Wake turbulence descends about 1000 feet from where it was generated so the other helicopter that was higher could also still be a threat. Just wanted to add this for others to see and learn. Thanks for sharing! As a new student pilot and long time paraglider, I'll learn from this and hopefully others will too.
You were lucky, you had no rocks bellow. Sounds like bamboo dampened your fall. Helis can make unbelievable vortices that can disturb laminar flow for a distace and you can certainly feel the effect of it mainly on a downwind side.
This confirms my suspicions I had about Mixers (we call Helicopter Mixers in our PG Community in Switzerland): they leave back heavily sturred air for a long time - once I was soaring on a Hill in Valleywind and a Mixer past below me - 10 minutes Later the dirty air hit me hard and I couldn't believe how long it took until it hit me - as he past b, me only like 100m below me...
I feel you the moment scared you a lot. The time you were thinking the rotor already passed was exactly what I felt. It reaches you much later than you think. (In mathematics calculation, it should be correct though)
Few years ago I landed on the airport +/- minutes after the small Cesna. In this day there was nearly no wind, 3m abouve the grou turbulence hit me so strong. I felt somobody cutted my lines off... Hope you are OK.
Helicopters are wretched. They constantly fly right by/over me on my ppg and they KNOW I'm there. Oh well, I wont make much mess when I go splat. Thanks for the vid!
I work for the french Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety and I wonder if you could send me the camera model used to capture this video? You should be able to get this information in the metadata of the original video. Thank you in advance.
@@japacro thank you very much. Do you know which mode was used (Superview, Wide, Medium or Narrow) ? And what is the helicopter model that smashed you ? Thank you in advance
Thanks for your kind comment. This wing is Maverick 3 from Icaro paragliders. Luckily I got no injury at all. The wing got just a small rip on the wing tip.
Yeah from the video it looks like a "third" helicopter sound nearby, maybe behind on the left, otherwise it can be impossible that the turbulence caused by the second helicopter - too much time between.
The sound of the helicopter is muffled when flying in your glider but when stationary (in bamboo) the sound travels down wind the exact sound is from the rescue chopper that is well above the water no 3rd chopper involved. The second helicopter banked and powered away causing the wash to be projected down towards the ground at lower then normal and then carried up the hill with laminar air and hitting the pilot.
Don't underestimate how long a helicopter's propwash continues to disturb the air. This occurred after only about 40 seconds and the paraglider was below the point where the heli initiated the wash (the wash is angled downward). At an airport, helicopters are given separation larger than their weight would indicate, because their rotors produce such strong wash. There is at least one case of a fixed wing aircraft crashing with 39 seconds of separation from the helicopter that produced the wash. Continuing away from the wash, for well over a minute would have been called for here.
Wake turbulence descends about 1000 feet from where it was generated so the other helicopter that was higher could also still be a threat. Just wanted to add this for others to see and learn. Thanks for sharing! As a new student pilot and long time paraglider, I'll learn from this and hopefully others will too.
You were lucky, you had no rocks bellow. Sounds like bamboo dampened your fall. Helis can make unbelievable vortices that can disturb laminar flow for a distace and you can certainly feel the effect of it mainly on a downwind side.
and for minutes after their gone... Crazy
Awesome footage, it is perfect teaching material ! 😁
Looks like a fluffy landing fortunately
Take care
This confirms my suspicions I had about Mixers (we call Helicopter Mixers in our PG Community in Switzerland): they leave back heavily sturred air for a long time - once I was soaring on a Hill in Valleywind and a Mixer past below me - 10 minutes Later the dirty air hit me hard and I couldn't believe how long it took until it hit me - as he past b, me only like 100m below me...
I feel you the moment scared you a lot. The time you were thinking the rotor already passed was exactly what I felt. It reaches you much later than you think. (In mathematics calculation, it should be correct though)
Wow! Thanks for sharing. More paragliding pilots need to see this.
Normal people while falling: "AHH MY LIFE"
Paragliders: "Wohoo"
Falling down with a paraglider has caused me some of the worst fear I have ever felt in my life.
