I did training about 40 years ago, still remember the struggle with cross controlling, harness zipping and wondering when I would get my first soaring flights! For turns I was taught J-turns. You point your toes toward the turn, then push the base tube away from the turn. You pull in a little extra speed before the turn and push out back to trim in the turn so you don’t lose altitude. Talk to your instructor about that. I never zipped my pod harness until I was in solid ridge lift, or had gained at least 1000’ in a thermal. Looking back, really wish I had gotten a cocoon harness, no zipping, easy in, easy out! When you get really comfortable with your wing and conditions are right, you will soar, don’t worry about that. Thanks for posting, brings back very happy memories.
Yep learned similar way and that is the way the manual teaches too. It’s kind of like making a horizontal circular motion with your arms. It does make your turn more efficient. When I was training still in upright position I started nailing that. Now I need to be able to do that in prone position. I think I’m getting there.
He is 17yr old. Starting to have dementia but he’s still kicking. Nice he stayed in the shot😁 it was a gorgeous day. I’m looking for another nice condition like that so my training will be more productive. Thank you for stopping by again😊
Well done! I flew gliders for several years, and I will never forget the first time I started thermalling. I love your self reflection approach to your flying - I am sure you will continue to overcome your nervousness and grow as a pilot. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your kind comment☺️ im a very curious individual and im mostly curious about how I grow and taking notes reflecting so I know I grew even by a 0.3 inch kinda thing.😆
Thank you so much for checking out my vid☺️ My thing is that if I’m learning something I want to try to do it right from the beginning because I know that “unlearning” is gonna be a lot harder. But everyone flies differently. Just like dancing. We all come in different shapes and sizes and have our unique form in doing the same move. So as long as we are achieving the same goal/effect safely maybe that’s all that matters☺️
Really good. No wind in today's landing. Is that why you came in a bit faster you think? Elbow to hip weight shift seems to be working better. Nice video😊
Vario is def helpful. But im trying not to get too reliant on it. I want to train my senses as much as possibly so I’m paying close attention to the environment and condition I’m flying in. And yes, thermalling… the day will come and will happen by accident. The thought of it overwhelms me but I do want to experience it and know that I could handle it😁
Feeling the environment with just your senses is the dream:)) … the vario is just a tool .. but it helps you to get into the place where you start to feel and use those senses… your doing great.. the first Thermal is a dream come true ..
Like your videos. Your flying is good. Remember to take a bit of time to relax, look around, make an enjoyable turn or two, den plan the approach. Not trying to instruct over here. But enjoying the flght makes nervousnes go away.
You upload at 2am !? :) I believe tandem flights helped me a lot with developing the right way to roll control. These tandem gliders take a lot more roll input so they are less forgiving to improper roll control (Plus the instructor will tell you live :)) Congrats on the progress and the flight opportunities! :)
ya I’m living like a 16 yr old these days😂 this one time I did tandem flight, I kind of freaked out.. not sure if Tandem is my thing but for me to get aerotow rating I need to get tandem lesson. I’ll need to overcome some hurdle there.
Nice video. I would add one more piece of advice to avoid cross control. Someone gave me this tip when I started soloing and I still use it to this day, it's great! Whenever you turn, just imagine that your head is attached to an immovable pole that is attached to the glider directly above your head. Then turn the lower body only, or do your hip to elbow idea along with that idea. Basically, think that you are not allowed to move your head and can only move from waste down. It works great. Yes, the head will of course move slightly as you shift your weight, but as mental concept it works wonders. It gave me immediate and full authority over the glider as a student and it stayed with me ever since. The second thing I would say is when you pin off at the end of the tow, be sure that you are pulling the bar in for a few moments so that there is a slight dive, not just pull in to trim, but pull in a bit past trim. I'm sure you did and were taught this, but at 4:22 in the video it looked like you started to dive for a few seconds after you started your turn. I wasn't sure if that was a little stall from not pulling in enough after pin off. Once you see a successful pin off, the bar must go in immediately after all tows. Then you can go back to trim after you've gained proper air speed. Keep it up, great job!
