft. I used to fly out of an area that would routinely have smooth air in the morning but the thermals coming from uneven surface heating would always make the afternoon air rough. Strictly speaking the FAA defines light to moderate turbulence as bumpiness with temporary changes in altitude and/or attitude. Severe turbulence causes violent changes of attitude and altitude with periods of loss of control. I once had a situation where I could hold my altitude within 1000 feet of my desired altitude, yet the turbulence was reported as moderate. I'm curious, what was the wind speed, temperature and time of day?
@@keithcanfield3251 It was late afternoon and really smooth until I ran into that gust front to my left . It was really surprising. I’ve hit some bumps before but nothing that continued for that long all the way back to the airport.
I remember flying over the base of the Pyreneese From France to Spain on my own with a bag of ballast for stability in the passenger seat in my Flash 2 Alpha and being turned virtually 180 Degrees. That's scary. Thank God it was the only instance but still a very turbulent trip to Roses in Spain. Unfortunately no video! Circa 1995.
Did you intend to fly with turbulence in order to learn how to deal with it or keep your skills fresh, and what are the safety margins when its safe to fly and when it is not?
No the weather forecast for that afternoon was SUPPOSED to be calm . A little gust front popped up and I didn’t turn around when I should have and I got hit by it . I didn’t listen to my instincts lol. The wing so I’m told is rated to take much more than I experienced or that I could have physically controlled. I’m also still new to flying even though it was my 4th year at the time of this video. I’m sure there is a lot worse turbulence to experience and hopefully I can avoid it for the most part lol but it help to build skills and to realize first hand what the wing is capable of . Thank you for watching and commenting.
I found myself flying over water reduces updrafts and turbulence… just something to think about next time that happens.. even a river or lake will work
I’ve kind of noticed the same thing in my short time of flying however this turbulence beat me up all the way back to the airport lol . Thanks for watching.
Running into turbulence & thermals is never fun, especially when the nose of your machine is doing figure 8’s 🤢 & especially knowing your going to have to try landing in those conditions & try to stay in one piece. 😬 Good landing though especially considering!!! 👍👍
Another future gyro pilot ! There is wind and there are gusts and storms and such but say your prayers and hang on tight if you get in grip of angry air and it’s might. When you fly long enough you understand Mother Nature is no joke. Fly safe !!
The slow speed is what makes it so appealing to me . You can take off and land in a very short distance and have plenty of time to take in the scenery. .
I clocked my ground speed at 65 knots with a trail wind and 50 with flying into the wind. But then I had a rotax 670 high performace engine. My engine sounded like an airplance prop. @@maxflight777
Ive had worse than that in a fixed wing single seater Glider being caught in the tail end ot a Rotar. Not nice.High winds from 360 degrees. Alttitude about a 1000 ft. Thank God I managed to do a 90 deg. turn and get the hell out of there
I noticed you wearing a tee-shirt. That suggests warm temperatures. The overcast skys, I'm guessing, suggests unstable air leading to building thunderstorms starting to form in the area. The down drafts hitting the ground, causing straight line winds playing with the hills, giving you hell too. I've been there, done that flying helicopters in AZ. Not fun. Thanks for posting.
This looks far more interesting than a powered parachute. My buddy wanted me to go up with him in his powered parachute, above 30 mph we climbed, below 25ish we descended. It was like mowing the yard, I didn't think we'd ever land.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 lol You might be learning patients. I was intending to buy one before we went up. Dean lives one creek up river from us on the Chickamauga Lake. He and his buddy buzz the house now and then just to say hi. I'll hear them long before they show up. The stealth engineer was off that day when they built his. What I find remarkable is how many topless sunbathers he encounters so there is that. Good luck up there.
nice flight, that turbulence would have been interesting to feel. i learn that if you crab (duirng skydiving) it is minimized at attitude. speaking of crabbing, looks like you had to do it shortly before landing. does this model have an altimeter.
Mine had an altimeter and a speed gauge along wiht a com setup for driver and passenger and a radio for contact with other aircraft in the pattern. The weird thing about crabbing is I can remember flying up wind parallel to the runway with my wing pointed at least 40 degrees sideways but kept going parallet with runway. Wing always wants to point towards the wind. It is a strange sensation as you feel like the aircraft is going to turn around backwards. I can also remember crabbing on final and the last 100 feet, the wing always straightened out. Then you only had to deal with oscillation control and not dropping out of the sky. My instructor insisted I pull the bar back for max speed. "speed was your friend" this meant very small corrections were required. If you came in to low, apply more throttle but keep bar pulled in. Some would push the bar out and stall thus falling out of the sky.
I have a transponder. The highest I believe I was in this video was about 27 or 2800 MSL . I’m flying close to an un towered airport as well . So short answer is no I don’t really even have to have a transponder. When flying keeping your head on a swivel and staying alert is key. Thanks for watching.
Loved the flight ! I am no expert but you seemed to turn over the water would you have been better to fly straight through the thermal and back over land ?, not criticising just a question ?. Keep safe 😊
It was smooth sailing for the first 15 minutes. It was actually a gust front that popped up out of nowhere that I had hoped was moving in the opposite direction lol. My experience is when flying over water though is it seems smoother. Thank you for watching and commenting.
@FLYNRYAN1978 thanks for reply, last time I did recreational flying was when I was 16 at Shobdon in the UK. 63 now wish I had done more 😳. Enjoy your flying and look after yourself.
Like a flip of a switch - buttery smooth to crap just like that - what time of day? Just curious as I fly a paramotor trike and confined to morning and evenings. This sport intrigues me and want to pursue.
Hats off to you brother. I think you are freaking nuts and you couldn't get me to do that with a gun to my head but if that's what trips your trigger, go for it.