Few years ago I landed on the airport +/- minutes after the small Cesna. In this day there was nearly no wind, 3m abouve the grou turbulence hit me so strong. I felt somobody cutted my lines off... Hope you are OK.
Bamboo has so many great uses :-)
Exactly. At least they saved my life.
Helicopters are wretched. They constantly fly right by/over me on my ppg and they KNOW I'm there. Oh well, I wont make much mess when I go splat. Thanks for the vid!
Thank you for posting this!!! Glad you are OK. Scary stuff.
Thanks for sharing! I’ve always been curious.
I work for the french Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety and I wonder if you could send me the camera model used to capture this video? You should be able to get this information in the metadata of the original video. Thank you in advance.
Gopro hero 4
@@japacro thank you very much. Do you know which mode was used (Superview, Wide, Medium or Narrow) ? And what is the helicopter model that smashed you ? Thank you in advance
Hmm I'm not clue of the helicopter model... This video was captured in super wide view mode.
Hope you are / were ok. Thank you for posting this.
Such a nice wing... love it (Icaro Maverick 3)
It is ;) Not popular but pretty nice wing.
We need air pressure goggles or they need to release coloured smoke.
Wow, turbulence so much later than expected!! Thanks for the hard lesson! Hard for you, anyway.
Thanks! Happy landings :-)
What's the wing you're using? I love the color scheme!
Glad you landed on soft bamboo.
Was your kite at all damaged removing it?
Thanks for your kind comment. This wing is Maverick 3 from Icaro paragliders. Luckily I got no injury at all. The wing got just a small rip on the wing tip.
@@japacro From your reaction, I think I got more scared than you!
Thankyou for sharing maybe you saved lives, eye opener for me
Did you get high from the Marijuana plants you fell in? 😳 😆🤣
What is marijuana dude?🤪😜
LooL … good one
Wow, that was something ! Hope you're ok, next time be more carefull :D
I think he got you whatever you did and actually better in the bamboo than hard ground
Certainly, it was a blessing in disguise.
@@japacro can you give a rough estimate of how far was the helicopter closest approach to you...? looks less than 100m... maybe 80m...?
@@5ty717 don't remember well, but it was less than 100m away I'd say.
@@japacro thank you bro...we have choppers here in Sydney a lot
Thanks for this sharing. Can you evaluate the minimum distance between you and heli when you decide to fly away to the right ?
Thanks,
Arnaud.
I recall that the minimum distance was approximately 15-20 meters away. My memory has already become less reliable, thought.
This is how a guy in France got killed.
It looks like you were flying into wind towards the heli. The turbulence was getting blown towards you by the wind.
I am glad you didn't get hurt.
very helpful, what a wide area and lagtime
You should wait atleast 5 min
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O.k. In the end is no comment, but picture is covered by "recomendations". So even worse.
Turbulence come with the wind speed.
Woop woop
At the end it sounds that there’s another helicopter closeby....
Yeah from the video it looks like a "third" helicopter sound nearby, maybe behind on the left, otherwise it can be impossible that the turbulence caused by the second helicopter - too much time between.
The sound of the helicopter is muffled when flying in your glider but when stationary (in bamboo) the sound travels down wind the exact sound is from the rescue chopper that is well above the water no 3rd chopper involved. The second helicopter banked and powered away causing the wash to be projected down towards the ground at lower then normal and then carried up the hill with laminar air and hitting the pilot.
Brad Pat : I think you’re right, plus the fact it’s filmed pretty wide-angled, so it’s closer than we visual think it is...
Don't underestimate how long a helicopter's propwash continues to disturb the air. This occurred after only about 40 seconds and the paraglider was below the point where the heli initiated the wash (the wash is angled downward). At an airport, helicopters are given separation larger than their weight would indicate, because their rotors produce such strong wash. There is at least one case of a fixed wing aircraft crashing with 39 seconds of separation from the helicopter that produced the wash. Continuing away from the wash, for well over a minute would have been called for here.
Okay????
My body got no injuries thanks to bamboo.
JapAcro Channel okay?
Luckiest pilot in the world !
who came here from Mr. Gott?
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