we would start you on a glider like the WillsWing Falcon 145. Takeoffs are easy. the "hard" part is landing gently where you want to land. It's really not THAT hard to land gently and it isn't THAT hard to land where you want, but doing them both in the same flight take a LOT of practice and many launches and landings (takes most folks a year and over 100 flights to get to where they can land on the spot they want gently.
It's been going pretty well. I don't get out much as I have another job, but I've had two students and a couple of other pilots up since that video was posted years ago. Our local club has a payout tow rig and we use that to take people high. My little winch is just for teaching low and slow. Wary is always a good thing :)
every manufacturer makes small wings with small control frames, but the one we would probably use for you would be a Wills Wing Falcon 145 borrowed from a local pilot. Or you could just buy the glider and we'll include the lessons (but not let you take the glider until you graduate)
Yep. That's a WW Condor 330 that belongs to Steve Cortez here in town and that's him piloting it. I bought a new one that's all white as they don't make the orange ones anymore :(. Would have loved to have the colors. At least my new one has "LEARN 2 FLY" on the bottom in big blue letters. Come out some morning and I'll tow you up :)
I wasn't at that end of the line, so I don't know. He is an instructor and advanced pilot and we had full radio communication and very little energy in the system and it was energy we could remove quickly. In addition to that, I had good visibility on him, he had big wheels on the wing and we were on soft and moist/slippery grass, so hurting each other was improbable. When I start offering lessons with this, I'll use a turnaround pulley so I can be near them and do a hang check with them :-).
@3333sweetie You may not have read my post all the way :) I did say "we have smaller gliders for you". they are about half of the size of the one in this video. fine for you your size and weight.
How has it worked out with the winch towing. I use hand towing ( from a vehicle with my foot on the gas ) which has the great advantage of being able to feel towing pressures and also being able to release immediately if student starts to veer. I have seen a few crashes with your system with not being able to release line and am consequently wary. But I see it opens up many more training grounds if that issue can be sorted.
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Hey nice tow. Looked really sweet
we would start you on a glider like the WillsWing Falcon 145. Takeoffs are easy. the "hard" part is landing gently where you want to land. It's really not THAT hard to land gently and it isn't THAT hard to land where you want, but doing them both in the same flight take a LOT of practice and many launches and landings (takes most folks a year and over 100 flights to get to where they can land on the spot they want gently.
It's been going pretty well. I don't get out much as I have another job, but I've had two students and a couple of other pilots up since that video was posted years ago. Our local club has a payout tow rig and we use that to take people high. My little winch is just for teaching low and slow. Wary is always a good thing :)
every manufacturer makes small wings with small control frames, but the one we would probably use for you would be a Wills Wing Falcon 145 borrowed from a local pilot. Or you could just buy the glider and we'll include the lessons (but not let you take the glider until you graduate)
Yep. That's a WW Condor 330 that belongs to Steve Cortez here in town and that's him piloting it. I bought a new one that's all white as they don't make the orange ones anymore :(. Would have loved to have the colors. At least my new one has "LEARN 2 FLY" on the bottom in big blue letters. Come out some morning and I'll tow you up :)
That's enough Saturday Night Live for you, mister! :P
I wasn't at that end of the line, so I don't know. He is an instructor and advanced pilot and we had full radio communication and very little energy in the system and it was energy we could remove quickly. In addition to that, I had good visibility on him, he had big wheels on the wing and we were on soft and moist/slippery grass, so hurting each other was improbable. When I start offering lessons with this, I'll use a turnaround pulley so I can be near them and do a hang check with them :-).
@3333sweetie
You may not have read my post all the way :) I did say "we have smaller gliders for you". they are about half of the size of the one in this video. fine for you your size and weight.
How has it worked out with the winch towing. I use hand towing ( from a vehicle with my foot on the gas ) which has the great advantage of being able to feel towing pressures and also being able to release immediately if student starts to veer. I have seen a few crashes with your system with not being able to release line and am consequently wary. But I see it opens up many more training grounds if that issue can be sorted.
@larswet yes, i missed it. Thanks. What is the name of the smallest glider that u have? are takeoffs very hard?
@larswet what??? I want to hang glide badly. Isn't there ANY hope? which glider would work well at 140 lbs and 56 inches(5 feet tall)?
@larswet If you're only 56 inches(a little less than 5 feet tall) and weigh 130 lbs, will lifting the glider to takeoff and land be hard?
@larswet sorry, misread it. whats the name of the smallest glider?
@3333sweetie
that glider would be too big for you, but we have smaller gliders for you :)
...that glider looks like it is 225 sq feet or bigger.,..reminds me of the WW Condor...!
I still overshoot my spot if I haven't flown in two or three months. It ain't like a bicycle.
Koool! :D