When u first hit rough patch u turned... Wrong if it was rising air or thermal activity you basically turned to core it or stay in that patch.. You then lost height so put yourself in more rowdy air. I would stayed straight, eased power til bumps subsided and climbed to find smoother and higher therefore safer air.😊
For those who don't know what that verse is in Isaiah 41:10; it says: Fear thou not; for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am your God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Beautiful!
Don't fly in much thermic conditions? The terrain can rip thermals and cause mechanical turbulence. I could see you just wanted to get down :) and I went through your channel, HG pilots have a good bump tolerance. You didn't pursue hang gliding after H2 or something?
I’ll start by saying that yes I’ve hit some significant turbulence before however I think I ran into a cold front moving in and it was fairly rough for an extended period pretty much all the way back to the airport as shown in the video. I know that some pilots say that it was mild to nothing but it wasn’t or didn’t feel like nothing to me lol. First time my cameras were moved around while flying. Yes I stopped flying hang gliding as an H2 but not due to turbulence I was just impatient and didn’t care to hangwait as it was called . I was also fairly high for it to be mechanical turbulence off the hills . I also passed several hills before that and it was butter smooth until I got closer to those darker clouds starting to form . Thanks for watching and commenting.
It was some sort of sheer, terrain can break thermals. Na, it looked quite turbulent especially the couple of negatives. About a month ago, I got sucked into a wave flying my hang glider and shot right through the CB at 5.5K and couple of minutes later was a couple of grand above clouds. The ride up was insane, being fully pulled in and climbing at over 2.5K ft/m. It was the ride down which I thought would break my glider mid air. Just a tumble weed. I made it but it loosened just about every bolt on the glider and small bits came off. I did see the turbulence followed you all the way down to the river. That's just how it is sometimes. Good stuff man, keep on flying and be safe.
@BariFPV yeah I care nothing for flying in those types of conditions. I know turbulence is part of the game and I’ve actually become more tolerant over the last couple years but I still hate the stuff lol. Happy flying!
@@FLYNRYAN1978 just have to build that bump tolerance hehe :) but nothing like flying in glassy conditions though if the air isn't spicy I get bored rather quickly lol
Andy was an experienced Paramotor pilot who never wore a helmet. His friends always gave him shit for not wearing one. Andy gave in and started to wear one. One day Andy went up and he ended up crashing while wearing his helmet. He was rushed to the Hospital but was in pretty bad condition. His best friend Amos went to see him in the Hospital. Amos walked into the emergency room where Andy was being kept alive by some machines. Amos was shocked to see what all was left of his best friend Andy. Andy had no body left at all! All that was left was his head being kept alive all hooked up with machines and hoses. Andy didn't have a scratch or cuts anywhere on his face or his head. Amos was in shock when he heard Andy greet him when he walked into the room. No body, only his head on a platter all hooked up to wires and hoses. Amos looked at him and said "Now, aren't you glad that you had your helmet on"?
40 years ago I went up in a Terratorn Tierra with my 9 year old daughter. The only reason we are alive is I had the prudence to buy a BRS ballistic chute. I am a believer. I will never fly without one.
Totally agree.
I have a throwable chute.
I would rather have a ballistic though.
Thanks for commenting and watching.
If I had a ballistic parachute I might have kept my ELSA. But they cost 5000 and FAA requirments are to be inspected every 2 years i think at around 1500. @@FLYNRYAN1978
First question that jumped into my mind was exactly about this.
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@@FLYNRYAN1978It takes real ⚾️🏐🏈🎾’s to fly one of those things. 👍. Maybe save up for the BRS ballistic chute you prefer. 🧠
Years ago when I learned to fly hang gliders (1980), my instructor told me that if air was visible, there's no way anyone would want to fly through it. I think he was right. I remember the first time I ever went over the falls in a booming Arizona thermal, and boy did It scare the crap out of me! I was coring the thermal and the next thing I knew my wing was pointing almost straight down. Thanks to the reflex our wings have built into them, it really wasn't that dangerous. Going over the falls isn't uncommon in big air, and I actually got to where I enjoyed the ride. It's kind of like going down that first big hill on a roller coaster. But I can tell you the most dangerous thing I have encountered and witnessed in my 40+ years of flying dacron and aluminum wings is a dust devil near the ground. I hit one in Flagstaff on landing which was invisible since there was no dust for it to pick up in the area, and it put me into an almost 90 degree bank, and I was less than 40 feet off the ground. Somehow I managed to pull it out and was unscathed. I was also a eye witness when Dan Buchanan was killed flying a hang glider while performing at the Mountain Home AFB airshow in 2018. The likely cause was determined to be an invisible dust devil (it was a very hot day with big dust devils in the area). So my point is be very careful during strong thermic conditions while flying close to the ground. I've found it's best to be on the ground wishing you were flying rather than being in the air wishing you were on the ground.
I'm getting more comfortable with turbulence but when it lasts as long as it did that's what I don't like . Thanks for your knowledge and experience.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 No problem. Be safe and have fun.
I’ve watched invisible vortices nearly push large SUVs off the road. The August heat here in Wyoming seems to be when they are most prevalent. When the do hit a dust patch or alkali flat, they rocket the dust into the sky!
@@tomcoryell not sure what I hit but I know I didn't like it . lol
As I was reading your post before getting half way through I was thinking ‘Dan Buchanan’ and then you added you weee there. That accident really took the wind out of my sails …total pro, high airtime pilot, boom..he’s gone. I only saw him fly once at an airshow in Grand Junction. I happened to be one of the ‘early bird’ hang glider pilots back in The 80’s hot towing behind a vehicle in Hobbs, NM using the harness tow method.
That sharp buffeting when you encounter significant turbulence can sure make you want to "suck up a seat cushion". Extra high pucker factor there.
Absolutely!
