Education
Full Stall
This article was originally posted on justACRO. I’ve made a few minor corrections to the translation for readability. Description: The Full Stall (stalling the whole glider) is one of the most important maneuvers, you have to practice it a lot if you want to learn other acro tricks. Many times when you make a mistake, …
Wing-Overs by Gabriel Jeb
Les, Could be… but it could also be a few other things. I have spent a lot of time on a Bagheera and haven’t noticed it as a problem. I like to do really big wing-overs and frequently watch my wing from tip to tip just to see where the loading is on the wing. …
Thermal Flying Tips
Here are a few tips to help improve your thermal flying. 1. Listen to your variometer. As you hear its pitch increase, indicating stronger lift, straighten up your flight path a bit so that you fly deeper into the strongest part of the thermal. When your vairos pitch decreases, indicating weaker lift, tighten up your …
Thermaling tips Learned in Mexico…
1. When thermalling, fly deeper in the brakes.. almost carabiner level. Better pressurizaton, less pitching, occillations. I was flying right through a bunch of the juicy stuff and getting tossed over the waterfall on the backside. 2. When on speedbar, fly with your fingertips on the stabillos. “Checking” the glider with the stabillo lines in …
HOW TO THERMAL BETTER
So you’ve found your climb – now what’s the best way to use it? by Jay Rebbeck, Published: 27-Aug-01 X-C Magazine Centering thermals efficiently, and climbing quickly, are probably the most fundamental skills you need to soar successfully. Even a small improvement in your technique could easily mean an extra few hundred feet in every …
Air Masses Warm Fronts / Cold Fronts
An air mass is any large volume of air having a relatively uniform temperature and water vapor content. A front is simply the boundary between two air masses. When a cold air mass pushes into a warm airmass, we call the boundary a Cold Front. When the warm air pushes forward, we call the boundary …
Weather The Big Picture – Paragliding
Structure of the Atmosphere / Density Altitude To understand the weather it helps to know a little about the air. Air is simply a gas comprised primarily of nitrogen and oxygen and a variable amount of water vapor. Air has mass and weight. At sea level where the air is most dense it exerts a …
How thermals are formed – Paragliding Soaring
So what is a thermal anyway? Well it’s pretty simple, a thermal is created when the sun heats the earth which in turn heats the layer of air directly above it. As this layer of air warms up the molecules spread out causing it to become less dense and therefore lighter than the air surrounding …