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I know that adding ballast improves penetration by making the glider fly faster.
My paragliding instructor told me that the glide ratio remains the same but the sink rate increases for a ballasted...
...trol of where u are going and what u are doing up there?
You have the same amount of control in both gliders. A paraglider has a thinner envelope of conditions in which it can be flown safely (les...
Trim speed and Best glide are completely unrelated, trim speed changes dependent on you hang point (Centre of gravity) position, best glide is the same for a particular glider/harness/pilot combinatio...
...nk corrected for the bank angle.
I don't know what speeds/sink rates are appropriate for a hang glider; in a sailplane, using example speed of 40 knots for min sink, and 200 fpm (20:1) (note:...
COme and visit us. We als like to glide but not the way you think.
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From the chart, indicated airspeeds as follows: min sink 19 best L/D 22 5:1 glide 36
The key thing is to have sufficient extra airspeed to allow quick maneuvering and ...
There is a test of the Stealth KPL 12 in Germany, Fly & Glide or DHV-Info magazin. I think, its publiced in Dec.
Hi everyone.
I am interested in learning to hang-glide. I am wondering if anyone out there can tell me of any hang-gliding schools/resources in western Canada. I'm looking forward to your res...
Hi everyone, I am interested in learning to hand glide
Could any of you nice people recommend anywhere suitable in the Manchester (UK) area or North West. Also what sort of cost i am looking at???...
I second the recommendation about Rob McKenzie at High Adventure. He's been teaching me to hang glide for about 2 months and he's outstanding. I hear similar comments about his paragliding i...
...about the history of hang-gliding. I can't seem to find anything. Who were the first people to hang-glide? etc...
Thanks,
- Dale...
Prepare to eat your words,my friend.If you buy yourself a glider you will indeed start your your flying at 40 -50 ft,but i assure you a day will come when you glide between low thermals at 4000-5000ft...
Hello! Can anyone tell me please, if it is possible to an ultralight (3-axis, or trike) to glide like a hang-glider, and catch thermals, the same way? And if yes, which differences are there while gli...
Thanks for your answer.
How long a line is required (ie: what is glide ratio on climb) and how much space?
What is towing speed (assuming zero wind) of the scooter?
By 'payout system&...
I would like to get some info on learning to hang-glide in the U.K.
Can anyone reccomend an info source?
Some basic questions among others are;
1) How long are courses, are they staged, is...
I desperately want to go on a 1/2 week course to learn to glide this December (so not much time to organise the trip).
I live in London and have only had a weekend 'try-out' on hang glid...
...m also looking for information leading about a product I had seen those same few years back.
It is a glide slope adjustment device for high performance hang gliders, a small drogue chute that once...
Has anyone searched for satellite images that would aid in finding places to hang-glide or paraglide. I'm thinking a color contour plot that shows average wind velocity plotted over a geographica...
First and foremost!!! Please, Please, Please. Don't attempt to teach yourself how to fly a hang glide. Take lessons from a certified instructor. If you have to travel a long distance to get them ...
Hello, You are right, I just went to fly an Exxtacy in Geneva au Saleve and it is THE glider we have benn waiting for so long. Easy to take-off, very impressive glide and stability and the landing is ...
...great flying locations both inland and coastle maney are soring day 3 i flue the very first day 100 foot glide to beach was great. http://www.highadventure.com.au/index.php?mod=page&
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I'm sorry to disapoint you, axel, but both hang gliders and paragliders fly using the bernoulli principle which (for our purposes) states that when air moving over a wing moves over the top surfa...
I'm interested in finding out what is required legally to hang glide in Quebec/Canada. I have found a local club that has a site under a beautiful ridge about 15 minutes from my house so its too ...
... is advertised in the classifieds, in the back of Kitplanes magazine. It does very well at sink rate and glide ratio, but the pilot weight limit is less than 150 pounds (68 kg), no joke. The wing spar...
...ikely to stall at lower speeds.
b) they make it harder to turn or thermal
c) They vastly improve glide
Yo soy un intermedio, y entonces no voy a volar asi. Otros hombres me dijeron las res...
... FIVE YEARS OF HG OR PG THEN WORRY ABOUT LOOPING. IF YOU ARE OVER 200LBS YOU CAN FORGET ABOUT LOOPING A GLIDER. IF YOU'RE A SMALL GUY OR GIRL, AND YOUR WEIGHT IS 175LBS OR LESS YOU WILL BE A GOO...
...don't need a perfo wing! I started paragliding 8 months ago and I bought a DHV1-2 wing. It has a 7+ glide ratio, a 22-35 km/h speed range (44 km/h accelerated) and, most of all, has an excelent r...
...es it behave when you really give it grief?
Yep. I feel the Sigma 3 is quite a lot better, speed and glide wise than the Epsilon 2, but since I've never flown the Epsilon or Omega, I can'...
...e sigma 3 advanced intermediate, performance rated, and they look to me as if they're near to it on glide angle but not on sink rate, but of course most of it boils down to the bloke underneath i...
Hi fellow Pilots,
I fly both hang-gliders and paragliders. I don't know if one could ever answer the question as to which is safest because it obviously depends on many factors. My two cents ...
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