Nice vid, good flying. I plan to get to work on my light trike, just as soon as i finish up learning my ppg! Love the low n slow stuff too!!!👍👍👍
Sweet
Yeah I’ve been training on the PPG since last year.
I want to go even slower lol.
Thanks for watching.
My pleasure...keep posting, love the adventures!
@@FLYNRYAN1978yeah I been kiting for cpl years myself, got all the goodies now to start hang testing n motor practice! I'm ready for spring for sure!!!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful video and moment.
Very welcome !
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Now thats real flying, and getting a real feel of some wind/turbulence. Well handled. When i encounter heavy turbulence i just add power. Pull the bar slightly and try to punch through. Circling the bar and just keeping calm. It always feel worse than it is. I also convince myself its only the cart swerving. The wing has got this👌🙏😄
Yeah
You really have no choice but to stay calm . If you can’t you have no business flying. Panic makes you make bad decisions lol .
Thanks for the support and thanks for watching.
I just do a quick dump in my pants… Bail the craft, dragging frantically at my Parachute before doing another quick dump in my pants… And then crash land somewhere over some power lines minus my Phone, shoes, craft, pants and my dignity… 🪂
Yes, updrafts and downdrafts from the hilly terrain with maybe some added wind to make it even more interesting. Ultralights will be affected more than heavier aircraft. You should be okay if you don't exceed your maneuvering speed. You did well when you reduced your throttle. Just ride it out and be prepared to quickly add lots of throttle if you get into a downdraft.
I agree.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Well done... I've never flown an ultralite or anything like that, but I can see how the situation would have got you nice and tensed-up!
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Great video! Thanks for sharing. Looked like quite a ride! I always thought trikes would be fun to try, I just might give it a go yet!
Thank you. Yes give it a go . You will not be disappointed.
Be ready is all I can say. You have no idea how scary the turbulence can get. I could tell your stories. I felt many times if I was going to make it back in one piece and I flew for over 2 years.
@kevindecker9444 This is an interesting comment. What made you stop after two years? Cause Im thinking of getting into it.
You did well pulling the power back and keeping your composure.
I ran into the same thing when flying my Cessna over southern Oklahoma last year.
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting. Happy flying.
Amazing. What state is this, when you first took off, the countryside that came into view, just beautiful the green is overwhelming
Thank you yes it’s extremely beautiful here.
Gainsboro TN is the location.
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Nothing to be scared off here,, normal smooth flight with some bumbs.🤘
It's almost like you were there lol.
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@@FLYNRYAN1978 From ground view or overhead view it looks less scary.
But i flew trikes over 12 years and had my own scary moments, while ground viewers say ,, your wing was perfect and straight level, and i was shaking in the trike unit.🤗
Being in the rockies, I've experienced a bunch of similar conditions and they can get your attention fast! Nice video.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Turbulence... It looks like similar situation I experienced in the past during my paramotor flight. Sometimes the weather is unpredictable... Great job Ryan!
It’s definitely unpredictable. Sometimes they say it’ll be gusty and it turns out to be the smoothest air ever and other times the exact opposite. Thank you for commenting.
Sometimes the weather is unpredictable ? And sometimes pilots have a lack of knowledge and ignore their basics... Back to your books !
Of course sky.....
Yep, I owned a ELSA with a Rotex 670 engine. That engine had so much power that one could not step on brakes and apply full power on the concret, the engine would push the trike across the apran. I flew for two years. Trained in Jackson County Ga, close to SC border. The air for the most part was okay up there. I had some turbulence. When I flew the ELSA down to middle GA 130 miles, the turbulence was bad. I mean it was really bad in Dublin Ga. I could count on 1 hand the smooth flights. My turbulence looked like what this guy went through ALL THE TIME. And, I was in the air at sunup with calm winds reported. 800 feet off runway, I would get thrown all over the place. I often wondered if I could make it through the pattern without going down. It was always a struggle landing. Right where Dublin Ga is we have the warm fronts from Fl meeting the colder air from North Ga. The 40 mile stretch of land was always volitile. I never could get use to flying in the turbulence and sold the aircraft. Mine was a 2 seater. So I had to have a LSA license by the FAA. I had to take 20 hours training, complete a cross country to three airports using a sectional map, fly with an FAA examiner and take a written exam at an FAA office in Atlanta. I also had to pass an oral exam from the examiner. This guy did not have to train at all as he was in a single seater. I dd notice he was flying over a mountain range. Had he been trained, he would have avoided that as the rotor turbulence on the leeward side of the mountains will take you down fast.
I have some training as I am an H2 rated pilot back in 2019 and trained for around 6 hours in a two seater in North Carolina. So I didn’t train all by myself as I’m crazy but not on that level of crazy lol. I was around 27to 2800 MSL at the time and usually once you get around 2500 or better things start to smooth out significantly however I believe I ran into a cold front starting to move in as the weather said it would be smooth the rest of that late evening however as we all know the weather isn’t always accurate as I found out lol. Also I couldn’t fly anywhere if I had to avoid mountains where I fly as you can tell in the video my airport is right beside one lol. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Great flight! Greetings from Argentina!
Hey thank you ! It’s one I’m sure not to forget. Lol
Reminded me of when I got to fly around Phx. Just going over the freeway caused lift. Pretty scary machines if there's any wind. Good video.
I agree , flying these are very weather dependent.
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We would fly The Columbia River Gorge, when flying from southwestern Wa State to North Idaho. In a bad storm we had 250ft+ elevation drops and gains in a Cessna 6 seat going thru the Gorge. We flew that way to Idaho all the time,, and went thru some doozie storms in the Gorge. Hood River in the Gorge is or was a very popular sailboarding spot,,and a high turbulence area. Sometimes that turbulence extended quite a ways up in elevation. You did the best you could when riding a kite, chop the power and turn around, be ready with the power after the turn. Be ready for the back flip if you get a monster updraft or headwind., God Forbid.