Lol love that image training. Agreed, that along with hip to elbow would do good. Yes, Steve taught me to make sure to pull in a little before releasing from the tow line so the nose won’t pop up. Before, I was doing that and stayed pulled in and made a turn which caused me to lose significant altitude immediately after going off-tow. Now I try to ease my bar slowly and stay straight for a bit after releasing the tow line before making my first turn. (I’m making the turn to stay over the park, by the way.) than you so much for your comment😊
@@nanoraflyz Yes, you'll want to hold that pull for a bit AFTER releasing as well, a solid 5 seconds should suffice. I'm sure your instructor is telling you that too. It's definitely not a crazy long time so that you lose significant altitude. You can even listen to the air flow to get a sense of a good flying speed after pin off. You'll hear the air flowing smoothly again after a solid few seconds. Note that if you get into aerotowing, it's normal at most flight parks for you to pull in and turn right immediately after pin off. So it might help to get into this habit. As time goes on in your training and flying, you'll pretty much want to pin off, pull in, and then do a 180 to your right to go back and enter a thermal, or even pull in and then go right into a 360 if you pin off IN the thermal. Then climb, get comfortable, and ride it to cloudbase :) But please remember when pinning off of any tow (ground or aero), always pull the bar in for a solid few seconds the instant you see the line is released. (And same during a foot launch off a hill/mountain, that bar must stay in for a bit as the feet leave the ground). Ok happy flying!
Nice flight and good height, you don't need instruments..that'll come later. Since I never experienced tow flight its hard to comment. Just get high and use that height to practice flying..landing is the last bit, so stay up as long as you can. Never heard of cross controlling it's a body mind thing..Have more cool flights, those thermals will be fun. You know why birds have beaks? to stop them smiling all the time 😂
Thank you for your comment! And I have never thermal so hard to imagine or comment, I just know the thought of it is amazing but scary at the same time. I just need to be in the air more regularly so when that happens hopefully i won’t get overwhelmed. A baby step at a time is ok for me😅
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Like someone else said, I was taught that you always initiate a turn by leading with your feet. Very simple, try it. Love your passion!😊
Hi Nano! Looking goood!😁
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True that!
I did training about 40 years ago, still remember the struggle with cross controlling, harness zipping and wondering when I would get my first soaring flights! For turns I was taught J-turns. You point your toes toward the turn, then push the base tube away from the turn. You pull in a little extra speed before the turn and push out back to trim in the turn so you don’t lose altitude. Talk to your instructor about that. I never zipped my pod harness until I was in solid ridge lift, or had gained at least 1000’ in a thermal. Looking back, really wish I had gotten a cocoon harness, no zipping, easy in, easy out! When you get really comfortable with your wing and conditions are right, you will soar, don’t worry about that. Thanks for posting, brings back very happy memories.
Yep learned similar way and that is the way the manual teaches too. It’s kind of like making a horizontal circular motion with your arms. It does make your turn more efficient. When I was training still in upright position I started nailing that. Now I need to be able to do that in prone position. I think I’m getting there.
A black cat! And hands off the bar. What a great flight, and on such a beautiful day. It is always great when you upload, thank-you.
He is 17yr old. Starting to have dementia but he’s still kicking. Nice he stayed in the shot😁 it was a gorgeous day. I’m looking for another nice condition like that so my training will be more productive. Thank you for stopping by again😊
Well done! I flew gliders for several years, and I will never forget the first time I started thermalling. I love your self reflection approach to your flying - I am sure you will continue to overcome your nervousness and grow as a pilot. Thanks for sharing!
So lovely too see you in the air
Thank you for your kind comment☺️ im a very curious individual and im mostly curious about how I grow and taking notes reflecting so I know I grew even by a 0.3 inch kinda thing.😆
Welcome back! Miss your videos.
Aw thanks☺️
Your self-awareness is super awesome! it makes me cringe to see so many videos of pilots and even Hang fours flying that are using their shoulders.
Thank you so much for checking out my vid☺️ My thing is that if I’m learning something I want to try to do it right from the beginning because I know that “unlearning” is gonna be a lot harder. But everyone flies differently. Just like dancing. We all come in different shapes and sizes and have our unique form in doing the same move. So as long as we are achieving the same goal/effect safely maybe that’s all that matters☺️
Really good. No wind in today's landing. Is that why you came in a bit faster you think?
