George
Cross Dressing
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Cross Dressing
I tried on a hang gliding harness today... and I liked it! My journey to the dark side has begun...
George
George
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Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw on the way to WS yesterday: "I kissed a dog... And I liked it!". Was LMAO on that one for a few blocks. 
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BTW George, you handled that low collapse with major skills, very good job!
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Thanks Marc, there might have been some sound effects if it had not been for the school bus dumping kids out right below. I recently had SIV with this wing and the spring XC flying in Florida sure got my bump tolerance up. There are now two schools of thought on handling asymmetrical deflations. "Steer and Clear" in which the pilot weight shifts away from the deflated side and gets control of the glider and then deals with the deflation and the "Go with it" in which the pilot allows the wing to turn toward the deflation and then spiral for a quick recovery then canx the surge. But close to terrain we still do steer and clear so I kept the glider on course with weight shift and a little opposite brake then pumped out the little cravat. Fortunately I completed my landing without further incident. Ordinarily I'd have done some S turns and then straight in but when I'm sharing LZ with you guys I try and do the airplane pattern. Is that the best way?
https://vimeo.com/127779820
George
I recently had SIV with this wing and the spring XC flying in Florida sure got my bump tolerance up. There are now two schools of thought on handling asymmetrical deflations. "Steer and Clear" in which the pilot weight shifts away from the deflated side and gets control of the glider and then deals with the deflation and the "Go with it" in which the pilot allows the wing to turn toward the deflation and then spiral for a quick recovery then canx the surge. But close to terrain we still do steer and clear so I kept the glider on course with weight shift and a little opposite brake then pumped out the little cravat. Fortunately I completed my landing without further incident. Ordinarily I'd have done some S turns and then straight in but when I'm sharing LZ with you guys I try and do the airplane pattern. Is that the best way? https://vimeo.com/127779820
George
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"MOO-a-a-a-a! Beauty in ALL forms!" - Mr. JoyBoy (Rod Steiger) in "The Loved One"
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Yeah, talk about self-censoring. The 'Oh cr@p!' that we were all about to let-loose with was bottled up as the kids started piling off the bus.
"Ho-dee-doh, nothing to see here, move along, move along!"
Thanks for asking about HG + PG approaches George. To be honest, sync'ing the approach pattern has never been an issue for me when both types of wings are in the air. It might be different at sites with large numbers of both, landing at the same time.... But thus far, I've never been concerned at our local sites. Perhaps the difference in speeds/performance is a help in that regard.
But where I *have* had an occasional issue is within the LZ itself. We hangies need **WAY** more space, so if a PG pilot is taking time to pack things up in the middle of the field, then that can really cause problems. Might be hard to believe, but this is true even in the bridge field, which is super-huge.
The problem is that the HGers have to set up their final and start burning it in. Sometimes the landing is as expected, and the wing is on the ground in the middle of the field. Other times you hit wicked gradient, and end up much shorter than expected. Other times, you hit multiple bubbles of lift, and end up on the ground much further than planned.
I know that these very same effects are also in play for PG pilots, but (from what I've seen thus far), the approach angle on final is much steeper & the speeds are much slower. Hence, the landing 'radius' is much less than for the HGers.
Bottom line : If it's possible to gather the lines, do an initial shake-out, pull in the canopy, and then move to the side.... Now THAT can really make a difference!!
We do the same sort of thing, hustling the wing out of the way, sometimes at a darn good clip if there's another pilot right behind. But obviously it's a bit easier for us, no worries about snags/debris/etc.
MarkC
"Ho-dee-doh, nothing to see here, move along, move along!"
Thanks for asking about HG + PG approaches George. To be honest, sync'ing the approach pattern has never been an issue for me when both types of wings are in the air. It might be different at sites with large numbers of both, landing at the same time.... But thus far, I've never been concerned at our local sites. Perhaps the difference in speeds/performance is a help in that regard.
But where I *have* had an occasional issue is within the LZ itself. We hangies need **WAY** more space, so if a PG pilot is taking time to pack things up in the middle of the field, then that can really cause problems. Might be hard to believe, but this is true even in the bridge field, which is super-huge.
The problem is that the HGers have to set up their final and start burning it in. Sometimes the landing is as expected, and the wing is on the ground in the middle of the field. Other times you hit wicked gradient, and end up much shorter than expected. Other times, you hit multiple bubbles of lift, and end up on the ground much further than planned.
I know that these very same effects are also in play for PG pilots, but (from what I've seen thus far), the approach angle on final is much steeper & the speeds are much slower. Hence, the landing 'radius' is much less than for the HGers.
Bottom line : If it's possible to gather the lines, do an initial shake-out, pull in the canopy, and then move to the side.... Now THAT can really make a difference!!
We do the same sort of thing, hustling the wing out of the way, sometimes at a darn good clip if there's another pilot right behind. But obviously it's a bit easier for us, no worries about snags/debris/etc.
MarkC
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Wilco!