Deadly Paramotor Crash Breakdown and Analysis By Dell Schanze

[@tylernelson4753]

Okay so Dell, can you demonstrate proper glider control with a riser wrapped around a flat top arm?

[@DellSchanze]

One riser being shorter than another happens every time you lean one direction or another. So yes look at ANY glider control video of mine. Every single one of them show one riser lower than another at times. That doesn't cause the glider to spin out of the sky. Listen to the video and learn about the facts of what actually causes this issue as it's very serious.

[@turtlesarecool14]

I think anyone who's interested in this sport should see this video. This was the gold standard format for correcting false expectations by reviewing a critical mistake.

[@DellSchanze]

Amen to that. Thank you. It's messed up how total crap gear and completely bogus "training" results in issues like these over and over and over.

[@prolifedoc]

Look at 45 seconds into this video. His right riser is 6 inches lower than his left. It was wrapped. The problem was in his pre-flight. He said this himself when he was interviewed.

[@DellSchanze]

False. Again this is why you don't listen to newbies for advice or for incident report reviews as they just don't understand the sport. Having one riser longer or shorter than the other does not create this issue. Exactly what I explained in detail in this video is what causes the actual issue. Every single flight people will have one riser higher or lower than the other by simply leaning or not leaning. It does not even remotely cause a crash. Those causing these crashes always want to try to blame it on something that has nothing to do with the facts to try to deceive people away from the real fact that it was improper gear and bad training that was actually the major issue exactly as explained in this video. Look at any video out there of improperly trained people like Tucker Gott for example on horrible gear like the scout. He is torqued way off to the side on every launch. There are many things that all have to be combined at the same time to result with this actual issue causing a crash. I listened them in great detail in this video. So trying to blame it on one single detail and then ignoring the actual problem is why it just keeps happening over and over and over. It can actually happen with pretty much any paramotor on the market if you get every single one of those things wrong at the same time. This is why it's absolutely critical to drastically reduce the odds of it happening by getting real actual SUPER training and real actual Flat Top paramotors & Dominators as so many out there don't have a clue at all what the issue is let alone the understanding, experience and integrity to work to train people to have the reflexes to prevent this before it ever happens in the first place. Trying to pass things off with some simple and WRONG explanation is very messed up. 6 more dead because of people taking ignorant advice from ignorant newbies like Tucker Gott. 6 more DEAD and every single one in the exact way he promotes and all 6 DEAD when he very specifically works to deceive people away from the truth and facts that would have reduced the odds of all those deaths by 99%. LOOK at the skill level of whom you talk to in this sport. Your life depends on it.

[@dalgrim]

@@DellSchanze look at the video

[@DellSchanze]

@@dalgrim Yes I explained in great detail what actually happened. Having one riser lower than another doesn't cause this result. It's the very specific details I pointed out clearly. This is why it's critical to actually listen to experts instead of try to educate experts. There is a ton more to this than just chuck people in the sky and blame everything on the person. With proper gear and training the safety skyrockets 99% over those without proper gear and training and this video is a perfect example. Why would anyone try to chuck this guy in the air without even the most basic ability to control the glider or any understanding of it? Then on top of that why would they push him towards the absolute worst and most deadly gear in all of history??!! It makes zero sense. 6 more dead because of these same issues while in all of history only 1 single person has ever died on proper gear with proper training. Instead of arguing with the experts why not just do things the right way and experience the drastic difference in capability and safety? There is just no need for or excuse for 99% of the carnage & death in the sport as 99% of it is because of things like this which should have been addressed with real actual training and gear. While wrapping a riser around the comfort bar doesn't cause this issue just think rationally for a second about selling gear so horrible that this is one of the hundreds of things that can so easily go horribly wrong??!! Why?? Why sell horrible gear like this and without even trying to train them with proper skills?? It makes no sense at all. Just take SUPER training and learn true and real skills for yourself and then you can pass forwards real actual skills and understanding. 6 more dead and it's all because of dishonesty of those who lie about the very best gear & training to try to make a quick buck without the slightest consideration for people's lives.

[@will30nimes]

Hi, i am a french paramoteur student in the south of france Today was my 5th day of training... And we were about to see someone hitting the ground for the same reasons you've explained in this video. I like your videos for a lot of reasons but mainly because you are going straight to the point like 1+1=2. You give us an example of what could happen and how to simply get out of this kind of situation. fly safe william

[@DellSchanze]

Even if you live in France I would highly recommend getting SUPER training and the best & safest gear which is the Flat Top & Dominator. Skills are skills. Either you have them or you don't. No other school in the world teaches true and real skills like you see brand new students attaining at SUPER training: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbLkmxroqqnpbs if you can't kite up a vertical wall you don't really have true active piloting ability and can't really prevent a collapse. There are so many critical skills and only one school in the world teaches them. If you have been through "training" elsewhere you could really help SHOW people the actual truth by SHOWING yourself just trying to do what you can see brand new SUPER students doing. Even something basic like just reverse kiting no hands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWaam2toobmejLc if you can't do it then you haven't learned how to actually control a paraglider properly and therefore simply cannot kite in higher winds or deal with lighter winds properly. More people should SHOW videos of themselves trying to SHOW themselves doing what SUPER students can do as it would be really eye opening for people to be able to compare equals to equals for training schools around the world. Either you have these skills or you don't. It completely leaves all opinion out of it. Thanks for your post. If you want to be a good safe pilot just follow along with what I'm sharing.

[@will30nimes]

@@DellSchanzei understand your point of vue but i can not be totaly agree with it. because there is a lot of very good instructors and a lot of very good training schools around the world. same for the equiomentd. paramotors and wings evolves every years to offer a better safety for a better pleasure. don't be this kind of people who are foccussing on only one trajectory. only one type of paramotor or only one wing. keep your mind open. fly safe

[@DellSchanze]

@@will30nimes So you disagree with the facts? That makes zero sense. How about try to SHOW me any other school in the world putting out new students with skills like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3mpn3eHpZqEidE Why can't you? Why can't you SHOW even one other school in the world where the students can even do something basic like reserve kite no hands: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWaam2toobmejLc So not one other school in the world is teaching true actual skills but then you come here and LIE up and down and pretend there are "good schools" when in fact they actually scam people without teaching them even the most basic ability to control a glider?? Other "good gear"?? SHOW ME! Why can't you SHOW even one single other paramotor on the market designed to address the 304 safety updates like the Flat Top??? You can't SHOW even 1 single other brand in the world designed to address ANY of the well know safety issues but again just flat out LIE and try to pretend total crap gear is "good"???!! How about try to SHOW even one single other glider that you can SHOW doing collapse testing with results like the Dominator and then SHOW that exact same glider also can do 51mph like the Dominator. Why can't you SHOW this but here again you just ignore the facts and LIE without the slightest care about truth or people's lives. Why can't you SHOW yourself doing what brand new SUPER students can do?? If you had real actual training wouldn't you also be able to SHOW real actual skills? WHERE ARE YOUR SKILLS?? Skills leaves all opinions out of it. You can either SHOW real actual skills and therefore be a perfect example of "good training" or you CAN'T SHOW real actual skills and therefore would be a perfect example of totally bogus training. Would you like to SHOW your real actual inability to SHOW even the most basic ability to control a paraglider so people can see how bad your instruction truly was or do you not want people to KNOW the truth? See the problem. It's easy for people like you to lie but when it comes to actually telling the truth and SHOWING actual skills and backing up what you say you fail miserably but then suggest it's somehow me that's wrong for sharing this FACT. This is not the channel where newbies come to lie to experts and pretend to know more than the best in the world. If what you are saying were true it wouldn't take but a few minutes to SHOW THE VIDEOS. So how what do you say about the lies you just told? Where do you go from there? You can't SHOW actual skills to back up what you said so are you going to say sorry for misleading people or will you just bash me for pointing out the facts? Sadly most in the industry hate real actual truth and so they just bash those telling the truth instead of being honest with themselves.

[@dangersteve262]

I think his right riser was wrapped round the spreader bar if you look closely on his take off,

[@DellSchanze]

While true it has nothing to do with the issue. Even leaning to one side will make one riser higher than the other side. So changing the height of a riser does not cause a crash like this. It's caused by all the specific items I listed in the video. Just watch the video where I literally cut a comfort bar in two and then flew it. I didn't crash just because one riser was higher than the other. It makes no difference with real gear and an actual pilot. Every single flight people have one riser much much higher than another.

[@sharifyasin7482]

best channel of youtube for paramotoring, paragliding.

[@docdurdin]

One of the best videos I've seen you make. Rather than an argument, you instruct based on knowledge and experience. People have been confused because of the fighting over equipment.

[@GamingAmbienceLive]

people are so fucking retarded, this guys speaks nothing but sense, but people want to be arrogant morons

[@SecondLifeDesigner]

I remember watching Tucker go over this crash in a video. After watching Dell's video I watched Tucker's version to see if he come to the same conclusions or had different ones. Tucker did see one detail that Dell missed. The guy's right riser had wrapped itself round the right floppy bar while the guy was kiting the wing before he turned around to start running. They guy said this had happened two times before. With the right riser wrapped around the floppy bar it effectively made all the lines in the riser a foot shorter. I could be wrong and I hope Dell will correct me but this could not physically happen on a Flat Top because of the design of the Comfort Bars. There is just no way for the riser to wrap itself around the Comfort Bars because of the thickness of the round tube shape and that if you tried to wrap the riser round it just slide off because of the large round bend on the front of the Comfort Bars. This shows just how much safer the Flat Top is and just how much of a deathtrap all these paramotor are which use the floppy bars.

