18m Z-Blade, Surprise Clouds, and Random Paramotor Shenanigans

Tom Kubat let me fly the 18m Z-Blade. What a blast. XC to a nearby ultra light field. 0.9 hrs flight time and burned 5 liters on the Blade.
Tom Kubat on CZcams. / @tommyflies
www.resurgenceppg.com/

[@FlyBabyFlyPPG]

that is a beauty of layers of clouds so therapeutic able to see the ground bless bro.

[@corynieznajko8158]

What a wing man you are!

[@JPTulo]

Cool vid man! Kinda hard to launch without the toggles in your hands 😜. Welcome to Ohio btw!!

[@Parahooners]

Ah man that view was incredible. We need one of them patchy cloudy days here! Cracking flight. Enjoyed this.

[@adamsilver7268]

Thanks man! We don't get these days often, that's for sure!

[@Tommyflies]

Getting em up quick!!!

[@adamsilver7268]

Got nothing else to do!

[@nedmacallen]

Now you too can deal with long haired upside down guy! Haha it’s Crazy the amount of change between break pressures when you go to a smaller wing.

[@adamsilver7268]

I think a huge reason for the added brake pressure on this wing is largely due to its speed. More speed, more force required to move your control surfaces. That z blade is FAST!

[@nedmacallen]

@@adamsilver7268 that’s a different way to look at it! I’m just a cave man over here but I went from a 32 to a 28 and I had to pull so much harder to flair out on landing it took me by surprise. I never thought too much about why it happened I assumed the glider being smaller has more pressure and weight spread across a smaller surface area, plus from going faster as well.

[@adamsilver7268]

@@nedmacallen I think several other factors play into brake pressure also. I believe, the higher the aspect ratio, the harder it is to move the control surfaces as well. So naturally, as you progress to smaller and higher A/R wings, you get higher brake pressures.