HANGGLIDING 101 - STEERING AND CONTROL + EXCERCISES FOR YOU TO TRY
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2021
- This is an instructional video on how to steering and control a hang-glider. It is not meant to teach hang-gliding, but for interest and to help beginners or pilots wanting to improve their control. I have included some exercises for pilots to try.
I had my first lesson today. Tomorrow & the next at the coast!! Helmet, Harness, Parachute, radio all selected and a Wils Wing Falcon 145. Thanks for the inspiration. I"M DOING IT!!
I don’t know how much shifting your weight has to do with turning the glider. If it was what turns a glider, the ATOS wouldn’t need roll spoilers. Pitch control is definitely weight shift, however. If you watch a video of a hang glider filmed from the keel looking forward, you will see adding roll input twists the trailing edge. Shifting to the right lifts up the right trailing edge and lowers the left. Shifting left raises the left trailing edge and lowers the right. I believe this is what gives you roll and coincidentally yaw control since you are adding drag to the inboard wing when you turn as the trailing edge is raised. The wires, sprogs and other gizmos “flex” the frame hence the term “flex wing.” I love your videos. They are very inspiring!
I imagine the reason the glider digs into the turn is because the outside wing is traveling faster then the inside wing which means there is more lift on the outside wing traveling faster. This would cause the glider to want to roll into the turn more tightly.
High siding...the exact same thing you do in a sailplane to prevent from over-banking in a thermal, only by using a stick 😀
You need to learn to point your feet in the direction you want to turn.
This way of presenting your instruction in a class room setting is best for me. I am a retired Merchant Marine sailor and have sailed, I mean really sailed my whole life and the way a small boat moves is so beautifully delicate that such suttle feelings of movement would be imperceptual to any body but an expert like your selves. The way you move in the bridle seems quite natural to me at least. I have my solo and practice the stalls every time I go up but, I think it would be more easy to fly a 152 Cessna than a unpowered hang glider. I would have more control surfaces in my Cessna. But being able to feel and hear how she goes is critical. Could a beginner profit by getting a performance glider?
if a sport or whatever I'm doing is dangerous enough for a helmet, I doubt it'll help me tbh💀
Thanks 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Couple thoughts on this aimed at new pilots or those new to aerotowing, or moving up gliders. Practicing slow flying like Darren mentions here is very beneficial for learning flare timing, just fly it right on the edge of stall, do mushing turns, etc, learning what a glider feels like when you are about to be late to flare. We don't generally practice flying slowly like this, so we shouldn't expect to be particularly good at it from a couple seconds of experience at the end of each flight. Practicing flying fast is really useful for transitioning to aerotowing on active days, there are times that you may have to literally bring the bar to your knees, often new aerotow pilots (or new on a wing) will oscillate, principally due to inexperience at high speeds. Outside of that a transition to aerotow is kind of a non event.
I am 65 and want to learn before I buy. A little concerned about crash landing.
Hello,Darren. I've been meaning to thank you for some time for your videos and the inspiration that they provide. I used to do hanggliding ages ago, then I didn't fly for 20(!) years until last year when I saw some videos that CZcams'd recommended(for no obvious reason), including 1 or 2 of yours. Then I watched you flying some more, got inspired, made some phonecalls, and shortly found myself dangling from a hangglider tied to a winch tow rope (a novelty for me). Something that I had truly believed would never happen. Now, I've got my qualifications back, bought a glider (Seedwings Crossover), had some good flights and find myself having to fight off my girlfriend's fits of jealousy and resentment. I am 54 now, living in Hungary, and time doesn't work in my favour any more, but I am looking forward to some good flying. So thank you for the inspiration!!!
Thank you for all the work you put into this great video, as well as the other great videos! I have been fascinated and interested in hanggliding for over 30 years now. After 14 years of paragliding, I will start my hanggliding training next year. I can hardly wait for the training, like new hanggliding videos from you. I wish you always beautiful flights and safe landings.
Thank you very much Darren for that instruction and explanation
...Great Ambassador of our Sport, you are Darren!
another great vid about ftying basics helpful reminders thanks cheers
Informative video. Well done. Easy to understand. Enjoy all your videos.
A very good explanation of weight shift control in practice
This is great. As a fresh H2 everything in this video in very informative and reiterates all the stuff taught by my instructor. Thank you.
Very informative and educative 👍❤️💙♥️💚❤️💙
My Dad used to hang glide and I spent many days when I was young up on the hill.