Yeah, that's exactly what I did but my little trike couldn't outrun it back to the airport. lol Thanks for watching and commenting.
I am thinking about a ultralight for retirement and you gave me a new perspective of what else there is than just flying and having fun. Thank God you came through this ok but, again, thanks for showing me there are other things to think about other than taking off and landing.
You’re welcome. Admittedly I may have overreacted in my situation but until that flight I’d never experienced turbulence for that long of time. I recommend this type of aircraft to anyone.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
You should have flown in and around Dublin GA, The turbulence you experienced was a normal day for me. I finally sold the ELSA rotax 670 high performace engine. Unbelievable power. I could never get used to wind gusts trying to flip my ELSA over. The worst trubulence was flying in the pattern and trying to burn base to final fighting really bad turbulence like drops of 20 feet or fighting the wing being blown on one side. I remember being blown so hard I ended up landing in the grass next to the runway. I had Tundra tires. The ELSA was designed for grass landings. @@FLYNRYAN1978
What goes up, will come down. Stay safe, have fun.
Yeah it sucks to run out of gas lol. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Good advice I got when first flying my joystick controlled ultralight---"If you get into turbulence, don't give up, just keep stiring that pot!"
LOL I was ready to get back down . Thanks for watching.
Hi Ryan, It was interesting to watch your response to the turbulence and the more it kicked you, the more you pulled on the bar. The extra speed from tensing and pulling the bar in will make the turbulence feel much more pronounced. If it does get a bit rough just slow the wing down as well as just damping it out. I did make a video on fly in turbulence but this is all about your channel. Being confident in your machine comes with time, experience and knowledge of how to make it easier and less stressful for you. Keep flying and a good pilot never stops learning. Fly safe :)
Thank you for your support.
It’s instinct to pull the bar in lol. I have to get away from that I know. You are definitely one of my favorite channels to watch and learn from .
Thanks for watching and commenting. Happy flying!
@@FLYNRYAN1978 little oks like 1978 was a good year as well. I hope my small amount of words has helped, even just a little bit.
Oh yes
I appreciate all the input I can get.
A waste of time. I didn't see anything to get all scared up about.
Well thanks for watching anyway .
I'm sure it's really scary in an open cockpit configuration such as an ultralite. I've had summertime turbulence in a Cessna 152 that lifted me off the seat and bounced me around. Yes, I did not have my lap belt on but the cross belt was on. Just know thermo turbulence does not happen over water. That river would be a great place to fly down her or up her and not have the affects of thermo turbulence. Wind turbulence is different, but on relative calm or cool days, you won't have that.
I have also found it to be calmer flying over water. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Scary stuff, great video! Would you be okay with me featuring some of it in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description.
Absolutely. That’s why I share content. I love showing others the beauty and sometimes scary side of flight . Thank you for commenting. Appreciate your support.
Can you also let me know when the video is up ? Thanks .
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Where is your airstrip ?
@@SparrowCYEL Gainsboro TN
Awesome view. Yea that turbulence can be real scary. Sad part is ya can't see it till ur in it. Seems it messed up the camera view. Thanks for sharing the trip.
Yeah
That’s the first time turbulence moved the cameras.
Thank you for watching and your comments.
Does anyone else feel a sense of falling while watching these? I do. lol
Thank you for watching.
I flew with a friend on his trike, and another buddy took off with us out of Double Eagle near Albuquerque New Mexico in 2008, I was invited to drive there for a trike fly-in group I was part of when I took up flying them using my LSA fixed wing experience as hours so I could learn to fly trikes with mechanical, comms and especially meteorology experience (my College minor was Earth Science and Major was Social Science) .
On our trike flight near KABQ, everything was nominal--nice smooth air, our engines were well warmed up, and we looked forward to an hour long flight, and we headed west, away from the city, knowing the high mountain range to the east, the southern tail of the Rockies, could churn up dangerous turbulence.
What we did not see, or see on the radar, was the hidden gust front moving in from the east from behind the mountain range. It came upon us suddenly, making us feel like the wind wanted to separate our wing from us.
We declared an emergency, and tried to warn our friend on the radio, who had flown faster out ahead of us, but we could not reach him and there was no operational tower at Double Eagle at that time.
So with me and my friend both working the trapeze trying to stay cool thru the chop--just flying through it and not trying to overpower the trapeze, we made it to the longest runway at the field, about a mile long, coming in crabbed but touching down shaken, but not stirred.
During the flight my friend shouted to me "r u alright?" and I gave a thumbs up, since his helmet probably would have not let him hear the answer, even on radio with noise cancellation, because of the heavy wind.
Funny thing, I was fine, more worried about landing so I could visit that place we need after a flight on an aircraft with no "facilities" since I had had several cups of hot chocolate that morning. My fixed wing teacher taught me how to be unflappable in a crisis--his attitude is "one way or another, you'll kiss the planet earth again" so he prepared me and coached me well for emergencies before offering me a solo, only four lessons in my fixed wing training though I only flew trikes with a partner, because it was like camping, since trikes can land by streams and rivers and we could catch fish for our lovely ladies waiting for us at home.
Only advisory about this video--find a helmet, the only landing u can walk away from is one where your head does not have to be velcroed back on to your body.
Thanks you
I enjoyed reading your comments.
I have several helmets and I don’t disagree that it’s probably better to wear one than not to but if I land that hard that I need a helmet it’s probably only going to be good for identification purposes only lol .
@@atticushexcel9567 So correct. On any ulltralight, a must. I was run over crossing at a crosswalk in '19, the car that impacted me was going 35 mph, and I rolled under the SUV and flew 10 feet, landing upright.
