GroundHandling Challenge Exercises - GH JOB - BANDARRA

[@Bob123Max]

I am really impressed with how someone who struggled with her glider to start with ended up such a competent pro! Well done Gemma! I find the "bunched" launch very, very useful. I call it the rosette launch. When I am on site with lots of pilots waiting to launch, I set up, hook in and bunch my glider and wait - maybe leaving it attached to the harness while I sit and wait for the conditions. When I am ready, then move my glider to launch position and I am away in less than 30 seconds. Usually I use the bunched just to pull up, spread the glider and then launch.This series has taught me a lesson. I have been flying for 15 years and only too eager to fly when it is on with a total neglect of ground handling skills. My ground handling is a lot way behind what Gemma achieved in one month.- I am ashamed! from now on I will take the Challenge and prove to myself that I can do it too.

[@richardmcdermott6745]

Thanks so much for putting this together! Great stuff!

[@MrWhynotnow]

It's crazy to go back and rewatch all your GH videos after a couple of years! Gemma gets better so quick! I bought an old wing to practice (like your PIG wing, a 5 yr old UP Makalu 3 - low EN B). My wife decided she WOULDN'T approve of me flying, so I only can take the GH wing out once in a while for fun. It's SO turbulent where I live, and no dunes, so very hard to have much productive practice. Fun anyway, and I continue to watch all your videos, and Streamfire TV just for enjoyment. Keep up the good work. PS: Would love to see Gemma take on "Thermaling as a Job"!!!

[@vpnik2]

Очень доброжелательные, позитивные ребята! Отличный урок! Спасибо!

[@anizio1]

Very nice thank you

[@EVANGEaSCOOT]

D 2 Gemma's like yah I'm awesome! Andres like,hold on a second,she's getting too good.Let me see for my own eyes what's going on! One more week,time flies.Thanks for the video it was great.

[@FlyShootTravelSleepRepeat]

this is fun to watch , thank you both …and i will for sure try all of them with my new wing in March,…now it is to much winter here in Germany ;o(( ..need to pause. rg Bernd

[@Les__Mack]

Finally! Now I see where those little diagrams came from. Now I can buy a shirt or etc and understand the logo. Being able to do those things would be something to be proud of. I'm going to go for it. Thank you! I have to say though that it's going to be a bit tougher doing this in my area which is not near the beach and never has steady laminar winds.

[@istra70]

That will only make you even better.....

[@KnowledgeMavens]

very inspiring!

[@scottreuse1487]

Good job. I enjoyed seeing your ground handle challenge video.

[@1falconron]

fantastic

[@billcallahan9303]

Great job Gemma! I wish Banderra had explained more on what you were doing with risers & lines to make corrections. Other than that.....Thank you!

[@richyandliz4802]

Hi does ground handling on a beach damage the wing at all?

[@Wintermute909]

Awesome stuff! Thanks guys. I really like when you explain a bit (like Gemma's technique for one handed A launch). Not a full tutorial or anything

[@MrWhynotnow]

Another great and inspiring video by the "dynamic duo" of Ground Handling! One question/request: I've been watching tons of yours (an others) beginner videos, and much reference made to speed bar, but not actual tutorial on how/when/why to use it. Could this be a possible new quickie video? THANKS again!

[@AndreBandarra1]

Thanks for the love John! It's no specifically about speedbar but maybe a way to think about it is to understand polar curves and the flight envelope of paragliders kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqC3noF-ndSEl6M

[@urgedmoon]

ohh I just love the colours on Epic!

[@MortenCopenhagen]

Gemma is a groundhandling champ. Well done.

[@HeartPumper]

In reality, Gemma is a pro, just playing rookie pilot for the show :D Haha srsly tho - awesome !!! Perfect conditions = lots of sand & space. GH in stronger winds - a matter of time & experience. Good job & nice spent day !!!

[@Hemersonr]

this girls rocks congrats gemma

[@flierbill]

Much Love ! Happy New Year !

[@luciovasconcellos2363]

I'd like a lot the video and the exercises, Very good...

[@jeremyfisk4406]

Amazing Gemma. Huge progress since the first GH job video. I hope that one day I get a chance to have so many days in a row practising my skills so that I can improve like you have. Perhaps you two could set up a GH holiday camp in Portugal?

