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@AnsonEmbry 7 күн бұрын

very good

@bobbypatton4903 10 күн бұрын

Nice PLF

@knuble 11 күн бұрын

nicely done!

@sgdran 11 күн бұрын

Great job!

@jurispetrovs8690 16 күн бұрын

No cik uz cik izdevās uzgriezt Teiču purvā?

@kurkotava801 16 күн бұрын

No ~80 AGL (vizuāli un pēc sajūtām zēmāk) līdz 350 AGL. Tad "veiksmīgi" to termāli pazaudēju, jo biju diezgan stresainā situācijā - liekas, ka nevarēšu atrast drošu vietu, kur piezemēties. Vajadzēja domāt vairāk loģiski (tagad jau viegli par to domāt) un mierīgi pameklēt apkārt, tad gols būtu sasniedzams. Laba macība. www.xcontest.org/latvia/en/flights/detail:kenguri/8.6.2024/10:55

@jurispetrovs8690 16 күн бұрын

@@kurkotava801 ja nebūtu termāļa kur tu ietu uz piezemēšanos? Pie šosejas kaut kur?

@19BERNARD52 22 күн бұрын

Là on voit les atterrissages réussi reste à voir ceux qui finissent dans les arbres...😅 Un jour tu te feras mal.

@kurkotava801 21 күн бұрын

Var būt. Aptuveni 2-3% no manām piezemēšanām notiek apstākļos ar palielinātu risku - fakts. Cītīgi strādāju pie tā. :)

@DejanUrukalo Ай бұрын

beautiful

@TAZ.MENARD Ай бұрын

Ha. Been there, done that. Those could have been worse without your good design making.

@TURIECFOTO Ай бұрын

????????????????

@panourama4237 Ай бұрын

I think the landings were pretty good acutally 😄

@chestyoz9725 2 ай бұрын

Well done mate, scratch your ass off

@carrscoffee 2 ай бұрын

Seems so relaxing but i would be scared the steings would break 😅😅

@sgdran 2 ай бұрын

Just the opposite of boring!

@sgdran 2 ай бұрын

Very very instructive! I was on the edge of my seat, hoping you saved that one 😉

@sgdran 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@edru9770 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the pleasant memories

@wingpilot 3 ай бұрын

Знакомое место :)

@kurkotava801 3 ай бұрын

Легендарное :) До сих пор актуальное для тренировок.

@wingpilot 3 ай бұрын

@@kurkotava801 так рельеф Латвии за последние 30 лет не особо поменялся :)))

@markmcgoveran6811 4 ай бұрын

I'm just sitting here laughing about my future as a potato under a wing when I look at a guy that's a pilot and I see how much there is between a potato and pilot

@DiggeryDoodle 4 ай бұрын

Never flown in Slovenia but it looks stunning

@bake162 7 ай бұрын

Way to stretch your glide

@Graham_lee 7 ай бұрын

Seen someone get plucked by a dust devil on Levante back in September, they went up at least 70 foot and end up over the back of the hut, luckily they were ok. I love Algo will be back again in the summer

@intarsienschrankzwetschgen4224 7 ай бұрын

Been there, done that 😊

@danjames1922 8 ай бұрын

So many nice big fields to land on! Rolled the dice with that one, glad it worked out!

@intarsienschrankzwetschgen4224 8 ай бұрын

When I fly then it's always the same: The first two circles are the low safe and the third circle is the landing position.

@SkywalkerPaul 8 ай бұрын

🪂✌️

@handle535 8 ай бұрын

Personally I say any landing you walk away from is a good one - in which case any mistakes are just learning opportunities. 1 and 2 look like Bassano, where I was in February (looks like you got better weather than I did lol).

@kurkotava801 8 ай бұрын

You're right, Bassano. The first and second landings I did after mistakes in planning a final glide. It wasn't safe enough.

@Yaka95 8 ай бұрын

whats that bell noise after landing?

@kurkotava801 8 ай бұрын

XCtrack app said "discharging" maybe

@Slushflush 8 ай бұрын

Man, people in the PG community is so full of themselves 😂 everyone be hating on someone admitting a mistake. Bunch of bitches

@nachnamevorname5917 8 ай бұрын

Good fight 😁 Nice landscape 👍🏻

@lakukarikscha1417 8 ай бұрын

Would there have been more updraft above the lake?

@kurkotava801 8 ай бұрын

Maybe, but I'm not so immortal at 120 AGL :))

@chrisstevens4680 9 ай бұрын

ALMOST!!! Bad luck!!👾👾👾👾🤐🤪!!!