[@DellSchanze]

Look when he turns around and is running. The risers are level. When you turn left one riser is much lower than the other. When you turn right one riser is much lower than another. It has nothing to do with twisting up in the risers. It's just a lie the evil people use to try to negate the actual facts I shared. Look when he takes off and the paramotor is torqued wildly to the right because of the right torque of the motor, the lack of any proper gear or training to eliminate it... but look how it's torqued right and look at the riser height. Lie busted. Look frame by frame before he turns around and as he turns. You can see the riser isn't wrapped around. The one riser is shorter because he is weight shifting backwards. His backwards weight shift lowers one riser. As the motor torques and he doesn't compensate one riser is lower. When he steps another step and the glider rights itself for a second you can see the risers level. LOOK at the facts and realize just how freaking evil these liars are. They know darn well the problem I'm talking about as many have been seriously injured about it and then they make up lies like pretending the riser was wrapped around in order to try to negate the absolute truth I shared. Their lie is totally busted. With the camera right in his fact his glider is to his left and he is leaning right which is backwards. That makes his right riser shorter than his left and NOT it being wrapped around the floppy bars that cause it. When he for a split second accidentally gets the weight shift correct going the other direction you can see clear as can be the risers are level. Look at 43 seconds... the glider is to his left and he is turning right and his motor is leaning right because he is clueless as to how to do it correctly. Then look at 49 seconds when he inadvertently rocked back level... oh hey the risers are exactly the same length. LOOK at 49 seconds and LOOK at the risers exactly the same length and then tell me how exactly the lie of saying one is a foot shorter than the other works or applies? It doesn't. LIE BUSTED!! The risers are even the same distance from the cage exactly where they would be on that pile of crap without them being twisted. Now look at 50 seconds. The right riser is horribly short again but LOOK at how the paramotor is completely leaned to the right because it's torqueing right and look at how his body is contorted not pretending to torque with correct weight shift. Sloppy floppy bars don't allow you to properly weight shift with authority and incompetent instructors don't even teach people how to do it even if it did. It's seriously messed up how the liars LIED sooooo badly to try to pretend it was a one of a kind strange "twist" that caused the issue when the FACT is it's a pile of crap paramotor and a guy without any SUPER training that was just clueless to pretend the crap gear from doing that. Those are the legit and blatantly obvious facts when you look at the evidence. I should do another video to show just how badly they lie.

[@DellSchanze]

Look at 58 seconds when he goes to turn left... oh gee the risers are exactly level again.... hmm that wrap around the risers magically undid itself but then magically wrapped again to cause the issue? Umm no. It's just a lie the liars come up with to try to deceive people away from the facts I shared in my video explaining the issue in exacting detail. The liars can't even make up plausible lies.

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

I am re-watching this 2 yrs later. I cannot believe this doesn't have more views!??! 😕

[@DellSchanze]

Yea these days the lies are more popular than the truth. Kinda insane really.

[@libertyforamericanow]

@@DellSchanze i have 2500 for a lightly used glider. Im 155 lbs. Looking for a beginner wing. You have any?

[@DellSchanze]

Yes I have tons of used gear in all different makes models and sizes. Give us a call at 800-707-2525

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

Again, Dale you prove your teaching skills. You should do commentary on crashes. Though, please do them without your sunglasses. They're cool, but we want to see your face :-) This is truly one of your best videos. As I told you, as a University Professor I have a very critical mind regarding pedagogy. You really have proven yourself over and over. The haters should really put aside the fact that they dislike you FOR ONE MOMENT and just listen w/o that filter and TAKE IN your critique.

[@DellSchanze]

@@kylezi4700 Ah yea because calling people a douche is oh so polite lol. AHahahahhaa. The total absurdity of the liars like this really shows everything you need to know about the lying trash talkers that are out there killing people. Liars like this can't refute the truth in the slightest so all they do is call names and talk trash.

[@jd2161]

I don't see how taking the glasses off changes anything. Do you tell people to remove their glasses when talking to you outside? I'm sure he's wearing them because of the sun. Dell is very educated in this subject but many times all you hear is "I'm the best, the rest are idiots" attitude. I watch to learn but if he didn't have that aspect he'd have more subs

[@DellSchanze]

It takes some logic and reasoning to understand the critical value of saying I'm the best. Only the mentally weak are offended by others stating facts like that. Those who have strength and confidence actually appreciate when others just tell it like it is. If someone says they are the best it's really valuable as it makes it super simple to prove or disprove if what they are saying is correct and when you see that they truly are the best it makes it really simple to know who to listen to. So suggesting one shouldn't say they are the best when they actually are is really very lacking in forethought and understanding. Plus perhaps consider taking karate and building your confidence so you are not offended by truth, facts and the confidence of others. Talk to any self made millionaire and the whole way they talk is difference from those who are not. The only people offended by this are those who lack confidence and ability. Since I am not here for sales but here to try to help people I really don't care if the weak minded people stay away from the sport because of the confidence exhibited. In fact it's actually a good thing. I'm not really interested in training emotionally weak people as it's a dangerous situation. So you make a really bit mistake thinking all I care about is subs instead of people's lives and your mistake shows where you actually put your focus and intent instead of caring more about truth and facts. It's interesting how much you can know about one when you have the intelligence to really think about the truth meaning in what people say. Also notice that you judge how to be more successful when you are not. Again why should I listen to you? Since you are not the best it would be foolishness to listen to you as you are only speaking from weakness and foolishness not from intelligence and personal experience and knowledge. You with 2 subscribers proceed to tell one with MILLIONS of views who is known globally how they can be more successful??? lol. See how totally absurd that is? This is WHY it's important for one to say how good they are at something before they go around giving advice. Only a fool gives advice to an expert in something they know nothing about. Intelligent people want to know straight away "why the freak should I listen to you". That's why it's critical to let people know and SHOW them you are the best before you go giving advice. Otherwise you are left looking really silly like you are here lol. THINK man.

[@stevelyons6739]

Excellent info.

[@anthonyrutten4018]

I’ve watched a lot of videos and I get way more information that I need from yours!! I’m an idiot that bought a glider n harness on eBay and tried to learn on my own. Although I’m getting better at ground control and small jumps in the dunes I’ll be learning from you boys asap!! I get how dangerous it for sure!!Thanks for all you do to keep us dorks safe!!🤙🏼

[@DellSchanze]

Ah yikes yea. Trying to learn this sport on your own would be like trying to learn karate by watching Bruce Lee videos. There are so many details to the skills that are not intuitive and absolutely critical that you must have a real actual instructor helping you. Once you learn wrong it's very hard to break those bad habits so call 800-707-2525 and just make it happen asap. It's truly incredible to master the skills correctly. Makes it a ton more fun and infinitely safer.

[@WojciechSotysik]

How could we know, that you're the best pilot in the world? You won some international competitions?

[@DellSchanze]

That's a good and important question and really the very first question people should ask before getting into the sport as dealing with the very best is absolutely critical. Yes I'm the WPPGA Paramotor World Champion and US glider control champion so you can watch both of those on youtube plus you can see clearly from my videos that I'm out doing what nobody else on earth can do. Things like my infinity wing tip drag for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn62aaafYrtke7c or let's see anyone else in the world do this for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKmbgJ5sYtyhkJI yes if someone says they are the best you absolutely should check to verify that's accurate in this sport as there are many total liars. I'm also the best instructor so again LOOK at the skill of the students I've trained. I recently had a student set a new world record knocking out 530 flights during his 10 days of training and then he progressed in skill all the way from an XL size glider clear down to the XXXXS Dominator which you can see him rocking in 25+ mph winds. Let's see other "instructors" even try to fly in 25+ mph winds like this brand new student let alone their students attain skill levels like this in just 10 days: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kH29nKWmYrSVqsU people looking into this sport absolutely should challenge people to SHOW their skill and SHOW how they place in the WPPGA Paramotor World Championships and SHOW the skill of their students. Those who talk trash to any of that and talk trash to SHOWING their skill you know without a doubt don't have the skills.

[@dasppg9737]

You’re right dell. Watching this was so difficult because he did almost everything wrong. This crash was so preventable.

[@salqubeq5203]

Super useful video & analysis. Thanks

[@BGPOND30]

Hello Dell, I am from Utah myself I grew up seeing people paramotor around the valley always thought it would be a great thing to learn and understand, is it possible in the spring time to come see you guys fly and get to know understand what its all about?

[@DellSchanze]

Actually it would be best to come learn now so you are all already flying by spring. We fly all winter long as it's absolutely incredible in the winter. The next SUPER Training is coming up in Jan. Give me a call at 800-707-2525 and I'll be happy to tell you all about it. It's seriously the coolest thing you will ever do IF you get the best & safest gear and training. There are just a lot of sick people out there so call me directly and I can make sure you do it the right way. I've been flying for over 20 years now and you can see me doing things all over youtube that nobody else on earth can do. I have way way way over 11,000 flights pushing all the limits and setting piles of records and never once have I been injured. It's an incredibly safe sport as long as you do it the right way. Just give me a shout.

[@joeyl853]

While I agree whole heartedly I also like to remember that no matter how safe you are or how good your equipment is or how much flight time you've logged that doesn't guarantee you anything. Every time you take flight there's always a chance it could be your last.

[@DellSchanze]

While yes that's true there is a huge gigantic difference between bogus training with crap gear and SUPER training with a Flat Top & Dominator specifically. If there was only a small difference then you could just say accidents happen but when it's the exact same things over and over in exactly the same ways with hundreds shredded in props on crap gear and piles drown on crap gear and hundreds dead on totally uncertified class death traps in the same ways over and over year after year then sharing the facts people's lives depend on is absolutely critical and a moral obligation. I mean seriously how could any "competent instructor" recommend gear that HUNDREDS have been shredded in the prop with? The more you know the more you realize that you can tell someone's competency just by looking at if they fly a Flat Top or not. Anyone pretending to be an instructor who doesn't use Flat Top paramotors specifically is totally incompetent and people need to be warned about them very very strongly. There is just no reason for 99% of the carnage & death that happens if people would simply get real gear and training. When 99% of the issues can be eliminated with SUPER training along with a Flat Top & Dominator you can see why it's soooo critical that people are educated as to the life & death differences. This isn't like comparing Ford vs Chevy where they both have to pass exactly the same safety tests and have the very same safety features. There are scammers out there pushing totally uncertified class gliders called "reflex" onto totally ignorant newbies. It's freaking sickening how evil and incompetent that is. Or those pushing total crap paramotors that are not Flat Tops. Those who educate themselves as to just how huge of a difference the Flat Top makes would be very upset to see people flying anything else.