Soo lucky, the police said I was the only person they'd seen who'd survived such an accident, and I was out of the hospital 24 hrs later with just a concussion and bruises.
Of course I did not have a helmet, pedestrians usually do not, but I was wearing my heavy jacket I always use for trike flying, since it was cold that night. My padded arms cushioned the blows the tires and suv axles made to my face, and I had jeans on.
So I recommend motorcycle style wear in addition to a helmet when flying an Ultralight--since my impact speed in my pedestrian accident was quite similar to what one might expect in an ultralight landing upset by a freak wind gust.
As one who has hit the ground at speed many times, the helmet becomes one of the few things you actually prefer to lead with. While an aircraft impact could be too severe to matter, it could also be sort of an out of control landing type crash that resembles motorcycle style/type smacks/tumbles. Anyway, having been knocked out with a helmet on, I’ve never been a fan of testing the ground with my bear naked skull.
Idk what could be more sketch .... like maybe straddling a rockets wile e coyote style and lighting the match 😂 god bless you 🙏
Lol, it's actually pretty safe statistically speaking. Thanks for watching.
Wow... initially seemed like a smooth flight... then out of nowhere, turbulence. You cant even see any wind on the river either... wild... Good job keeping calm.
It was really smooth initially, but I seen something forming to my left but didn't know if it was coming at me or moving away . Now I know lol. Thanks for watching and comments.
You handled this like the Total Boss that you are! Outstanding! I have a question about a glider vs a chute. Assuming vfr as in you were familiar with ground and terrain features.. having flown neither... would the chute be easier or harder to maneuver?
Thank you for your kind comments. I am currently learning powered paragliding and from what little experience I have with PPG I think it’s a little easier for a hang glider . The plus with PPG though is how small it packs down and the portability of it. But the powered hang glider as long as you have a hangar is easier as you don’t have to inflate the wing . Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 Thank You Sir! Fly safe and keep The great vids coming!
the LSA is funner to fly. Both are suspectible to turbulence. Never flew paramotor but i understand situation from shifiting wings can cause wing collapse. A lot more people are killed flying paramotors than LSAs
@@kevindecker9444 I'm currently learning to fly paramotor trike.. I love low n slow.
this is really awesome! well done 🎞
Thank you
Great to watch I fly a FLPHG and would kill power and turn in the lift for that situation making the most of the unstable air .I have thermaled to inversion layer only to bounce under it that felt like every bolt would shake undone it terrified me .latter after landing I asked other pilot how he broke through inversion he said stay with it until a stronger thermal can punch you through inversion to were the lift is like silk .mabe you were at an inversion layer ?
I think it was a gust front that popped up out of nowhere.
Thank you for watching and commenting.
Fly safe !
Oh, man... Been there...!! Attempted an approach to Woodland WA just as the north wind kicked in on final. SLAM BAM WHAM WHOA!!! IMMEDIATE ABORT!! Safe skies me brothah...
Yeah, It's not where I want to be lol. Thank you .
I've had days where the air was smooth as glass until I hit that first bit of moderate turbulence and then it seems to follow me all the way back to the airport. Then when I look at the windsock it's just hanging limp and I have to think to myself, "Seriously, what the heck?"
Exactly my thoughts lol. Thanks for the comments .
The devil is messing with you.
It's the meaness coming out of you. It causes turbulence. And flatulence 💨💨💨
That is why you check the windspeed and direction at the different altitudes.
Gotta love the result, Ryan. Well done pilot.👍🙏
In a similar case of unexpected turbulence like that were there was next to zero warning, would that have been less scary in a Gyrocopter? What about a small fixed wing ultralight?
Like one of your commenters said quite confidently "just fly that wing, they are buiit for those pucker moments" . haha As someone inexperienced still, was that good advice or just internet and not necessarily good advice?
Your wing is actually safer in turbulence that a chute trike right? That is my guess only, but I've heard gyros are very forgiving of turbulence..not sure if true.
Like I say, well done 👍
Yeah I’ve heard the same of gyro’s . A hang gliding wing won’t collapse like a paraglided it’s true although I like to paraglide and have nothing against them. The turbulence just lasted longer than I would’ve liked lol . I’ve been hit before with some pretty good gusts but on this occasion there was no warning. Thank you and thanks for commenting.
He was too high to be using that flexi-wing tube thing. They do not turn into gliders as even small sports planes do when many failures occur, they go into all kinds of crazy shapes as they plummet to earth when air shit hits fan. There are people claiming to take this kind of craft to 10,000 feet or more. All that kind does is create more regs on all of us and danger to innocents on the ground. And any passengers in other planes they endanger flying through. Most don't have any proper comm equipment on board when they do that.
Im not religious but that much chop would make me pray 😁
Great landing 👍
Cheers
I was praying to JESUS all the way back and thanking HIM for a while when I landed safely. I’m not religious either sir and am totally against religion as a whole. As a Christian though it’s about a relationship with our Creator and Savior. Thank you for commenting Patrick .
@@FLYNRYAN1978
Like @Wayne said -- the wing is built for it. It was just the landing I was worried about and you nailed it.
Come in as fast as possible is how I was trained for in choppy wind. Most of my training landings were high short approaches and pulling the bar in for a steep approach. This leaves no chance of needing your engine should it fail. The only engine-on approach the instructor chanced was at his personal field where he likes to come in low and long as his field is short. But the the approach is over low growth crops so not much to worry about.
Get back up there my friend - humans where meant to fly -- evolution gave us the mind power to create aircraft to do it. Its just the fear we have to get over. Like from the movie Dune - "Fear is the mind killer" 🤣.
Cheers
@@patrickmckowen2999 absolutely going back up .
May I ask what brand/model trike is that? I’m from Gallatin Tennessee. I’m about to solo this weekend.