Elbow to hip weight shift seems to be working better. Nice video😊
Get that vario !! And feel the glider .. you will be thermalling to to the clouds! Can’t wait to see you get there.. 👍
Vario is def helpful. But im trying not to get too reliant on it. I want to train my senses as much as possibly so I’m paying close attention to the environment and condition I’m flying in. And yes, thermalling… the day will come and will happen by accident. The thought of it overwhelms me but I do want to experience it and know that I could handle it😁
Feeling the environment with just your senses is the dream:)) … the vario is just a tool .. but it helps you to get into the place where you start to feel and use those senses… your doing great.. the first Thermal is a dream come true ..
Like your videos. Your flying is good. Remember to take a bit of time to relax, look around, make an enjoyable turn or two, den plan the approach. Not trying to instruct over here. But enjoying the flght makes nervousnes go away.
You upload at 2am !? :)
I believe tandem flights helped me a lot with developing the right way to roll control. These tandem gliders take a lot more roll input so they are less forgiving to improper roll control (Plus the instructor will tell you live :))
Congrats on the progress and the flight opportunities! :)
ya I’m living like a 16 yr old these days😂 this one time I did tandem flight, I kind of freaked out.. not sure if Tandem is my thing but for me to get aerotow rating I need to get tandem lesson. I’ll need to overcome some hurdle there.
What a cute creature.
😆
Nice video. I would add one more piece of advice to avoid cross control. Someone gave me this tip when I started soloing and I still use it to this day, it's great! Whenever you turn, just imagine that your head is attached to an immovable pole that is attached to the glider directly above your head. Then turn the lower body only, or do your hip to elbow idea along with that idea. Basically, think that you are not allowed to move your head and can only move from waste down. It works great. Yes, the head will of course move slightly as you shift your weight, but as mental concept it works wonders. It gave me immediate and full authority over the glider as a student and it stayed with me ever since. The second thing I would say is when you pin off at the end of the tow, be sure that you are pulling the bar in for a few moments so that there is a slight dive, not just pull in to trim, but pull in a bit past trim. I'm sure you did and were taught this, but at 4:22 in the video it looked like you started to dive for a few seconds after you started your turn. I wasn't sure if that was a little stall from not pulling in enough after pin off. Once you see a successful pin off, the bar must go in immediately after all tows. Then you can go back to trim after you've gained proper air speed. Keep it up, great job!
Lol love that image training. Agreed, that along with hip to elbow would do good. Yes, Steve taught me to make sure to pull in a little before releasing from the tow line so the nose won’t pop up. Before, I was doing that and stayed pulled in and made a turn which caused me to lose significant altitude immediately after going off-tow. Now I try to ease my bar slowly and stay straight for a bit after releasing the tow line before making my first turn. (I’m making the turn to stay over the park, by the way.) than you so much for your comment😊
@@nanoraflyz Yes, you'll want to hold that pull for a bit AFTER releasing as well, a solid 5 seconds should suffice. I'm sure your instructor is telling you that too. It's definitely not a crazy long time so that you lose significant altitude. You can even listen to the air flow to get a sense of a good flying speed after pin off. You'll hear the air flowing smoothly again after a solid few seconds. Note that if you get into aerotowing, it's normal at most flight parks for you to pull in and turn right immediately after pin off. So it might help to get into this habit. As time goes on in your training and flying, you'll pretty much want to pin off, pull in, and then do a 180 to your right to go back and enter a thermal, or even pull in and then go right into a 360 if you pin off IN the thermal. Then climb, get comfortable, and ride it to cloudbase :) But please remember when pinning off of any tow (ground or aero), always pull the bar in for a solid few seconds the instant you see the line is released. (And same during a foot launch off a hill/mountain, that bar must stay in for a bit as the feet leave the ground). Ok happy flying!
Nice flight and good height, you don't need instruments..that'll come later.
Since I never experienced tow flight its hard to comment.
Just get high and use that height to practice flying..landing is the last bit, so stay up as long as you can.
Never heard of cross controlling it's a body mind thing..Have more cool flights, those thermals will be fun.
You know why birds have beaks? to stop them smiling all the time 😂
Thank you for your comment! And I have never thermal so hard to imagine or comment, I just know the thought of it is amazing but scary at the same time. I just need to be in the air more regularly so when that happens hopefully i won’t get overwhelmed. A baby step at a time is ok for me😅
You did great!!!
Thank you!😊
nice job congrats
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Thank you😊
Lead with your feet.
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