Man... being a newly h2 pilot and watching this makes me feel a lot better about some of the landings I've had!

Flew HG there many years ago , launch is very intimadating but actually very forgiving, we used to land right beside D Dutchman Dairy for their famous ice cream.

It's launches and landings... no apostrophes...

My buddies and I flew this site a lot from 1979 till late eighties. Old gliders like Olympus and up condors and mj6 etc. Great launch except in the winter when it usually blew downwind on launch. So many great memories there. Really cool to run across this video and know somebody’s still flying there Thanks

I feel better about my bad landing yesterday after seeing this. lol

"Splash Down" is an appropriate name! Flare people FLARE!! Great video

Wow! Small or no keel pockets! What a change from the '80s, when I flew a Wills Wing Harrier!

I am stunned at how bad these landings were, regardless of aiming for a spot

@scrimbytv2362

5 жыл бұрын

FCbisleybob it’s quite entertaining

@scottw550

4 жыл бұрын

The ground effect extends your glide and makes it hard without spoilers.

@halsmith5034

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottw550 The air temps over cold mountain lake vs. the beach would be sharp delta in short amount of distance down low. You'd come in on an angle accounting for all this cold-air sink over the lake, get over the beach only four feet up all tight, and then start floating along in the beach air.

@rorschachozymandias2821

3 жыл бұрын

@Kason Vandergaag Well that was unexpected. Wild.

Most of these bad landings were caused by having their hands too low on the down tubes to give a good flare. If they get their hands at least halfway up the down tubes they can flare properly and have a nice landing.

Love spot landings and what a nice gathering 👍

Hey, great work on the edit. Looks like you have a fantastic bunch of crazies out there!. Some pretty bad landings but that happens!.

Nice video presentation! It would be great if they could land properly but, on the other hand, it is an educational video on landings as well. I like the flying site.

A landing clinic is in need over there guys.....nice flying site!

Landing looks hard

I love hang gliding....

Это ошибка инструкторов. Отработка посадки проводится из малых склонов десятки и сотни раз (с колёсами). Замечаний много.Например, при посадке на воду, производят парашютирование, а ещё у Вас песок, растительность, контр склоны и так далее.

...I still fly with the 12" wheels after 12 years in the sport. They've mitigated or prevented a few nasty nose-ins !

Thanks ❤ from 🇮🇳 India

Great video! Landings are awfully scary :)

Well, almost half of them actually know how to land. I flew hang gliders avidly for ten years, hundreds of hours, and fell on landing maybe 5 times.

hold my beer, im gonna try this

amazing!!!

very chill 👍

Real nice! What is the width, length and angle of this ramp?? THANKS

Nice vídeo! Could anyone kindly let me know what is the take off ramp angle? Thanks!!

Amazing

Lets not put wheels on the glider, lets not have landing skills and lets try to do a target landing

@HG-Pilot

6 жыл бұрын

Pieter van Schaik you've nailed it!

@mermaid10x

3 жыл бұрын

In my day wheels were for students that hadn’t learned to land consistently yet. Looks stupid as hell and creates lots of drag

@saleplains

Жыл бұрын

theres nothing wrong with flying with wheels. a lot of the pilots i see laughing at others for flying with wheels are the same ones whacking in and cracking their head on their keel. ditch the wheels if you want or if you really need the drag reduction but theres no need to be dismissive of safety gear. to me its like saying "why wear a helmet, just dont crash"

Who won the yellow chair?

These pilot's obviously need get rid of those little roller blade wheels trying to look cool, and get some big wheels so they don't keep dorking in the nose.

Man, what a WHACK-fest! Nice spot to fly though!

Perfect

Why do they wear helmets? I mean...

@momsspaghetti7874

5 жыл бұрын

lmao you got me at "i mean"

@fergiy89

5 жыл бұрын

For the same reason you wear a helmet while wearing a bicycle. Sometimes you can hit something really hard, even though you're not going very fast. Stuff happens.

What a fun video! Lots of shitty landings lol. That's what happens when you are trying to hit the mark tight.

Voss in Norway?

Great..where the F#@# is it??

@wuffos

5 жыл бұрын

Appears to be Queest Mountain, above Sicamous, B.C. , Canada. Between Kamloops and Calgary.

Fajnie