[@paulparnitzke7659]

Hi in super trading do you train for mid day flight? I’m new to this

[@chaxologist2024]

You may be the cynical type but you are brutally honest about the dangers, risks and most importantly, the stupidity within this practically noninstitutionalized and pointless sport of paramotoring. I'd rather wait for 50 years to finally set my foot in an ornithopter aircraft when I'm in my 70s than to ever be uprooted from the ground by a paramotor! In the meantime, I'll just enjoy remotely taking to the skies with a drone and tooling around in a Polaris UTV!

[@DellSchanze]

That makes no sense as the constant carnage & death has zero to do with the real sport where people get super training along with Flat Top paramotors and Dominator paragliders. This sport has been perfected years ago and it's ridiculously safe if you get real gear and training.

[@chaxologist2024]

@@DellSchanze the only "perfection" I see in such a sport is that if it is to be tested in ideal weather but littered with so many geographical irregularities like a plain surrounded by a ring of mountains that encircle a coastline only within 1-3 km from the beach. If it passes such a test that grants phenomenal views of hills and mountains near a beach forming a ring around a plain, then I'd consider it a "perfected " sport. Otherwise, show me an example of what I describe or something along those lines so you support the fact that it is "perfected".

[@donschmid3003]

Look how uneven his lines are before take off... would that not be an issue??

[@DellSchanze]

Lines are always going to be uneven unless you weight shift them into perfect position. So the issue is the very specific things I named not the bs and ignorance those like Tucker Gott and others try to pass it off as being. Neither does a twist in the risers cause a crash as I hear some of them trying to say instead of admitting the FACT that the problem was no proper training and horrible gear. Now to show very clearly how ignorant the liars are with their bs claims here is a video where I literally cut the comfort bar in half on the Flat Top so you can see very clearly the risers are at a completely different level but oh hey no crash: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGemYomVp5x6eNE The problem is those like Tucker Gott don't have any proper training and since he doesn't have even the most basic skills himself and doesn't understand proper gear and isn't an instructor he has absolutely no clue what he is talking about. 6 more DEAD because of total ignorance and dishonesty from people like that and all on exactly the same type of gear that those like Tucker Gott fly. Plus keep in mind Tucker is the replacement pitch man as they already killed the previous one who's name was Jeff and that was after I told them it would happen and explained in exacting detail how it would happen and of course he then died exactly how I said he would. It's really hard to comprehend how people can be so absurdly ignorant and foolish as to fly total death trap gliders like those they call "reflex" and especially so with horrible paramotors like the scout that haven't had a safety update in 50 years of the sport. 6 more DEAD because of these ignorant dishonest people pushing that crap onto those foolish enough to listen to newbies instead of actual experts who can do what no others on earth can do.

[@BobaTheFett_zak]

I would like to know what Dell thinks of the Parajet maverick and if it’s a good paramotor

[@DellSchanze]

Personally, I don't like the lack of safety on it. It has been proven over the last 15 years that it is not built to keep pilots safe like the Flat Top is.

[@ants8639]

Hi Dell, truth is truth, thank you for walking, talking and showing us that path. It is VERY shameful that there are others who don't give a s~~t about the sport and more importantly about other peoples lives. As you have pointed out in the past, its factually criminal. It's also insane if anyone who has seen you videos do not listen to you and takes training or gear elsewhere, they are literally throwing themselves under the truck so to speak. Basically thank you for being the beacon of sanity in this amazing sport.

[@shanedarden369]

Mid. Afternoon on the beach where wind gust are crazy... What could have gone wrong.. PLAY STUPID GAMES WIN STUPID PRIZES

[@X36hypnotizeX36hypnotize-nb6of]

Thanks for the top I greatly appreciate it 👍 I'd like to ask one opinion if I can. What is your opinion on the fresh breeze gear?

[@DellSchanze]

Fresh breeze is horrible which is why zero skills pilots fly them. Just look at my video series of the 304 reasons competent pilots only fly Flat Tops: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaq5iHSAZtCFeNE that's just page 1. It goes on and on and on in exacting detail. There is so much info in that video series every single person in the sport or getting into the sport should watch every single video as people would just never think of these things in a zillion years. With a fresh breeze even a single trip & fall and you can chop your hand off. Heck one guy who was a musician just tried to forward launch the fresh breeze and the cage was so flimsy it flexed back into the prop and the prop HIT the back of his hand!!! It's not Ford vs Chevy where both must have the same safety features. Don't even think about getting into this sport if you don't get a Flat Top. I personally would quit the sport if the Flat Top didn't exist. Knowing what I know there is just no way in heck I would fly the total crap gear. It's horrifying. I've literally had my brake toggle go INTO THE DANG PROP TWICE on the crap units. TWICE!!! That's just one of hundreds of serious issues you would never think about until it's too late. When the best pilot says to get a Flat Top just get a Flat Top. There is no way in heck I would let my children fly ANY other unit. There isn't one single other brand any honest intelligent person could legitimately recommend.

[@RobertCWarwick]

Hi Dell love your videos been thinking about getting training for the sport. Question how'd you loose part of a finger ? Was it from a propeller ? Just curious.

[@DellSchanze]

I lost my finger in a motorcycle accident. I've literally never been injured on a Flat Top paramotor. They are ridiculously safe.

[@lonnielafferty6116]

Interested in the sport 0 experience. Is the Ozone Mojo a safe beginner wing?

[@DellSchanze]

Yes but no. It's decently safe but it sucks so badly you won't fly it for more than 6 months to a year and then you will throw safety out the window to try to get performance. The only way to get into the sport without making big mistakes like that is to just call me and follow along with the gear and skills we've already perfected so you don't waste piles of time and money like that. The Dominator is much safer than the Mojo and has more performance than Ozones totally uncertified death trap wings. Notice we all fly Dominators. It's so safe that it's the wing I put my own children on but has so much performance it's what I set so many world records with including tandem world records. It's so efficient you can even fly tandem on your normal solo wing. I recently set a new world record flying tandem with 350 lbs on the XXXXXS Dominator which is only 14sm!! Tandem on a 14sm gives you an idea of how insanely efficient the Dominator is and how crazy powerful and lightweight the Flat Top Ninja is. Don't mess around with ignorant newbies that would recommend a wing like the Mojo. Call me at 800-707-2525 and you can do it right the first time. In this sport the first thing to do is to really LOOK at the skill level of whom you would take advice from. Most out there pretending to be instructors or experts giving all sorts of "advice" literally can't even do what brand new SUPER students can do. Every seen Tucker Gott even try to do what brand new SUPER students can do like this for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZbLkmxroqqnpbs When you really start looking at skill levels it changes your whole perspective at who's who. Give me a shout as nobody on earth can do what I do: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn62aaafYrtke7c if you want to do the cool stuff you have to learn from those who can actually do it themselves and who have actually trained others to do it as well. Getting exactly the right gear & skills is absolutely life & death critical.

[@DavidisDawei]

Do you have a link to the original video Dell?

[@DellSchanze]

It's out there but you have all the necessary footage in this video. The original just shows the same thing over again.

[@MariaOrLex]

I’m 30 years old and I’m about to buy a house right now I got 3 daughters so I have to take care of priorities first! As soon as I do that I will be calling you ! I can’t wait to get super training , I WILL do it what I’m afraid of Is when ur gone dell I think that the power paramotor community is so screwed,unless one if your sons takes over the business ! Keep up the good work

[@DellSchanze]

ah the kids love it. I took all my kids flying since they were about 18 months old. I have 2 daughters and 2 boys and all 4 of my kids are paramotor pilots. It really gives kids something to be proud of as it's something you won't see any other kids doing like that. My kids have done many demonstrations for their schools and stuff. Plus having a dad who can fly better than birds gives the kids something to talk about. :)

[@MariaOrLex]

Dell Schanze I’m so inspired so awesome God bless Your family

[@DellSchanze]

@@MariaOrLex Thank you. May God bless you as well as you work to keep the commandments. :)

[@daviddootson9016]

Thanks for this vodeo

[@tw8032]

What about Andy Beans collapse while flying a Sky Flux with the trimmers half out.

[@DellSchanze]

Totally uncertified class glider says it all. We fly all day in the middle of the mountains with Dominators. Those taking collapses all over the place and pounding into the ground are those who don't have even the most basic skills and don't have proper gear. Same thing over and over. 6 more dead in the last weeks and every single one is this same issue.

[@maxumpara2800]

The right riser got wrapped under the swing arm, causing the imbalance, rearward tilt and the riser twist. I have a Power2fly unit and this could happen if you clip into the glider without clearing your carabiners.