It’s a Skycycle
They were made by a guy named Trike Mike out of Chattanooga. He passed away a couple years back.
They are very similar to the Northwing mavericks .
Where are you Soloing?
I fly at Jackson Co airport in Gainsboro.
You should check it out sometime.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 Mine is a SkYcycle too. I've had it about two years. We'll have to get together. czcams.com/video/W2UAXmfD9-E/video.html
You did good. Kept control of your mind and body and got thru it. I hate turbulence to and I’ve been flying for a long time.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
To avoid thermals, do not pass over darker colored ground cover. It's tough around airports but rising heat from dark colored ground cover will toss you around like a hackysack
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@@FLYNRYAN1978helluva nice video though
Regular situation, some chatter.
It's probably scary for you, because you fly before only in calm weather...
Wherever you experienced this white knuckle adventure was, it certainly was a beautiful location to unfortunately have to also your droors 😅👍
lol
Yes
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Scary enough in the 150, can’t imagine what it’s like in a micro?! 😱🫣
What a BEAUTIFUL Airpark!? 🙏
Thank you.
Yes you can definitely feel everything in a Trike lol .
It’s one of the most beautiful ways to fly when it’s calm though.
Code brown for sure there. I don't know anything about those aircraft--do you practice stalls in those? Power on/off?
Yeah, I never practice for turbulence though lol.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 I don't recall that coming up in my private or instrument rating, either!
Ryan was it rotors coming off the hills/Mechanical Rotors? Or Thermal? or Both. And the flight over was smooth until it wasn't, but you seem to turn back right away, I would have thought that It would have gotten better going back from where you came??? Was there a front coming in?
It was very calm for the first 15 minutes or so . Yes I think it was a front because I fought it all the way back down to the landing. The weather didn’t predict this for sure lol . There were some darkish clouds forming to my left but I didn’t know which way it was heading and thought I was far enough away to fly a little further. Next time I’ll listen to my instincts.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 Amen
Actually some good exsperience for you. The hills i see and the calm water tell me it wasnt mech rotors. You came into a shear and turbulant edies. Prob generated by the weather you had on a distance. But you maintained control and flew the wing. Good job
@@whisperingeagle Thank you
Magic 👍
Enjoy it while you can 👌
I plan on it . Thanks for watching.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 I use to love flying around the coast on my open cockpit trike .....
one fine sunny day engine problems forced me to make emergency landing on the beach- returning later in the evening to the airfield than planned - the weather suddenly changed - really thick fog moved in really fast -
lost all visual waypoints - couldn't locate the airfield reduced height to try getting a location - suddenly realised where I was after almost flying straight into the church spire near the airfield 😂🙈
@@fenflyer wow that sounds like quite the experience. It's fun to fly around clouds but not to get blocked in by them lol.
Good job man!
Thank you and thanks for watching and commenting.
Even the Wright Bros would be afraid to go up in that contraption.
lol
I think they would actually be amazed.
Thanks for watching.
It's normal to get some mild turbulence when transitioning from flying over water to over land, especially on hot days and bare land.
This was a little more than mild lol. Thanks for watching.
@@FLYNRYAN1978I didn't mean to minimize your experience, I've never flown an ultra light and I'm assuming turbulence affects them more than heavier aircraft.
I used to fly out of an area that would routinely have smooth air in the morning but the thermals coming from uneven surface heating would always make the afternoon air rough.
Strictly speaking the FAA defines light to moderate turbulence as bumpiness with temporary changes in altitude and/or attitude. Severe turbulence causes violent changes of attitude and altitude with periods of loss of control.
I once had a situation where I could hold my altitude within 1000 feet of my desired altitude, yet the turbulence was reported as moderate.
I'm curious, what was the wind speed, temperature and time of day?
@@keithcanfield3251 It was late afternoon and really smooth until I ran into that gust front to my left .
It was really surprising.
I’ve hit some bumps before but nothing that continued for that long all the way back to the airport.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 The atmosphere can be an unpredictable beast. Good video. Fly safe.
@@keithcanfield3251 thank you.
Appreciate it!
Great pilot,what is the crusing speed of your trike?
Thank you
Around 45ish
@@FLYNRYAN1978 thank you😊
I remember flying over the base of the Pyreneese From France to Spain on my own with a bag of ballast for stability in the passenger seat in my Flash 2 Alpha and being turned virtually 180 Degrees. That's scary. Thank God it was the only instance but still a very turbulent trip to Roses in Spain. Unfortunately no video! Circa 1995.
Wow , yeah getting turned upside down would definitely be more scary .
Thanks for commenting
Now I know why there are some general aviation crashes in that area
@@FLYNRYAN1978 Horizontally
Awesome video ❤
Thanks for watching and commenting.!
Where is that if you don't mind me asking? Beautiful valley there.
Gainsboro TN
Jackson Co Airport
Thanks for watching.
LOL, I trained at jackson country airport in Georgia just north of Athens@@FLYNRYAN1978
Did you intend to fly with turbulence in order to learn how to deal with it or keep your skills fresh, and what are the safety margins when its safe to fly and when it is not?
No the weather forecast for that afternoon was SUPPOSED to be calm .
A little gust front popped up and I didn’t turn around when I should have and I got hit by it . I didn’t listen to my instincts lol. The wing so I’m told is rated to take much more than I experienced or that I could have physically controlled. I’m also still new to flying even though it was my 4th year at the time of this video. I’m sure there is a lot worse turbulence to experience and hopefully I can avoid it for the most part lol but it help to build skills and to realize first hand what the wing is capable of . Thank you for watching and commenting.
Certainly a testament to the design and construction of a the plane and the pilots skill.
Thank you Tom .
I found myself flying over water reduces updrafts and turbulence… just something to think about next time that happens.. even a river or lake will work
I’ve kind of noticed the same thing in my short time of flying however this turbulence beat me up all the way back to the airport lol .
