Szczebel 30.04.2022 starty paralotni cz.1

[@ramses159]

Like allways!!!!! The higher the gear the lower the skills. Only a few know how to launch.....real bad, but nice place .

[@JanPBtest]

Yes, it's standard. One problem is that people don't realise that pod harnesses make _zero sense_ unless you are in a _very_ highly competitive race OR it's _really, truly, extremely COLD._ Otherwise, it's just harness manufacturers hoodwinking the customers that this is a "professional" or "advanced" or "performance" equipment. Here is what happens in real life 99% of the time: the guy in the pod is so befuddled by the pod, that his reactions to the air currents and thermals and to wing movements are so _bad_ that he loses much more by losing altitude every few moments due to missing the important cues than whatever microscopic gain he gets from the pod. It's like clockwork. If you are Christian Maurer - be my guest. But if you are a typical Sunday pilot - forget the pod, it's good only for showing whose dick is bigger kind of thing, _nothing else._ Another problem with pods is that most of them are not even made aerodynamically correctly. In order for the pod to reduce the drag, it has to be blunt in front and slowly tapered in the back. Guess what: most of the pods sold to the public are exactly the opposite: a _long narrow_ pocket for the legs with a _short_ blunt end in the back! _Exactly_ the opposite of what wind tunnel experiments have been telling airplane designers for decades! This configuration does SQUAT, aerodynamically, it's about TWICE as "draggy" as the opposite. That's why airplane wings are blunt in front and tapered in the back - ever seen one of those?! True, racing pods like those for the X-Alps race are exactly like they should be but they are a tiny minority (and probably much more expensive). There are other absurdities in the industry, like flying a wing that's too advanced for one's skill level, or nonsense like "don't look at the wing" or "flat turns in a thermal" or "cross your legs for turning", etc. etc. A PhD thesis could be written about all that 🙂

[@januszrozanski]

Sadly I feel the same way. Luckily nobody got into trouble. That mean they probably had fun and that's good 😉

[@aircloud1]

The pilot with the redblue Niviuk lost a lot of chances to launch. The canopy stood came over him, schort brakes, a few strong steps, and hes in the air. He should do much, much more groundhandling before he comes back to this launch.

[@peter4512]

Gezielt to ..?