@jonathansummerfield8390 9 ай бұрын

Some years back I was minding my own business, calmly surfing below some airspace here in Switzerland. I find a smooth thermal some nice 4-5 m/s so I start turning. At some point im around a 100 m below the airspace so I carry on flying towards the next mountain range. Turns out I was not in the center of that thermal at all. It went to 6,7,8,9 all the way to 10.5 m/s and that totally smooth. Just in a straight line I destroyed that airspace as bad as it gets.. 😅😅

@denissegura7031 9 ай бұрын

Courage et persévérance 👍

@notflanders4967 9 ай бұрын

anyone else here for unknown reasons?

@TitusIV 9 ай бұрын

Well it's the beauty of the pullback when you let go of the accelerator. You can even make it more dramatic with a bit more height, start with a nice break, let your wing dive down and in the dive go full speedbar, you'll get a major pull back as soon as you let go of the speedbar and break :D ! it almost feels like flying a mustsche wing. I did it a lot in my last video starting at 0:26. If you do it just remember to always keep some tension on your breaks.

@kurkotava801 9 ай бұрын

Oh, nice! I'll take my Maestro next time, a bit more hot and energetic wing than old Tala - and try your trick with the accelerator!

@TheOttarocker 9 ай бұрын

Looks really nice! Just be very careful, if your wing falls into the water you are almost certainly going to drown.

@TitusIV 9 ай бұрын

You made my day 🤣

@kurkotava801 9 ай бұрын

The waves are really dangerous. But the top of the troubles, while flying in dynamic flows are: 1. Collapses when performing wingovers or other funny things at low attitudes 2. Collisions with trees and other objects near the ridge 3. Downwind landings 4. Being blown away by the wind 5. Accidents after a rough launch 6. Stalls (toplandings, turns etc)

@nicht4041 9 ай бұрын

nice!

@sgdran 9 ай бұрын

Cool! 😎

@DylanPieper 10 ай бұрын

I'm surprised there were so many butt-landings on all of this expensive/advanced gear (e.g., submarine pod) 😂

@kurkotava801 10 ай бұрын

I think this is because legs are significantly more expensive than gear...

@markmcgoveran6811 10 ай бұрын

If there was a way I could mail you a $20 bill because I don't do much online would you do a custom landing video? I want to see you come down from 100 ft for your final approach. Hands up trim speed. At 1 m, flare as hard fast and deep as you can.

@kurkotava801 10 ай бұрын

I don't keep old footage sources...

@erenxbjk 11 ай бұрын

I am a beginner pilot but as far as I know, you shouldn't play too much with the brakes while landing. On second landing, you applied and released the brakes which increased your speed and after that not enough altitude to slow down again. btw I've done the same thing like 10 times :)

@kurkotava801 11 ай бұрын

And on the first too :) Here's more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKrLXoN5ptOEmbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/enbcfZ-JjduUmac kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXuzc4egd9B5Y6M I like to play with airspeed and energy before landing. Not always safe, and successful, but sometimes funny... :)

@kABUSE1 11 ай бұрын

Haha, my first flight after flight-school was also on the Bischling (second landing). Kinda funny you decided to land downwind on this humongously large landing field, because I did the EXACT. SAME. THING. I think it's because the windsock's pole is bend, which is kinda misleading, depending from where you look at it. What's the first mountain? It looks so familiar but I can't quite make it out.

@kurkotava801 11 ай бұрын

Near Hochkonig. Tracklog: www.xcontest.org/2022/world/en/flights/detail:kenguri/22.7.2022/11:03

@markmcgoveran6811 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting this up. It's my dream to someday fly around in the sky like that in a big circle and look around. I don't think it looks that boring if you're a couple thousand feet in the air flying around a big circle and everything is going good I can't find that boring at all. You're showing the earn it part of the fly game. Altitude is like money in the bank good as gold. AirSpeed is like cash in your pocket try not to spend it all and go broke too soon. Later on time it perfectly so your bank account being your altitude, hit's zero at the same time, as you run out of air speed that being your pocket money. Paragliding is like the teamster's Union in America fly right or they break your leg. Pay your union dues do all your ground handling and then do it over until you are more polished before you begin to fly.

@sgdran Жыл бұрын

Hello! How do you manage your break inputs to core thermals? It looks like you keep your inner break steady while you manage the outer, like textbooks say... But don't you think that method sends the turn out of proper coordination (it's a yaw input while the bank angle remains steady). I would like to know your opinion on this. Thanks!

