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Thanks, these T-shirts are made by XMag, I'm sure you can find one in their online shop.

I'm glad you find it useful the knowleage in this video. I have not found a better camera for filming long format videos while flying a paragliders, if you have any suggestion, I'm all ears.

@FlyingKarlis The camera is perfect 👌..you can simply zoom in a bit to flatten the frame. We can then focus on what's in front of your risers (just like a pilot does when flying). I mean...it's all a matter of taste. I bet there are some who like the fisheye..but for me it is not a human perspective (hence the name) and serves the purpose of a novelty rather than a storytelling tool. Don't let it distract you from posting more 🤜🤛

Yeah, I did realize this after the fack, here's a slower video - ruclips.net/video/BCUYKreS8_U/видео.html And even more slow here - ruclips.net/video/LwSJmCGfvAo/видео.html

haha, sure is

Thank you, glad you like them. As I have not looked into any type of automatization on this aspect, I am doing it manually. A bit of old-school way, frame by frame, similar how they used to make animations on paper. It's a screen grab of the frame I want to use for explanation, then throw that into a photo editing software, add a layer, draw the lines, save the layer as a new image with transparent background, then start deleting some section of the line save the file as 99 then delete some more save as 98 till you deleted it all. Then add these into video editing software, base layer is the map, another layer for the frame by frame animation. It goes quite quick for me as I'm used to doing it by now. I haven't found a better way to be as detailed as I would like it to be when it comes to explaining valley systems.

@FlyingKarlis wow that's a lot of work. It does come out great though.

Sure is, glad you like the final result.

@@FlyingKarlis thank you so much for all your effort editing that with your hand and sharing it to help the community! Great visualisation of the airflow <3

Thankk you, I was quite pleased with this flight. It's my first 200km flight during which I didn't make any strategic mistakes, that sure helped for the avarage speed. Diva 2 also helped a lot as this wing has a lot of usable speed. Glad you liked the video.

Thank you, glad you like the video. The Diva 2 is a game changer in my opinion. The wing has incredible performance with very high passive safety. It offers both usable speed and performance, making it easy to fly at full speed bar. I've done quite a lot of SIV/Acro practice with this wing before going to India to test its limits and characteristics. This helped a lot. I think BGD has created something very special here.

Glad you enjoyed it, Bir this year was a bit tricky, but did deliver one of the better days in reacent years.

Sure was, with some stunning views!

Glad you like it!

Yeah, it get's even busier than that when the days are more stable. That glide sure was something special.

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The camera is mounted on the flight deck, with a little extension.

That's quite possible, there where quite a lot of pilots flying long distances that day. Here's the link to XContest - www.xcontest.org/world/en/flights/detail:Flying_Karlis/24.10.2024/04:54

Bir sure is a beautiful palce to fly.

Beautiful timming and recover, well done

Hey Petr, Thank you, I'm glad you like the teaching style. The points you make are all good, it dose however take time for pilots to get there. This is where a well run SIV course comes in very handy, to keep practicing and improving on all the small details.

he made a great progress during the course!

Yeah what an absolute beast 😜

Sure can!

That dose help!

This is what we do, the whole point of the SIV's are to get the pilots as ready as possible for things that might eventually happen in the wild. Sure there was instructions druring this execution, but the pilot still managed to keep calm and get things sorted out, instructions only goes so far.

It sure is better to teach 2 step stall directly, the deep stall creates more issues than solves things.

Im also guessing, but I think he means 5% catch at the right time in the dive would have been enough to stop the frontal collapse.

A small amount of brake removes the reflex built onto the wing so you get a more violent shoot if you keep this 5% brake at the wrong time. Still catchable with full brake at the right time as the wing shoots

@7up-weee summs it up.

Thank you, glad you found it useful.

Right on!

Yes, timing wasn't the best

@@FlyingKarlis Did you think it was an exit window?

This wasn't me, it's one of my students during our SIV courses.

@@FlyingKarlis Did he think it was an exit window maybe? It looked quite deliberate. Looked like an easy mistake to make.

These exersises are done during a course, the practice and knowleage gained outweight the risk for sure. No one has ever gotten injured in one of my SIV courses.

Thank you! I think that SIV's is an integral part of paragliding training and when done right, can accelareate pilots progression and help pilots fly safer and more confidently.

He was getting a bit excited during this run after doing some SAT and other manuvuers.

Indeed, that is the objective we are striving to achieve. 🤓

I can only imagine the mix of excitement and nerves! 🤩 It's always inspiring to see students putting in the work and pushing themselves. 💪 Those butterflies are a good sign, they mean you're growing and learning. Sending all the positive vibes their way! 🙌

@ you sound like an excellent SIV coach. I’m a P4 and on plan on getting my tandem/instructor T3 as soon as o can afford to buy a tandem glider.

@@SkidzFPV We run these course at Lake Garda, Italy. During April and May, come join a course our two. www.flyingkarlis.com/siv-lake-garda-with-flying-karlis/

I've been using wraps for years, with different types of handles, I adjust how I move the line arround, I try to put the line on the soft bit of the taggle, to avoid hurting my hands flying during long hours in the air.

If memory serves, then yes!

I do love my coffeen!

That they do, but we are not that high up, don't think it affects us more than any other mountain area.

Glad you like it.

Happy that you find it useful, Brett really makes it sound so simple!

Yeah, it sure felt riveting while doing it as well 😯

Sure, is!

Using the rear risers, the C's or B's depending on the wing your fly, or in some cases the D's. Using the risers to stear isn't that much different from brakes, the concept is the same. Just the sensitivity is different, and the way you aply them is a bit different.

This was done on BGD's Epic 2

It sure is. Nothing to do with the wing, dough. More the pilot pushing the limits and finding them.

Frontal, or in this case assymetric collapses happen when the air pushes the leading edge down a bit too much. In this case, I was flying fully accelerated, which allready pulls down the leading edge, plus a bit of down draft, exiting a nice thermal.

Thank you. Glad you like it

I keep training my own active piloting on regular basis. I believe in order to be good at teaching SIV manuvuers to my students, I have to be able to perform them on the day I teach.

I had the same issue with my X-Alps Range 2 being too wide. What I did was add a strong paragliding line between the two locking carabiners on my waist strap. I made it shorter, which takes the load, so make sure the line is strong enough. I even looped it through twice, just to be sure it would hold. This made the harness more stable and the wing more pleasant to fly.