[@DellSchanze]

Nope. Lowering one riser doesn't create riser twists. Neither does letting one trim all the way out with the other down. I named very specifically what does result in riser twists. WATCH in this video where I literally cut a comfort bar clean in two and you can see it bend in flight drastically changing the height and location of one riser. Not even the slightest riser twist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gGemYomVp5x6eNE This shows the real problem though as those pushing such horrible gear don't even understand the most basic dynamics of the sport so they literally don't even know why the people they scam with bogus training and horrible gear crash so much. This is extremely unacceptable. Yes of course horrible garbage gear like power2fly and a totally uncertified death trap hoaxflex gliders like the Ozone Spider can and do get all tangled up all the time but tangles don't create riser twists. They create turns. It's seriously messed up that they ignore the blatantly obvious facts explained to them in exacting detail but then try to pass things off as things that have nothing to do with the actual issue. Again this is a perfect example of why it's absolutely critical to get with people that really do know what the heck they are talking about and know every detail of how to train people to best try to address these issues on top of making darn sure their students get the very best and safest gear to also stack the odds in their favor instead of these people pushing the absolute worst and most horrifically unsafe gear in the history of the sport. Why? Why do they push the absolute worst gear and completely scam people with totally bogus training when it would be so easy for them to just get SUPER training themselves and then teach true and real skills and sell the best & safest gear? The difference is honesty vs dishonesty. Those who have no honor hate the idea of really doing things right and trying to help people the right way. Seriously how hard is it to LOOK at who has the best actual skills and who's new students are coming out of their training class with the absolute best possible skills? All the time logical and rational people ask me why the heck would anyone sell horribly unsafe gear??!! To a logical honest moral person this would seem as logical as can be but that's like trying to explain logic and rational thought process to a Hillary supporter. These people just don't give one crap about truth or honor or people's lives. It's a crazy world we live in. For those who are logical and honorable people there is SUPER training and the Flat Top & Dominator. For those that hate logic, reason and people's lives by all mean go to those who push totally uncertified death trap gliders onto newbies along with paramotors from the 1980's that have never had a single safety update to address ANY of these issues. This sport is hard enough doing things the right way and crap can happen to anyone but it's totally unacceptable for people to pretend to be experts that then totally screw people over with bogus training and horrible gear after a person trusts their life to their advice. Beyond not cool. Plus not only does this get so many people seriously injured & killed but then it also totally trashes the image of the sport as people see this and don't realize the odds of things like that happening to people who do get proper gear and training are extremely low.

[@martinwise784]

"530 flights in 10 days"? assuming he slept for maybe 6 hours a day that's 530 flights in 180 hours or roughly one flight every 30 minutes in permanently great air - no time to poop or eat though just 10 days of up down, up down :/

[@miccorockstar1]

Touch n goes dont take 30 minutes

[@SynSauce]

Yo bro, I'm missing the same part of the same finger. I'm filled with a weird sense of comradery.

[@GhostofForrest]

Dell, super break down. Can you offer any analytics on the unfortunate incident that took Grant? (King of Random)

[@DellSchanze]

Yes I will have that video up shortly explaining in detail the rest of the real story of what happened there. I actually talk to those guys for a very long time explaining the facts up and down and even offered to have them do a video to show the 100% truth by having 2 of them train with me and 2 of them get scammed by Aviator PPG. He has already signed up with the scammers at Aviator PPG and I warned him up and down not to do that or at least to have 2 of his guys train with me at the same time so they could see the 100% FACTS of what the difference truly is but of course they ignored the truth and facts and just went to the scammers anyway and now he is dead EXACTLY how I warned him would happen. I explain it in exacting detail and of course it happened EXACTLY as I said it would. He got chucked in the air with no true ability to really control the glider and pushed towards the absolute worst and most deadly gear in all of history. They even ignored the FACT that Eric Farewell of Aviator PPG was trained at BLACKHAWK!!!! Had they even for 1 second LOOKED at the actual skills of whom they were about to trust their life to the FACTS would be so absurdly obvious it's just ridiculous. Just LOOK at this video where my brand new student straight out of training has to land to help the blackhawk "instructor" try to launch. LOOK at how insanely incompetent blackhawk is: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIi2momNmcp_f6M THAT is who "trained" Eric Farewell of Aviator PPG so how the heck do people think they are going to get actual skills from those who literally don't have even the most basic skills themselves???!!!! I'll have the video up of the full story in the next few days.

[@DellSchanze]

@highflyinbean I first trained with the US Paragliding National Champion. Then I hopped around to all the other top pilots in the world to learn everything I possibly could. Then I put in 18 years of experience perfecting every detail of how and what is most critical and how things should be taught and in what order. Now SUPER students are getting to skill levels most others acting as instructors are not even at. Plus it got to a point where after piles of years of experience and massive amounts of flights the serious issues with gear was so blatantly obvious that I quickly realized there simply wasn't an acceptable paramotor on the market so it kind of forced me to create one that would fix all the problems and address every well known issue in history. Plus through all the massive amounts of experience I also found the glider that is so far to date undefeated for it's incredible over all characteristics of performance and safety. So it really makes a huge gigantic difference when you fly a Flat Top & Dominator. There are so many details as to why they are the best that while you can understand 100 of them there are hundreds more that would take a lifetime of experience to fully appreciate and understand. It's really about starting from the point of massive experience so you can work forwards from there instead of starting at the same place I did and having to go through all the same issues until you get to the same place of understanding.

[@DellSchanze]

@@577buttfan Well of course he took a collapse and did a back flip locking info a face down spiral into the ground. That's what hoaxflex death traps do. That's the whole point of why competent pilots don't fly hoaxflex death traps they call "reflex". It's a 100 % chance of death on those things.

[@DellSchanze]

@@577buttfan The gliders are so unsafe they don't collapse conrollably like quality wings do. Like with the Dominator generally if you get slammed you see it start to roll in from the wind tip and the second you hit brake it stops and rolls back out. With hoaxflex death traps you are hanging from only the leading edge so when those collapse they just blow off and go psycho and that violent collapse creates huge drag on the one side causing the glider to flip over as the part still flying accelerates around the collapsed part shooting you straight into a face down spiral. It's one of the reasons they CAN'T pass any level of certifications. They are so deadly we don't even do collapse testing on them after Wolfgang died. I saw some total moron pretending to do collapse tests on the Ozone spider but as always notice he didn't do it with trims up. If he did it would have likely been a death video. Realize Wolfgang died trying to do basic collapse tests on them and he was above 3000 ft with a reserve and it freaked out and locked him into a spiral so fast he passed out before he could even chuck his reserve. DEAD.

[@DellSchanze]

@@577buttfan That's a good question and I'm glad you asked. No is the answer. My skill is worthless on a hoaxflex death trap because the pilot is NOT in control. You have zero ability to control the pitch on hoaxflex mode as you are only using tip steering so all a pilots skills go right out the window. Then when they collapse it's so violent there isn't jack squat you can do about it which is why people have DIED with their dang reserve never even being throw as it locked them into a spiral so fast they passed out. So no you must have the wisdom not to fly a hoaxflex death trap they call reflex and not pretend your skill is going to save you because it won't. Great question man.

[@terrysullivan1992]

So Dell; are you saying that you would not teach someone to fly a trike if they could not physically do 6-8 hours of kiting a day for several days ? Could that be extended to a few hours a day for more days ?

[@DellSchanze]

You don't fly a trike. You fly a paraglider. So it's absolutely life & death critical to truly master control of that paraglider and that simply takes about 25-60 HOURS of actual glider control to really achieve. If you lose control of the glider even once you can put it into the prop and WHAP there goes your glider and possibly your cage & prop. Only very dishonest people in the sport try to pretend this is so easy anyone can be trained in 15 minutes. It's a lie. It's MUCH MUCH more difficult than people think as it's more like learning karate than riding an ATV. You don't just figure it out as you go and putt around. You have to instantly respond 4-5 times per second to keep the glider going the perfect direction with exactly the correct pitch and loading. Yes you could stick a moron in a trike and tell them to hit the throttle and if you did it 50 times in a row you might get them in the air once. Then you could delete the 49 times they crashed and totally destroyed the glider and just post the one single video where they got lucky but while this is what so many do on the internet it has nothing to do with actual reality. You really have to feel exactly what's going on and when you hit the throttle the trike surges forwards and the glider then can shoot forwards trying to over fly you and if you don't bury the brakes it can over fly you and collapse then fall behind you open and rip you clean over backwards. If you hit the brakes too hard it can stall or spin upside down or shoot off to the side dragging you side ways. So you could either charge people the $2500-$6500 in repairs over and over and over and over and over as they try to learn the hard way or you can be honest and train people properly with 25-60 hours of glider control until they absolutely master control of the glider BEFORE they ever get into the trike. Now how many hours per day doesn't matter it's more about just gaining the actual skill but if you don't get enough hours a day then it could take years to try to get enough hours to really master the skill correctly. To pass SUPER training in just 10 days you really would need to put in quite a few hours per day. Or you can just come back and go through SUPER training several times as you only pay once at SUPER training. So yes you can for sure extend the length of training to slow down how many hours you did each day it would just take longer of course. Of course age is also a factor. Once people get above 70 the reflexes and agility really start to slow down. While we can teach people the many exacting details of what to do you can't really teach someone to do it faster than they can actually respond. So there comes a point where people just can't realistically gain true and real control of a paraglider. So those that would chuck people like that in the air before first determining if they actually had the reflexes to do it is seriously messed up. It's incredibly important in this sport that you get with someone who will be honest with you and simply not put you in the air until you really do have the skill and ability to properly control the glider. Sadly as many have found out it seems I'm the only one that will be honest with people about this. Most will try to take your money and guarantee you will be in the air in 2 days or what ever as they really don't care how many they get killed or how much gear you totally trash as the more you screw up and trash thousands in gear the more they make. At SUPER training it's the exact opposite if you damage any gear I pay for it not you. So you have the confidence in knowing I'm only going to put you in the air when I'm confident you will not trash the gear or yourself. Feel free to call me if you have any other questions at all. 800-707-2525

[@terrysullivan1992]

@@DellSchanze Thanks for the quick and honest reply. I suppose, at 77, and hip joint problems; I'm just not a candidate for even paramotoring with a trike although I'd dearly like to. It's the landing gear, my hip joints, that have pretty much put an end to 20 years of skydiving. Damn.

[@DellSchanze]

@@terrysullivan1992 Yea sadly at 77 the odds are very slim you could actually have the reflexes to truly develop a really solid level of control of the glider. Every person is different so anything is possible but generally it would be extremely difficult in that age bracket. It would be just like a 77 year old trying to win an ultimate fighting competition. Reaction times and agility are just not there at that age. There are so many dishonest people out there though that will take people's money like that and try to chuck them in the air without the slightest ability to actually control the paraglider. It's very upsetting how so many care so little for truth or people's lives. We would be happy to train someone in that age bracket but they would actually have to pass off a solid level of control of the glider before we would put them in the sky.

[@markanthony9975]

Great video Dell. You should make more like this.