[@HeartPumper]

They'd definitely start a small scale AirBnB for rusty/low hours pilots (pun intended) with guided tours in "vicinity" (matter of logistic & legal permits). I'd be one of the first clients! But Waaaait a minute, MAYBE that's the whole goal of moving to Portugal ? :D

[@IronMountainDefense]

Great job

[@0OlIS5]

I’d love to see a ground handling pendulum effect challenge. So it would be a scenario you create where the wing plucks and dumps you. But try to land on your feet and do 3 in a row or something. I was trying to replicate it today and found you need 10 mph wind or more (with a top limit of course too).

[@UpcomingJedi]

B01 is SO hard to do fighting the wing to get it to rise. Mine just crashes to the right.

[@peterkemp4372]

Well done Gemma, you need a pay rise now, great job, see you next week. Perhaps you an do a video later on wing repair on the go, patch it, line splice, other?

[@AndreBandarra1]

It's a good idea Peter but I think I'll need to actually learn about it first. I've only applied a patch once, don't think i've done it particularly well and never changed any lines...

[@frankhodges6734]

Bit of a killjoy I know, but the cobra was a bit of a cheat with you feeding the wing up Andre. I'm sure Gemma could do it by herself, she just needs to keep in mind that the top high flying side of the wing needs to fly slower than the low side near the ground so, the wing needs to pivot (turn) so it can fly up. Brake to slow top side yes, but above all else weight shift to load-up the risers to the top flying side of the wing to slow it, just using the brake can stall the wing if overdone. Gemma is doing a lot better than most at my club, and is good to see. Most I find just want to launch and get away from the ground as fast as possible, but the lack of ground handling skills does at times keep them grounded. I see you don't have the BigEars launch on your challenges. I have used it on occasions when the wind has been a bit strong, but you do need to be able to keep the wind from getting under the wing before you're ready to go for it which, sometimes isn't possible. Frank H.

[@huepix]

To be fair, cobra launch isn't that easy unless one has a decent wind.

[@chrisdervin5420]

Really excellent. Wow Gemma is getting ready for some comps next year. Be good if Ash used this with Coaches and Newbies as a set of exercises to work through.

[@MaltandMake]

Looks like fun!

[@AndreBandarra1]

you should try it! :D

[@idanghelber8282]

Awesome! It is noticeable that you have made some great improvements since the sled ride video. One thing I would say is watch where your eyes are looking. It seems as though you are looking up at your wing a lot of the time. You should be able to keep your chin down and feel what the glider is doing (I notice that you are looking up less then in previous videos though, so you probably have made improvements here as well. Also when in reverse you can look at the risers instead of up at the wing and see the risers shift position.

[@ladybird5053]

Yes, that's a point I would recommend too. And when in a forward position to keep your hands nearer the risers will give you a great preparation for your flights. Thumbs up up up for so much power and energy training so hard. And for the great video as always.

[@imfirnoob6561]

What song with it

[@wingsonwheelsadventures799]

Can’t wait to see you guys to GH a speedwing

[@csleclerc57]

Andre, does the Seed wing transfer your skills well to a beginners wing like an Epic or Mojo?

[@AndreBandarra1]

Very much so. If you handle the seed and then go onto a full size wing everything feels like it is in slow motion and super easy

[@BrunoFPcovers]

The sand no damage the wing? Wich is better? Train on sand and or grass?

[@AndreBandarra1]

Grass is better for the wing. Sand is better for you, when you fall.

[@BrunoFPcovers]

@@AndreBandarra1 Thank you Andre. Amazing channel and videos! Thanks a lot!

[@airgabor76]

Super!! I wish to be able to do half of it! :D Take off without A's is a funny Uk style thing! I dont get that. I wish the best to Gemma , amazing progress. I guess she will be on podium soon on PWC!

[@AndreBandarra1]

ahah, if there were Groundhandling competitions she'd be doing well! Wait a minute.... :O

[@boisseaucharles8085]

Super intéressant et utile

[@AndreBandarra1]

merci!