Thanks for watching.
Do you have an icao for departure airport? I would like to “fly” this in my simulator.
It’s Jackson Co airport in Gainsboro TN.
Thanks for watching.
Bravo! Amazing video!! Next best thing to flying that thing myself.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Running into turbulence & thermals is never fun, especially when the nose of your machine is doing figure 8’s 🤢
& especially knowing your going to have to try landing in those conditions & try to stay in one piece. 😬
Good landing though especially considering!!! 👍👍
I totally agree!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Been there and done that
Is it a good idea to fly in the flight path of someone else landing or taking off from the landing strip of an airport?
Not really . That's why we use transponders and keep our heads on swivels incase someone's not using one. Thanks for watching.
I would never... almost had a mid-air with one coming out of an outlying field touch and go in a T-34C back in '83
Always have to be alert .
Thanks for watching.
Why you have a radio. And scan for aircraft in 10 degree increments. You will never see it panninng the sky.
The winds were a bit brutal. Well recovered !!!
Thank you and thanks for commenting.
Another future gyro pilot ! There is wind and there are gusts and storms and such but say your prayers and hang on tight if you get in grip of angry air and it’s might. When you fly long enough you understand Mother Nature is no joke. Fly safe !!
Lol
Maybe one day .
I love all things that fly .
Thanks for watching.
great video fantastic views terrific flight very good very good where next flight I liked
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What an amazing and idelic location, great airfield, unlimited emergency landing zones. But I couldn't cope with the speed of that untralight!
Go any faster and you can’t take in the views ?
The slow speed is what makes it so appealing to me . You can take off and land in a very short distance and have plenty of time to take in the scenery. .
I clocked my ground speed at 65 knots with a trail wind and 50 with flying into the wind. But then I had a rotax 670 high performace engine. My engine sounded like an airplance prop. @@maxflight777
Ive had worse than that in a fixed wing single seater Glider being caught in the tail end ot a Rotar. Not nice.High winds from 360 degrees. Alttitude about a 1000 ft. Thank God I managed to do a 90 deg. turn and get the hell out of there
Thanks for watching.
Good grief! That air was real trash at the end. Nice crosswind approach and landing.
Yes. It got super trashy . Thank you sir .
NOW THAT..is one FINE ‘Airpark’. Gorgeous, private area. I was going to say “how much runway does that thing NEED?!”
Thank you
If there’s no wind around a hundred feet with my fat butt lol
I noticed you wearing a tee-shirt. That suggests warm temperatures. The overcast skys, I'm guessing, suggests unstable air leading to building thunderstorms starting to form in the area. The down drafts hitting the ground, causing straight line winds playing with the hills, giving you hell too.
I've been there, done that flying helicopters in AZ. Not fun. Thanks for posting.
Hey thanks for watching.
Hi nice video. Where was it taken please?
Thank you
Gainsboro TN is where it was recorded.
This looks far more interesting than a powered parachute. My buddy wanted me to go up with him in his powered parachute, above 30 mph we climbed, below 25ish we descended. It was like mowing the yard, I didn't think we'd ever land.
I’m currently learning paramotoring as my favorite aspect of this type of flying is Low and Slow lol.
@@FLYNRYAN1978 lol You might be learning patients. I was intending to buy one before we went up. Dean lives one creek up river from us on the Chickamauga Lake. He and his buddy buzz the house now and then just to say hi. I'll hear them long before they show up. The stealth engineer was off that day when they built his. What I find remarkable is how many topless sunbathers he encounters so there is that. Good luck up there.
@@turdferguson5300 thank you
Yes I will have to work on my patience lol
nice flight, that turbulence would have been interesting to feel. i learn that if you crab (duirng skydiving) it is minimized at attitude. speaking of crabbing, looks like you had to do it shortly before landing. does this model have an altimeter.
Yes, there was a lot of crabbing going on in this flight lol. I use an app for my altimeter. Thank you for watching and commenting.
Mine had an altimeter and a speed gauge along wiht a com setup for driver and passenger and a radio for contact with other aircraft in the pattern. The weird thing about crabbing is I can remember flying up wind parallel to the runway with my wing pointed at least 40 degrees sideways but kept going parallet with runway. Wing always wants to point towards the wind. It is a strange sensation as you feel like the aircraft is going to turn around backwards. I can also remember crabbing on final and the last 100 feet, the wing always straightened out. Then you only had to deal with oscillation control and not dropping out of the sky. My instructor insisted I pull the bar back for max speed. "speed was your friend" this meant very small corrections were required. If you came in to low, apply more throttle but keep bar pulled in. Some would push the bar out and stall thus falling out of the sky.
@@kevindecker9444 yes speed is life .
Dont u have to let a tower know ur up there since u have no communications to fly at certain altitudes so there is no collisions
I have a transponder.
The highest I believe I was in this video was about 27 or 2800 MSL .
I’m flying close to an un towered airport as well .
So short answer is no I don’t really even have to have a transponder. When flying keeping your head on a swivel and staying alert is key.
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Should you apply power at least 50% in turbelence to make it smoother?
I tried a little bit of everything.
Nothing seemed to help lol.
So I returned to the Airport ASAP.
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@@FLYNRYAN1978 you handled well though it seems was scary.
@@dataknado it lasted a long time that was the scary part. I've hit turbulence before but it never lasted that long.
Check winds from surface to above maximum terrine, current and forecast.
Yeah I did . It was a surprise cold front starting to move in . Thanks for watching and commenting.
Do you need wingtip strobe lights on that machine?
No
It falls under part 103 .
I do have and use them though among all the other lights I use .
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Phew ...thank goodness you had all the flying safety kit on
Right. Thanks for watching.