[@mrjjman2010]

Agreed

[@5153flash]

Hey Dell?? Take a close look at the crash. @ 0:52 and other places of the crash, it looks like his right riser is much lower than the left. Maybe the right side got wrapped around something below,before take off. Looped below and snagged on something?? Maybe I am wrong???

[@5153flash]

Go to 0:42 and play in slow mo. It is definitely lower on the right side. But it does not look wrapped around anything??? Hmmm?

[@DellSchanze]

The height of a riser makes little difference. I explain the exact details in the video of the actual problem. Every single time you weight shift you make one riser lower than the other. That's the whole point of weight shift. Again don't let the lies and ignorance of those like Tucker Gott try to confuse you away from the critical facts of how people actually twist up in the risers that's explain in exacting detail in this video. The only time the risers will ever actually be level is when you weight shift from left to right and the instant at which you were exactly inbetween. So one riser lower than the other doesn't cause you to spin up in the risers. It's all the details I've explained. This guy was simply not trained properly and so he did all of these things I mention wrong at the same time. Plus this issue can happen on ALL gear so it's critical that people learn and understand the details of how it actually happens. It's not the specific details of that specific gear so while yes it's total crap gear and yes stupid issues like that happen this video is about addressing people spinning up in the risers like this and not just that specific crap gear. A serious issue that causes carnage & death are ignorant newbies lie Tucker Gott going around pretending to be experts because he hasn't died yet like the guy he replaced who died on the gear Tucker now promotes. Running into the air in exactly the direction your glider is facing is critical and making darn sure you are pushed and fly in exactly the direction your glider is pointing. It's freaking sick that ignorant newbies like Tucker try to pass off such a serious issue with total ignorance like blaming it on one riser being lower like he knows zero about what weight shift is. The fact that they guy is on total death trap gear and a totally uncertified class death trap glider is a perfect example of the evil of those like Tucker Gott promoting such horrible gear but that's not what this video is about. It's about the actual facts of what all goes into causing this to happen and how it it is address in real actual training. Do you see any other school teaching students the intricacies of glider control? Nope. Tucker pushes people towards those who literally can't even do a simple run & jump as I SHOWED in another video. None of the fake instructors at Aviator PPG can even do something simple like that so how does one actually think they are going to teach it? If you can't even do a run & jump with the glider correctly then how are you going to do it while making darn sure you are always facing exactly the direction the glider is facing? This is a perfect example of the problem. Totally ignorant newbies like Tucker who know nothing of the sport and don't give one crap about truth or people's lives flat out lie to people up and down and work to deceive them away from real actual training and gear that would work to prepare them with the skills it takes to prevent this issue. It's really much much worse than those new to the sport can really comprehend until they start to learn and see all the details and skills people learn at SUPER training and actually try to compare the actual skill of students coming out of SUPER training to the skill of those from other schools or heck even compare brand new SUPER students to Tucker Gott! I challenge Tucker to even try to do the requirement new SUPER students have before they fly which is to do 10 run & jumps in a row with correct technique and without taking a single collapse. SHOW ME. Let's see it Tucker. When you don't have even the most basic skill or understanding of the sport to go around pretending to assess issues you know nothing about is purely evil. This is people's lives we are talking about and lives are more important than video views and money. It's incredibly difficult to teach someone to always make sure to stay facing exactly the same direction as their glider. You can hear this instruction in detail in many SUPER training videos but I've never heard it from ANY other school. The glider doesn't naturally follow you. So it's critical that you build a feel for the pressure from the wing and which way it is facing exactly so that you always stay in line with it. People get in their mind a direction they are going to launch and then they forget they are not in charge of their body. The glider is. You don't run the direction you want to run you run the direction the glider tells you to run while you tell the glider which way to take your body. This takes incredible practice which you can't get in farmer Joe's field as where is the wind with which to put in 25-60 HOURS of practice? That's why training MUST be done on a beach where the wind blows all day every day. Otherwise it would take YEARS, literally YEARS to build up enough hours to gain the skills to become a real actual pilot. Without it you end up dead like Tucker Gott. It's literally just a matter of time as he is no different than the 7 others who just died exactly like he is headed to do. When you don't have the pieces it's simply a matter of time before that set of things all go wrong at the same time and WHAP!! This is why real training isn't about showing someone a few things on how to get in the air but instead real actual training is teaching people every detail of what they actually need to know and the skills and reflexes it takes to actually react correctly to everything that can and will go wrong. Sadly those without wisdom see someone like Tucker and think oh he gets in the air so he must know what he is doing but it's completely false. You could chuck a sack of potatoes into the air with a paraglider. How many times do you think you could chuck that sack of potatoes off a hill and have it glide down and hit the ground without wadding up and crashing? 20? 50? 200? Because paragliders are decently stable by themselves these issues don't happen every single flight which is why those like Tucker might live a couple years or even 4-6 years. They might even make it to 300-800 flights before WHAP they die. It's very very foolish to ignore the very specific details advice from actual experts like this as the truth is really very simple, logical and easy to verify. Over and over and over those just like Tucker die in exactly the same ways over and over. Jeff, Chris, Dean, Ben, Richard, Adilson, Julius, Aziz, Wolfgang, Eric... death after death those just like Tucker die in exactly the same ways. Then when they die the next ignorant newbie just like Tucker takes their place telling the same lies and total ignorance and with the exact same absurdity of bashing, trashing and straight up lying about actual experts who have out lived all of them. At least 12-20+ a year just like Tucker Gott die year after year in exactly the same way over and over on the exact same type of horrible gear over and over while they continue to lie and deceive people with complete ignorance and dishonestly only to die exactly how they were warned they would. I've seen so many die like this it's just ridiculous. While the guy in the above video didn't die that wasn't the point it was about the deadly issue and the specifics of how & why it actually happens. For those that want to become true and real pilots you simply call me personally at 800-707-2525. You have to really LOOK at the skill level and knowledge and integrity of whom you trust your life to in this world.

[@5153flash]

@@DellSchanze All I can say is WOW!!! I think you have won the award for comment reply of the decade!!

[@DellSchanze]

@@5153flash People's lives are on the line and with completely ignorant dishonest people like Tucker spreading all sorts of lies it's important for people to see what the real actual truth is and how critical it is to really look at the skill level and competency of those they would take advice from. Please don't post links to total liars like Tucker Gott though as it would then make me partially responsible for the people they kill through their intentional lies. If you want to discuss what they said just mention what it is. Like I explained above weight shifting and making one riser lower than another doesn't cause you to twist up in the risers. So Tucker trying to pretend it was because one riser was lower from being wrapped on the riser only shows the complete lack of understanding he has for the actual issue and what actually causes it and shows he doesn't really give a crap about people's lives or his ignorance he just wants views from trying to pretend to be an expert when he literally can't even do what brand new SUPER students can do. Ask him to SHOW a video of himself kiting up a pole or even just reverse kiting no hands or kiting in 25+ mph winds like you can see SUPER students do before he goes around trying to give people advice.

[@Nanocosm]

More relevant video clips with each description.

[@johnherian781]

As more people enter ppg and have life altering accidents, at some point the FAA will step in and make it more regulated.So far its just 1 page long a d needs to stay that way.

[@DellSchanze]

Yes that is the concern. Of course government never really improves anything. It just causes destruction. In Canada they created a license but now you have to get that license from the very people who the license was supposed to protect you from. So it's still much better to not have the bs regulation.

[@paulb7334]

@@DellSchanze the license bull in canada is just a money grab

[@alanmcn17]

Dominator question? Is the dominator certified in all trim conditions? My understanding is the reflex wings are certified but only and the trim in position? Do you have a video on wing certifications 101? I’m tired of watching video after video of peoples opinions ...I want to look up exactly what the test data is. In simple terms. The reflex Wings can be safe with experience pilots. And the dominator is just more “idiot proof”. Would that be an accurate analysis??? Thanks again and I really enjoy your videos!

[@DellSchanze]