[@AlexRaflas]

very very good project! :)

[@Hemersonr]

flapping is always dificult without wraping lines good job

[@Hemersonr]

awesome jobe guys... this is really nice... i am very happy to see the progress of gemma... one question, which glider is this a what is the size? Is this a trainning wing?

[@AndreBandarra1]

BDG Epic Small (19m2 )low EN-B.

[@frankhodges6734]

One other thing, how about a video on killing the wing when being properly dragged in a moderate to strong wind? I see this ability as being pretty important but is not something that is talked about much at all. You get the old keep wrapping one brake line around your hand stuff; but that's all a bit too slow for me. I used to pull in a few risers on the non flying side of the wing (side nearest the ground), but I find that reaching up yanking down the A's on the flying side is the quickest but, you're not out of the woods until you are on your feet. At Perran Sands one time I see a flyer with a lot more experience than I come unstuck when he was landing. Not to sure what happened, but in a flash he was dragged up the landing area and on up through the long grassy dunes and over the top, fortunately becoming tangled in a rather large thorny bush. I say fortunately as a few feet from the bush was the first of many mobile holiday homes, and I expect the site owners wouldn't be too happy about having to clean blood, skin and bits of bone off their properties. Frank H.

[@HeartPumper]

Probably some dust devil or other nature's wonder :D Lucky one pilot tho!!

[@frankhodges6734]

Never seen any dust devils at Perran mate, but there does, at times, appear to be fluke gusts. The point is no one was close enough to make a grab, and I don't know but, he may well have been poncing around wrapping a brake line around a hand instead of doing something that had a more immediate effect on killing the wing. So, what is the fastest way of killing the wing when bouncing head first along the ground? I reckon it has to be collapsing it with the A's.@@HeartPumper

[@andydonaldson]

Pull one brake line hand over hand until it stops - pull brake handle as far as you can, reach up with second hand just below the pulley and pull again, grab the brake line just below the pulley with the first hand and pull again, repeat.

[@frankhodges6734]

Thanks, that method clearly works and is the standard method but, a bit slow, and I know this is an extra to the question that I posed to Andre, most-likely not much use to someone that has just collected a busted arm after an unexpected impact, as was the case with me when I collected a busted shoulder blade a few years back. All the hand attached to that arm could do was hold the A lines that I passed to it, and it wasn't too good for that job; it was like my brain had switched the dud arm off. It took three months for the blade to repair good enough for ground handling again.......A real drag, but that's life.

[@brentbumgardner5664]

@@frankhodges6734 When you are down, the A lines are higher off of the ground than the risers, pulling on them causes the wing to rise putting more fabric in the breeze. I prefer C or D risers to kill when I am on the ground. Even getting just one helps. I avoid brakes in high winds, but if I were to use them I would grab the line above the pulley and let the line slide in my hand as I pull it to my hip. That allows twice as much line to be pulled as the distance that your hand moves. I ALWAYS wear gloves and a helmet when I am clipped into a wing, and I practice high wind ground handling in the winter. The extra clothes and snow make getting dragged safer, and actually fun, but still very valuable lessons. YMMV.

[@СергейДашкевич-ш1л]

Очень полезно! Нужен ровный умеренный ветер и относительно ровная и без мусора поверхность.

[@ocphil2709]

I wish I had such a great place to practice too!!! =(

[@BariFPV]

👍 now going to watch the video hehe

[@BariFPV]

Brilliant work Gemma. And don't sweat so much about the B1s, you got it eventually. The dune climb was the best 👍

[@adrianszekely158]

Real good ground handling but for a real challenge try the exercises with the old wing 😀

[@fabiomorais7997]

Boa noite André só do Brasil pôr favor você pode me manda essa tabela de manobras em pdf eu agradeço

[@AndreBandarra1]

andrebandarra.com/ghc

[@fabiomorais7997]

@@AndreBandarra1 obrigado meu amigo André abraço

[@WebberAerialImaging]

Nice video. I really appreciate the gh challenge site. I use in my preparation for ppg. Great for practice!

[@chopper79tr]

Good

[@cw2126]

👍👍👍

[@phillipbirch7534]

Hi Folks. Guess my seed is going to give me a serious work out to get anywhere near Gemmas skill level...

[@AndreBandarra1]

It will be fun though! :D