Loved the flight ! I am no expert but you seemed to turn over the water would you have been better to fly straight through the thermal and back over land ?, not criticising just a question ?. Keep safe 😊
It was smooth sailing for the first 15 minutes. It was actually a gust front that popped up out of nowhere that I had hoped was moving in the opposite direction lol. My experience is when flying over water though is it seems smoother.
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@FLYNRYAN1978 thanks for reply, last time I did recreational flying was when I was 16 at Shobdon in the UK. 63 now wish I had done more 😳. Enjoy your flying and look after yourself.
@@jeremysaunders9916 thank you.
Do some more flying. It’s never too late.
It never ceases to amaze me the way we create new ways to die.
The way I see it is new ways to truly live lol. It’s all a matter of perspective I guess.
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Like a flip of a switch - buttery smooth to crap just like that - what time of day? Just curious as I fly a paramotor trike and confined to morning and evenings. This sport intrigues me and want to pursue.
It was late afternoon but apparently not late enough lol.
I’m pursuing paramotoring .
I want to be biwingral.
Hats off to you brother. I think you are freaking nuts and you couldn't get me to do that with a gun to my head but if that's what trips your trigger, go for it.
Lol
I hear ya
I personally think it’s nuts as well but I also think it’s nuts not to .
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When u first hit rough patch u turned...
Wrong if it was rising air or thermal activity you basically turned to core it or stay in that patch..
You then lost height so put yourself in more rowdy air.
I would stayed straight, eased power til bumps subsided and climbed to find smoother and higher therefore safer air.😊
Thanks for your comments and for your advice and for watching.
There something about the sound of a weed eater motor that keeps me grounded lol
I hear ya lol.
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Been there, done that. Pretty unsettling when it hits.
It sure is .
thanks for watching .
Was fun to watch… but in which country is it ? France ?
TN America . Thanks
If turbulence can make the wings of an airliner bend up and down, imagine what it can do to an ultralight.
Right lol
Did ya get a racing stripe on the back of them trousers? I think I would have!!!!
Almost lol
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Thank you
Good job😊
Thank you
Very minor turbulence. In about a thousand hours of flying trikes I have suffered much worse on many occasions.
Didn't feel minor to me but then again, I only have a little over a hundred hours. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I know exactly where that is, Jackson County Tennessee, Cumberland river, Gainesboro.. I live in hartsville Tennessee
Yep
lol
I assume you could tell from the river.
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Absolutely, Thanks for watching and commenting.
Amazing
Thank you
That’s what we call a “ soft landing “ 🤣🤣🤣
You land in your own sh!t 🤣🤣
Almost needs a new pair lol.
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Nope! Couldn’t pay me enough to fly one of those, I fly a LSA plane, and that is enough!
Statistically it's safer lol. But to each there own. Thank you for watching.
good job, i bet that was a bit nerve wracking for a few moments!
It definitely was .
It lasted longer than any turbulence I’ve hit before.
Does this flight take place along the Maryland, West Virginia border?
No
More of the Tn and Kentucky border.
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Don't fly in much thermic conditions? The terrain can rip thermals and cause mechanical turbulence. I could see you just wanted to get down :) and I went through your channel, HG pilots have a good bump tolerance. You didn't pursue hang gliding after H2 or something?
I’ll start by saying that yes I’ve hit some significant turbulence before however I think I ran into a cold front moving in and it was fairly rough for an extended period pretty much all the way back to the airport as shown in the video. I know that some pilots say that it was mild to nothing but it wasn’t or didn’t feel like nothing to me lol. First time my cameras were moved around while flying. Yes I stopped flying hang gliding as an H2 but not due to turbulence I was just impatient and didn’t care to hangwait as it was called . I was also fairly high for it to be mechanical turbulence off the hills . I also passed several hills before that and it was butter smooth until I got closer to those darker clouds starting to form .
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It was some sort of sheer, terrain can break thermals. Na, it looked quite turbulent especially the couple of negatives. About a month ago, I got sucked into a wave flying my hang glider and shot right through the CB at 5.5K and couple of minutes later was a couple of grand above clouds. The ride up was insane, being fully pulled in and climbing at over 2.5K ft/m. It was the ride down which I thought would break my glider mid air. Just a tumble weed. I made it but it loosened just about every bolt on the glider and small bits came off. I did see the turbulence followed you all the way down to the river. That's just how it is sometimes. Good stuff man, keep on flying and be safe.
@BariFPV yeah I care nothing for flying in those types of conditions. I know turbulence is part of the game and I’ve actually become more tolerant over the last couple years but I still hate the stuff lol. Happy flying!
@@FLYNRYAN1978 just have to build that bump tolerance hehe :) but nothing like flying in glassy conditions though if the air isn't spicy I get bored rather quickly lol
Andy was an experienced Paramotor pilot who never wore a helmet. His friends always gave him shit for not wearing one. Andy gave in and started to wear one. One day Andy went up and he ended up crashing while wearing his helmet. He was rushed to the Hospital but was in pretty bad condition. His best friend Amos went to see him in the Hospital. Amos walked into the emergency room where Andy was being kept alive by some machines. Amos was shocked to see what all was left of his best friend Andy. Andy had no body left at all! All that was left was his head being kept alive all hooked up with machines and hoses. Andy didn't have a scratch or cuts anywhere on his face or his head. Amos was in shock when he heard Andy greet him when he walked into the room. No body, only his head on a platter all hooked up to wires and hoses. Amos looked at him and said "Now, aren't you glad that you had your helmet on"?
LOL Good one, Dude!
lol some people always have to find a reason to argue but everyone is entitled to their opinion.
Nice story, funny.
@@jeffj4952 lol me too .
And I thought skydiving humor was bad.
Very good scanary
I agree. Thanks for watching.