It depends on which certifications as to if they test them fully accelerated. Most real paragliders are done like this but zero hoaxflex death traps are as the last guy who tried to do basic safety tests on a hoaxflex death trap they call "reflex" DIED. RIP Wolfgang. "certifications" are only as good as the people doing them though. Who does the EN, DHV or Afnor "certifications"? You don't know. One should never trust their life to those they know nothing about in this world. So the certification of a glider should only be used as a general idea of what it's intended safety class should be. Then never ever buy from anyone who doesn't personally safety test the gliders themselves. If someone is selling a hoaxflex death trap they call "reflex" for example just ask them to SHOW you a video of all the basic safety tests done both trims up and down. I don't recommend any glider until I've personally done the safety tests myself. There is also a ton more to it than just the tests used for "certifications" as many things are not tested like oscillation under power or altitude loss during recovery or descent rate. Take a "certified" wing like the Ozone Indy and even with a 30 sm LARGE size if you hold an asymmetric collapse it drops from the sky so fast that not even full throttle from one of the most powerful paramotors in the world can keep it in the sky: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4LVpKtnadmlrpI With a Dominator XXS just a touch more throttle and you can literally continue to fly straight and level doing that same test. So yes many real actual paragliders are tested fully accelerated and at trim speed. Zero hoaxflex death traps are though. There is no such thing as a "reflex" paraglider as you obviously can't push a string so the trailing edge is not deflected upwards like with a hang glider as a hang glider used metal rods to hold it in that position. Neither is there any such thing as a "certified" glider they call "reflex". As the tests are never done in the hoaxflex death trap mode that they call 'reflex" which of course isn't reflex it's just a marketing scam to sell death trap gliders that just killed 7 more people recently. No a hoaxflex death trap is not safe for ANYONE as the pilot has no control of the wing other than minor directional input. Active piloting skill is when you have the reflexes to add brake to increase the loading and angle of attack the instant you feel the slightest drop in pressure. Since you can't use brakes with a hoaxflex death trap as adding brakes would actually cause it to instantly collapse the pilot has zero ability to control the pitch. So no piloting skill does absolutely zero which is why zero competent pilots fly them. "certifications" are also opinions not facts as they are only as good as the people doing them. So you definitely don't want to trust your life to certifications as wings like the EN-A certified like the MacPara Eden can oscillate so violently under power that they will literally loop you face first into the ground. One guy just died not so long ago because of this when an incompetent guy pretending to be an instructor chucked an older guy in the sky with one without any instruction on how to properly correct for oscillation. With a Dominator even the XXXXXS at just 14 sm will automatically stabilize oscillation under power. I've done the tests personally. So no just because something is in "writing" or called "certified" doesn't mean you can trust your life to it as there are many dead people because of that very error. It would make far more sense to look at what the best pilot in the world puts his 4 children on when they fly. Then just fly that same setup. Currently the best pilot in the world would be me and my 4 kids who are all pilots ALL fly Dominators because it's the best & safest glider I've ever tested. So instead of researching the gear you should first research WHOM you are going to trust your life to. Do you want to trust your life to the best pilot in the world who is a true Christian that believes if they lie to you they will be thrust down to hell or would you prefer to trust your life to one who can't even do what my brand new students can do who are completely anti-Christ that have no set of moral standards what so ever? If you just base something off of a claimed "certification" you can be just as dead as the guy who just took a simple collapse on the Macpara Charger and it did the hoaxflex backflip 180 so violently he was literally ejected from the harness and fell to his death. Those that would call a glider "certified" when they know darn well it's only marginally safe at trim speed and becomes a total death trap if you put the trims up even 1.5 inches are purely evil. Life is so much easier for Christians since any true Christian can just confirm the truth of what I'm saying here directly with God himself. For those who don't KNOW God and don't have the gift of the Holy Ghost which comes with the power of discernment to instantly KNOW who has the spirit of God with them and therefore cannot be lying will instead have to do far more research than just hoping a "certification" can do all the work for them. So if you would like to KNOW through direct confirmation from God himself that what I'm saying is true I'm happy to help you with that. Or if you would like to instead do it the hard way and look at each glider characteristic one at a time and compare it to other gliders I'm happy to help you with that as well. Or if you want to simplify it just search world's best paramotor pilot here on youtube. Then email a video SHOWING my skills around to others and ask them if they can SHOW themselves besting what I've shown: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5ivcmiKZd1qacU Then take a look at the skill level of my students and email the video around to anyone else acting as an "instructor" and ask them to SHOW a video of their students besting these skills: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iImmZn2ulLqFpbM another good way to learn quite a bit about someone's character is to take a good look at their family. Do they have 4 kids who are incredible pilots out doing things nobody else can do? Have they made 28 years of marriage without even once yelling at their wife in anger? Or are they not even married and don't even have kids because when they did get those they were not married to pregnant they just had their children executed? Let me know if you would like further details on what's what. Or just call me at 800-707-2525

[@alanmcn17]

Thanks Dell so much for being accessible and transparent to all the people. I know a lot of folks love you and a lot of folks don’t, but nobody can second guess your skill or the fact that you actually practice what you preach. Definitely have given me a lot to think about. As an experienced skydiver and a high-performance canopy pilot myself (PPG Wings are completely different than skydiving canopies) I’ve been a bit caught off guard by the apparent PPG civil war going on. This animosity between manufactures does not happen in the skydiving world. A good example would be the fresh breeze guy who routinely talks crap about flat top (which is fine ...have your opinion and clearly state it) but Is too afraid to turn his comment section on is videos to be accountable to the people. Fresh breeze guy seems like a wuss to me, but I’m getting off track here. Just wanted to say thanks for having an opinion and standing up for it.

[@DellSchanze]

@@alanmcn17 There is good and evil in every industry. It's just the way it goes. There are those that can discuss things rationally that are more than happy to address exact specifics of what and why and then there are the haters that just talk crap. Something is either true and useful or it isn't. It can be quite useful to see people filled with hate talking crap as it shows who and what they really are. One should never trust their life to one filled with hate. A person of honor will have nothing but love in their heart for all people and simply address specifics of what and why something is better. A person of integrity will also feel a moral obligation to warn people of serious issues their life depends on so while they will have to speak up about those who are not competent as a warning they will do it out of love for those who's safety is in question not out of hate for the person with the problem. If you knew your neighbor was about to hire a child molester for a babysitter you would be morally obligated to warn them but our of love for them not hate for the person you are warning against. Since in this sport you are truly trusting your life to the one you choose to train with it's quite important to look for signs of morality and decency and integrity like that. Aviation is not for everyone. Those who can't deal with any cold hard truth straight up and think any negative talking about others is bad and that one should never warn of others causing serious issues is simply not thinking clearly. The one who never says anything bad about anything or anyone is not a moral person. It's the weak person who doesn't have the character to stand up strongly for truth and for what's right. It's how & why someone calls others out that should be looked at not if they do it. Sadly there are many very dishonest and incompetent people in this sport intentionally working to defraud people and so an honest person cannot just say nothing as it's critical to tell the truth straight up about such people. Those like the fresh breeze guy you mention is a perfect example. It's not out of hate or bashing that I warn strongly against him or those like Aviator ppg or blackhawk it's out of love for those who may get hurt by them if I had not warned them. People need to seriously LOOK at the skill level of whom they take advice from in this sport. When people claim to be instructors but can't SHOW even one single video of themselves or their students demonstrating any real skills like brand new SUPER students: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iImmZn2ulLqFpbM then there is a serious problem there. Trash talking is useless and destructive. One that cares about truth will want people to see the truth clearly. I SHOW what my students can do and either others can SHOW their students can do the same thing or better or they can't. When you get fake instructors that can't even do what brand new SUPER students can do going around trying to give people advice and instruction that is what results in needless carnage & deaths. So with a bit of logical reasoning one can quickly determine who is just trash talking and who is actually saying something important and backing it up with video and asking others to try to stand on skill and reality instead of bs. Anyone can claim to "train" people but only a real actual instructor can SHOW the skill of their students and let those skills do the main talking. If I say Aviator PPG's "instructors" can't even do what my students can do it should be a very simple matter of checking to see if that statement is or isn't accurate. I just showed what my students can do. Let's see anyone post a video of these other instructors doing those things let alone their students. Either they can and what I said is false or they can't and what I said is in fact life & death critical and not trash talking. This sport is definitely not for everyone. It's for those who are a bit smarter than average a bit sharper and with a solid mental character so they can research the facts without any emotion to it. Those who care more about how something is said than the truth of what's said truly don't belong in any form of aviation. For those who do care about the truth I'm happy to share that I am the best and I'm more than happy to address anyone that would like to prove or disprove that statement. Anyone can even call me personally at 800-707-2525.

[@d.jensen5153]

I wish Grant Thompson had taken PPG lessons from you. As far as I know, you are the only instructor who drills students on kiting skills long enough that the proper reactions become reflexive. I don't have a video of the collapse he took, but I'd bet super skills would have served him well and probably saved his life.

[@DellSchanze]

Yes I believe you are correct. I would add that the gear is also critical. One of the biggest factors of instruction is preparing people with the very best and safest gear. The odds of him having had that same issue with real gear and training would be tiny comparatively.

[@josephdanielsen5247]

Dell - add visual models for us newbees to understand better. I watch all your videos and you explain things great but it'll help if you use a prop or model. I plan on taking your training next year.

[@coolazul-ic9km]

Yes learning to fly by Rote is the best training .

[@DellSchanze]

What is "rote"? Was that a typo?

[@coolazul-ic9km]

@@DellSchanze Rote is teaching by repetition. As you do. Drill it into your brain by doing it over and over till it becomes natural. I am a retired Hot air Balloon pilot and that is how I was instructed in 1979 when I got my license.

[@DellSchanze]

@@coolazul-ic9km Ah ok I haven't heard it called that before but yes that's exactly what we do at SUPER training. True glider control is like a combination and you have to get every piece right and working together. So each piece has to be worked into reflexes one at a time. It takes about 25-60 hours of glider control practice and when it comes together it's truly incredible how skilled and safe people can be. Thanks for the post.

[@coolazul-ic9km]

I had to inflate and deflate over and over. Check list over and over take offs and landings, touch and goes over and over . Like that guy who flew 500 times in 10 days doing your course. When you got time google up ROTE. Be safe.

[@MikeyAsbury]

Cut me a deal Dell. I'm coming to Texas.

[@DellSchanze]

I give everyone the best possible deal on the best & safest gear and training. Just call me at 800-707-2525.

[@RJ-hq7jn]

YOU ARE THE GURU !!!

[@andjesussaid2343]

Great break down! One of these days I will save enough to come train with you!

[@chancer74]

I assume you meant Keansburg, New Jersey. Good breakdown.

[@schnellerfuchs13]

You're so right. It's really sad.

[@pjbikerful]

Excellent analysis Dell. 👍

[@KR1IS]

The reserved maybe quick but I say that the time that you go to react put some delay into the equation. By the time you figure out you may be in trouble, you can lose a lot more than 10 ft. I'm still trying to figure out what happened to Grant Thompson. his gear did not look good, very sad he was a very cool guy.

[@DellSchanze]

Yes it's about options. The first thing he could have done is kill the motor before he twisted up in the risers and weight shift to off set the torque and throw his legs over to ensure he was pointing the same direction as the glider and put his hands up and stop burying the brakes but it is what it is. Once it went terminal and at the point you recognize there is no way you are going to recover in time the reserve should be the next step even if it might not open it's worth a shot. Really it's obvious this guy had so little training he didn't know the first thing about the sport or have even the most basic understanding of how the controls work. It's really upsetting as you know there is a fake instructor back there who literally scammed this guy into thinking he was going to "train" him but all he did was chuck him in the air without the slightest bit of actual training. Unless the "instructor" can SHOW an actual video demonstrating the guy showing incredible skills at training and that this was just a brain fart forgetting every single detail of how to control the aircraft. Highly unlikely though as he was also on the absolute worst and most deadly gear so again it's almost surely a complete failure on the "instructor" for not encouraging him towards the best & safest gear. This is very typical of the usppa scammers. Those who buy the completely fake ratings that go around pretending they are "usppa certified" when in fact there is no such thing. People need to LOOK at the skill level & competency of whom they listen to for advice in this sport just like anything. Seems some people do more research when they go to buy a TV than they do on their intended instructor. One look at the skill level of the supposed instructor and it should be simple logic not to work with them. Of course just the fact that someone doesn't fly a Flat Top can truly tell you everything you need to know about their competency in the sport. If you watch the video series of the 304 reasons competent pilots ONLY fly Flat Top you will quickly start to understand just how true that really is.