@kurkotava801 11 ай бұрын

In the relatively strong thermal, I use the outer brake very slightly, only to control pressure, etc. I'm always trying to keep the airspeed as high as possible. The inner brake input change amplitude is no more than 3-5 cm. I'm working more with the weight shift. For my wing (PHI Maestro 1 S, load at end, 85 kg in-flight weight) this is the only possible variant to safely manage turbulent thermals. But thanks for the comment! I will more be experimenting to manage the yaw. The thermaling efficiency is still my main problem.

@sgdran 11 ай бұрын

I wanted to know your opinion because I can see your thermalling skills are solid (I've watched your other videos as well). I can thermal decently myself, but I'm currently doing my research into other, maybe more exotic approaches to thermaling, to implement them in my technique and squeeze a little more out of these devilish beasts (thermals)😅. Thank you for your precise answer, which gives me new meat for thought and further experimenting. Like your videos very much. Keep posting! 👌

@kurkotava801 11 ай бұрын

@@sgdran Thanks :) I can share two really exotic techniques (I use them): 1. "The toilet paper method" :) When you are in the core or near it, just freeze your position and do nothing for some turns, then, maybe, correct slightly against the wind, if needed. The philosophy is - the piece of paper working in thermals is always better because the paper does nothing wrong ))) And is an opportunity to relax for you. 2. "Lazy upwind thermalling". When you are in the weak thermal and you need to go against the wind - just fly straight upwind with more or slight brakes. It's working with wind 10-15 km/h and thermal 1-2 m/s. As a result you lose relative air height but stay in the thermal drift (in the cone). Not always. :) I have repeatedly flown several kilometres in this way with the updraft or in zeros. I'll see if I can get some footage about these techniques (but afraid of getting a lot of criticism) 😀

@sgdran 11 ай бұрын

@@kurkotava801 I definately love and apply "toilet paper method", but didn't have a name for it 🤣. One of the reasons it works is because it filters the "lift noise" (the vario beeps sometimes due to gusts or just the natural oscillations of the glider when flying in bumpy air). We might quick-react to those and ruin the coring process... The "lazy upwind thermaling" makes a lot of sense. I'll try it next time I'll go flying 💪 Here's my grain of sand: Let's call it "The slide". When you're circling but not yet centered and your outer wing hits more lift, reduce your inner weightshift (thus loading the outer wing more to oppose the pull) and pull more inner brake. You'll induce a side-slip to squeeze a bit more lift but still keep circling... I'm still refining this idea 🧐 Stay open to criticism with the right amount of skepticism, and your performance will definately go up, although I honestly think your thermaling skills are already very good. Thank you for your tips!!

@kurkotava801 11 ай бұрын

"The slide" - looks great, thank you! I'll try the weight shift more to the outer side in this manner. Hope for good weather at Vilnius Open this weekend!

@sgdran Жыл бұрын

Excellent job!

@berniemassey8584 Жыл бұрын

Better to make a bad decision rather than no decision at all. Maybe go back to easier landing sites to get so practice. You were lucky this time.

@kurkotava801 Жыл бұрын

Jap, I've been lucky for 19 years in a row )))

@simhathecat Жыл бұрын

how do you know which one's the right one ?

@surreygraham6714 Жыл бұрын

This is a function of wind speed and altitude. On a nil wind day the thermal might stay pretty close to the thermal source as it rises. On a strong wind day the source will be further upwind as it is being blown towards you as it rises.

@kurkotava801 Жыл бұрын

The axis of the spiral points to the place of thermal source. If you centre the thermal correctly, you can use Google Earth to identify the source. This does not always work, but in most cases. A good lecture about thermals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqi2e6B5fMupd9E

@simhathecat Жыл бұрын

@@kurkotava801that's reasonable... by the way, how do you glue graphics to a spot in you video? Which editor/function is it?

@simhathecat Жыл бұрын

@@kurkotava801 the lecture is a great one indeed!

@kurkotava801 Жыл бұрын

@@simhathecat I use KDENlive, great freeware! You can find tutorial videos about the motion tracking effect and keyframes.

@rowill2968 Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing

@rowill2968 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Very generous of you for others to learn from. Those wide angle lenses also make things seem closer than they may really be.

@tartaria936 Жыл бұрын

longlong long nosave :D

@kurkotava801 Жыл бұрын

Haha! :)

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