[@gabelifferth5411]

It looked like his hook in points were too far forward causing him and his engine/prop to tilt back which caused him to twist from engine torque. He should have hung it from a swing set with him in it first and picked the correct hook in points so he is not tilting back.

[@DellSchanze]

Yes you are correct that was yet another factor. That alone isn't enough though unless its way way off so it's about all of them being wrong at the same time that creates the bigger issue. If you just did one or two of those you might get away with it but do all of them wrong at the same time and you will have this issue. I had that on the list but since I was going from memory I didn't add that in so thanks for bringing that up as yes that was another factor as well. Also still another is that if the leg straps were too long the seat board could bind up a bit on the frame causing it to lock in a way where you were tilted back further even if the hook in points were adjusted correctly and that's yet another dynamic of this issue. Again all reasons it's critical to really finish training with someone that truly knows all these pieces and will set this up to prevent them from becoming issues before it ever happens.

[@Telecasterland]

Notice his gear has an imbalance where he had the risers wrapped around his right-hand seat bar. See indifference. He failed his pre-flight check.

[@DellSchanze]

One riser beying lower than another doesn't cause this issue. Yes he failed his preflight but worse than that such horrible ground that would allow that to happen so easily should never be sold at all let alone to ignorant newbies. The info in the video explains why he spun up in the risers though which has little to do with one riser being lower than another. Even simple weight shift makes one riser lower than another every flight.

[@SunShine-yd5xu]

Where and how people who want to get professional training contact you. I would love to have you as my personal instructor, one on one. Please, let me know the city, school address, etc ..... thanks.

[@DellSchanze]

You just call me directly at 800-707-2525. Yes I personally do the SUPER training as there is simply no replacement for my sheer level of experience. While I can train someone to be incredibly skilled when it comes to instruction there is just no replacement for sheer experience so yes it would be a very wise idea to train with me personally. You can see the incredible skills levels of those who have. We do the training on the coast of Texas since training must be done on a beach with optimal conditions. Once you learn to fly you don't need wind as you can just run to make your own wind but I don't think you want to run 11 mph 8 hours a day making your own wind. So it's best to go to the perfect beach where you can just have fun kiting on the beach to get your 25-60 HOURS of glider control practice and then knock out up to 530 flights on top of it. It's truly an incredible trips. Let's go flying!!

[@SunShine-yd5xu]

Dell Schanze , over the weekend watched many of your videos, with students as well as your family. The lovely courageous wife and wonderful children. As I served in military overseas, you more or less remind me of my commanders. The tone of your voice is full of confidence, professionalisms and authority. I also watched your competitor, Captain Kurt. Although I am a married man to a very lovely woman, I express my brotherly love ❤️ to you. Wishing you success and safety in your work. Can’t wait to see you. Thanks.

[@DellSchanze]

@@SunShine-yd5xu Thank you fine sir. I'll look forward to meeting you.

[@bocksar3226]

dell is the man...all you haters out there...he knows what hes talking about,..get over your hate.

[@MrSeattleguy3098]

Solid points

[@seanandmichellemulcahey6462]

You make some good observations, just smells too much like exploitation.

[@DellSchanze]

Either what I said was accurate or it wasn't. Pretty silly to recognize the vast experience in what's said but then bash it while ignoring just how critical to people's lives it is. Not a wise thing to do in this sport. Either you can refute what's said or you can't. If you can't it's completely illogical to then insult it.

[@brucesweatmaniii6030]

HOW CAN ONE SMELL ON THE INTERNET? WHAT do YOU call EXPLOITATION? MOST PILOTS CALL SAFETY? TELL YOU DONT FLY ANYTHING INVEST IN DOUBLE ARMCHAIRS FOR YOU AND THE MISSES. JUDGING WHEN WE DONT KNOW JACK?? YEAH, GLAD YOU DONT FLY. AVIATOR PPG IS THAT WAY!

[@scottyflintstone]

poor guy

[@ElPurroco]

Hi commander Schanze , do you need personal ? to open the Canadian connection or the Spanish school of super training ? I got what it takes to go international !!! give me a call ...

[@rayharkins14]

You make it look fun and easy. I enjoy your videos and tips. Your Flat Top is an awesome machine...

[@garyfuzie1170]

Just want to say thanks again for another great video. Don't know if you remember me but we had several back and forth on certain equipment. I have watched a ton of your videos and see exactly why you told me what you did. i did seek help from others pointing out the same as what you said. I would love to private message you or talk by phone or such to thank you for your harsh but true words when it comes to this sport. Others should take these words and tips to heart as you do know what you are talking about. I appreciate your concern for pilot safety. Keep the videos coming they are a wealth of knowledge and experience.

[@nitro200flyer3]

I think if you watch the take off sequences real close look at the risers the Left side is way higher then the Right side could be the swing arm is stuck or tangled in the harness he looks at it and instead of going with a right turn to minimize the effects and flow caused by the Torque he tries to over power the wing with a heavy left brake stalling the wing allowing for a total torque spin ..Freeze frame at exactly 0:45 after he turns around and look how much higher the Left side is then the Right he should have aborted at that time before ever leaving the ground.

[@DellSchanze]

The engine torques right. That's the whole point of teaching correct technique to weight shift. If you do nothing then automatically the right torque will roll the unit right. That will make the left comfort bar higher and the right lower. That's typical and normal from torque for people that are not trained properly. So no that's typical with units like that and people who don't get proper training. Just look at Tucker gott launch for example. The scout torques horribly to the right and he has never had any proper training to understand how to correct issues like that. Plus it's worse than you realize. When the unit torques right and the pilot doesn't know how to address it their body then falls right naturally because the torque is leaning them that way. So then they are both torquing right and accidentally weight shifting right. This puts a huge right turn into the unit. Also no he didn't spin the wing although that was from sheer luck. Instead he twisted up in the risers from all the issues I named. Many others have spun their uncertified class death trap gliders exactly like this though in the same manner. Then died. Had he actually spun the wing you would have seen it violently spin to the left but instead the wing flies straight into the ground. So there was no spin. This is exactly how you do spin the glider as well though which is also a deadly issue that has claimed many lives. The fact is unless people go to SUPER training specifically they are NOT being trained with every detail of control and technique to address all these issues and outside of SUPER training people are being pushed towards absolutely horrific gear like in the video. It's just horrifying seeing these same things happen over and over and over when the odds would be drastically reduced if people would just get proper gear and actual SUPER training.

[@davidxps]

He is flying a Ozone spider wing and at 1:10 you even see the right side is way to low definitely not how Ozone meant it to be, you are correct that is the problem! Just looked back again and at 1:10 you can see the right riser is going down and around the line that connects to the goose-neck !

[@DellSchanze]

@@davidxps Look at the launch. The right is low because he is torquing and weight shifting to the right. At 1:10 the glider is way back off to the side making that riser look even lower but it's just because the wing is off to that side as it dives behind him because he is not facing the correct direction in line with it.

[@DAS-Videos]

There were two ppg accidents within days of each other in NJ last year, this one in your video on October 3rd 2018 and another one on October 6th 2018. Both guys were critically injured.

[@DellSchanze]

Email me some info on the other one if you have it and I could go through that one as well. Thanks for the heads up.

[@houseofsolomon2440]

NJ, not 'WE' is what I thought-

[@markbailey6051]

Thanks SuperDell.

[@chrisisaac9146]

I think I’ve seem this video reviewed elsewhere and they said he survived somehow. Either way could have easily been deadly. They pointed out the point where wing connects to motor were not even. You can see those black straps a lot higher on left than the right so he was all uneven from take off.

[@DellSchanze]

Many have died because of these exact same things I explain in detail. While this guy didn't he was just one of many many who have died like that. No it has nothing at all to do with one riser being higher. If you lean left your left riser will be lower than your right. So you constantly make one riser lower than the other. It has nothing at all to do with causing a crash. it only shows the sheer ignorance of those like Tucker Gott who don't have even the slightest clue what weight shift is. I explain in great detail what the actual issues are that caused the crash and it's exactly those specific things not one riser being higher than another which happens almost every second of every flight of every person in the sport. If you lean hard right you can easily make your right riser 1 foot lower than your left. This does not even remotely cause a crash. it's simply weight shift. What causes a crash like this is exactly to the letter what I explained. All too often the ignorant people scamming people with bogus gear and training try to pass things off as some bs thing like that to pretend it wasn't their fault. Death after death after death and they just try to pretend it was pilot error or a fluke or rogue winds... don't fall for it. All 6 of the last people to die were ALL on the total death trap gear those like Tucker Gott push onto ignorant newbies. 6 more dead in a matter of weeks and ALL because of the exact same gear and lack of training. In all of history only one single person h as ever died on the safest gear. 1 in the entire history of the sport vs 6 in a matter of weeks on the death trap gear. No when a death trap glider does a back flip 180 and locks people face first into the ground 6 times in a row when all 6 were trying to just fly straight and level and were not doing acro it's obviously the gear and lack of training that is the issue not the bs of one riser being lower than the other. Imagine saying oh yea the guy crashed his car because one side of his steering wheel was lower than the other. It's just silly. Steering wheels turn. It's what they are made to do. Riser go up and down as again it's what they are made to do.

[@aaroneye6591]

You didnt even notice that his risers were clipped in wrong🤭

[@DellSchanze]

I didn't list that as it makes no difference. The vast majority of every flight one riser is at a different height from the other. It's called weight shift. It has nothing to do with this type of incident. This is why it's critical to get information from actual experts and not newbies pretending to be experts. I listed what the problems actually are that cause this issue. I noticed some ignorant newbies like Tucker Gott tried to pretend it was caused by one riser being lower than the other.... Of course keep in mind Tucker is their replacement pitch man because the previous one already died on the same gear Tucker is now pushing. So no having one riser lower than another doesn't cause riser twists. Neither does putting risers on backwards or with a full twist in them cause that issue. Again this is why it's important for people to get information from actual pilots not youtube pitch men who push completely ignorant newbies as "instructors" and push the absolute worst and most horrifically unsafe gear in history as they care more about money than people's lives. It's very messed up.

[@aaroneye6591]

@@DellSchanze I honestly just like giving ya some crap from time to time. Your always quick to respond with a decent explanation, so I give ya some props for that.

[@DellSchanze]

@@aaroneye6591 No worries. It's just important for me to share the facts as there literally are people out there totally lying about stuff like this as they have no real clue or understanding of the dynamics of what all goes into making this happen let alone how to train people in order to prevent this from happening. The Flat Top has much wider certified height fixed hook in points which drastically reduce the odds of riser twists but there are many details in the way SUPER training is done to address this issue I explain in detail in this video. Those trying to blame it on silly things that have no bearing on anything do a huge disservice to the sport since without the accurate information it just keeps happening over and over and over in the exact same ways. It's just horrifying the terrible gear people like that push on top of calling people "instructors" who don't have even the most basic skills themselves let alone how to teach people to prevent issues like this.

[@washingtonfly3833]

Nice

[@sgt_retiredcharlie4102]

This is EXACTLY they way that Kurt teaches people to launch correctly with Fresh Breeze!

[@DellSchanze]

yes many people have spun up and crashed on fresh breeze crap as well for the same reasons. These scammers don't teach jack squat. They just tell people to hit the throttle and when they crash they pretend they have never seen that happen before.... It's seriously messed up. Kurt Fister the total liar even tells people he has a "perfect safety record" just flat out lying to people. One musician who tried to just launch a fresh breeze has the flimsy case flex back into the prop just doing a forwards launch and the prop hit the back of his hand!!!! There are seriously sick and dishonest people in the sport but it has nothing to do with the real actual sport if you do it the right way.

[@brucesweatmaniii6030]

THAT WHY TO DATE KURT FISTER HAS BROKEN 538 PEOPLE'S BACKS?? KURT DOES NOT TRAIN AT ALL. HE A FAKE IN EVERY WAY AND FORM. HE DOESNT CHARGE SO, WHEN HE HURTS YOU?/ YOU CAN NOT SUE HIM AT ALL? THAT'S WHY KURT FISTER DOES NOT CHARGE. HOPE THAT HELP'S YA!

[@alikhabiran8804]

thanks dell... that was very tribble ...

[@shawnbroad9797]

this wasnt a deadly video? lol

[@DellSchanze]

Yes actually it is. Many many people get seriously injured or killed because of these things. While this guy only lived through sheer luck there are many who didn't. So yes it's a deadly paramotor issue so people need to listen very closely to actual experts and not fly total crap gear like some ignorant dishonest Tucker Gott or something. It's crazy how many people that guy has gotten seriously injured & killed trying to pretend to give advice when he doesn't know crap for crap. People need to LOOK at the skill level of whom they take advice from in this sport.

[@sailor-rick]

Love the thumbnail: Looks like Jack Nicholson-- "You can't handle the truth!" Pretty cool.

[@DAS-Videos]

Maybe you can talk more detail about the reserve. It doesn't seem like anyone practices throwing a reserve, so I imagine that when somebody does throw one they would waste precious seconds fumbling around in a panic situation trying to grab it. What are the steps to do so the reserve doesn't get tangled in the glider? What is the amount of time it takes for some reserves to deploy which I guess depends on how fast a person is descending, and when is a pilot too low for the reserve to be practical. I think that pilots should practice throwing their reserve once or twice in a controlled practice session or maybe practice throwing a dummy reserve without it actually landing them. And to practice packing it. To me the reserve is one of the most neglected aspect of training.

[@DellSchanze]

Chucking a reserve needs little introduction. Grab it, throw it. Better to spend the countless hours working to prevent these issues than totally wasting people's time on something as simple as grab it throw it. I've seen fake instructors literally waste people's entire day swinging them around on contraptions and practicing throwing a reserve. Seriously what the freak? That's like taking an entire day off from teaching someone to drive a car to teach them to buckle the seat belt. Seriously if you don't know how to grab & throw then there isn't much hope for you any way you look at it. Thanks for the question though. That's a good one to understand because quite a few of the fake schools totally waste peoples time on that while pretending to "train". That's typical bs that bogus instructors do just to pretend like they are training someone. It's like telling someone not to fly into a tree or fence. There are some things that don't need explanation.

[@DellSchanze]

@@tm40fly You don't have one single video of yourself flying on your channel so to suggest the best pilot in the world is wrong is quite illogical and actually pretty foolish. The logic to it is even quite simple. It would be much better to spend the limited time one has during a training class focusing on the critical skills than wasting piles of time on things that are so simplistic it really goes pretty much without saying. Throwing a reserve is a knowledge not a skill so we give that information to them in their ground school that they can learn on their own without needing the best instructor in the world standing in front of them to do it. So when you are with the best instructor it makes the most sense to work on the things you really need that instructor to help you with. Yes we do work up to maneuvers at SUPER training depending on the person and their interests and how far they progress in their skill level in the time we have.

[@DellSchanze]

@@577buttfan Whoa I would not do that fine sir as you could accidentally knock it out or snag it and accidentally pull it. So if you reach for it for practice in flight do it very slowly and make sure to pull your hand away again very slowly so you don't accidentally snag it with a glove or something. I would never ever practice fast grabs for it in flight and even when you grab it don't grab it fast. Do it calmly. If you rip it out fast you could yank the reserve right out the side of the diaper bag. After every launch I reach down very slowly and check to make sure it wasn't shaken lose during launch but I do it slowly and then move my hand back away from the reserve even slower to be sure I don't snag it as I pull my hand away.

[@DellSchanze]

@@577buttfan Ah ok no problem fine sir. I'm sure you understand the risk. Just wanted to be sure.

[@the-bu3lb]

did actualy die looed like he landed sideways not face down

[@LiveWildandFree37]

Informative video. And yeah he did a million things wrong. I just have an issue with one thing you said. This kid couldnt have been more than 50 feet in the air when he got into the twist. The odds of that shute stopping the crash would be near zero. Ive watched dozens of videos with people opening their reserve. it takes time AND SPEED to deploy. Which btw if you look close, this kid didnt have. 1:14 He was twisting and swinging not falling much. Opening a shute there would have been close to useless. He didnt go terminal till the last 30 or so feet and thus the reserve would have been of almost zero use and maybe tangle with the glider. The kid was screwed with or without a reserve. Im still a fan of the flat top and dominator though and someday hope to get one.

[@DellSchanze]

Actually reserves can pop out much faster than people think. I had one open in only about 10 ft before. Keep in mind you are still flying through the air not falling because the glider was still flying in this scenario so he would have had about 26 mph of air speed which then would have spiked to 40-50mph as it started to dive towards the ground. So that would actually be a good scenario for a fast opening. We also use the super high tech lightweight reserves to ensure the fastest possible opening. The second you lose control you might as well toss even if it might not open as just having the cloth out there can create drag or allow it to snag on trees or what ever even if it doesn't fully open in time.

[@LiveWildandFree37]

@@DellSchanze . Interesting reply and yes as long as your moving your chute will continue to open up. Though not as fast as when youre into your dive of course. Ive seen almost all of your videos and you tell people.... why did you throw your chute? Basically telling them they panicked and their wing would have re inflated in another couple seconds. Though in this case when youre so close to the ground you can't take that risk. So yes, in a twist or collapse you throw the reserve ASAP.

[@DellSchanze]

@@LiveWildandFree37 I can only think of one video where I said not to throw the reserve. If you take a collapse with a super safe wing it should pop right back out so in that case no you wouldn't throw. If you get many riser twists though which lock out the use of your brakes and your glider locks you into a face down spiral chuck your reserve immediately. It's about recognizing an issue that could very quickly recover vs an issue that is not likely to recover before you would hit the ground. If you recognize an unrecoverable condition of your glider you better chuck immediately. However if you are up with plenty of altitude and it's just a normal collapse then definitely don't throw until you have tried everything else and still only if you are descending at a rate that could injure or kill you.

[@rickjohnson5666]

Isn't this dead guy supposed to be below the wing not above it? I can also see his head down staring at the Sand he's going One Direction in the wing is going the other direction backwards and the guy in the paraglider that's filming him certainly should toss him a parachute.

[@carlbamburg7439]

Rick Johnson.. No one ELSE is filming him.. obviously, he's pulling a tethered camera.. You can see it twist around him as he's coming down AND the shadow of it just prior to him hitting the ground.

[@tonymarzano2220]

Rick Johnson you know that was a chase cam right?

[@DellSchanze]

@@jamespkeane It's certainly not good but no I didn't see it cause a physical issue directly in any of these latest 3 crashes with them. I would warn people to be far more careful though especially as beginners as these people didn't have even the most basic skill to control the aircraft so adding things like that is a much worse idea for those who are not even skilled pilots yet. Even just a helmet mounted gopro can get people killed when they snag on lines and stuff and this has happened. So yes it can be an issue but I don't see it causing an issue just in these specific ones I've shown.

[@DellSchanze]

@chris k This guy actually lived but was seriously injured. 5 others died on that same horrible type of gear in just the last weeks. There are very evil people in the sport pushing this horrible gear onto newbies that don't know any better so if you see anyone flying or pushing gliders they call "reflex" or paramotors other than the Flat Top paramotor specifically you know they have serious issues.

[@pilotharryvirk]

O m g

[@ANNAI89]

SuperDell the GOAT of PPG👍👍👍