Extreme Hang Glider Whip Stall
Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:45 pm
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Extreme Hang Glider Whip Stall
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Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:45 pmRe: Extreme Hang Glider Whip Stall
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 9:59 pmWOW!!
Thanks for that post!!
Thanks for that post!!
Re: Extreme Hang Glider Whip Stall
Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 11:03 pmRegardless of what anyone says. The weaklink set the pilot up for that or could have. (maybe the rope broke or the release let go.) My weaklinks would never put me into a hammerhead stall like that.
A two "G" might just be enough to cause this. The pilot was climbing way too fast.
A weaklink will protect me from a tow operator like the one on the other end of the line shown in this video.
If I conduct every second of every tow flight as though the tow vehicle could fail, the rope could break, the release acts prematurely, the tow driver releases that end, ---that is all I will ever need.
A two "G" might just be enough to cause this. The pilot was climbing way too fast.
A weaklink will protect me from a tow operator like the one on the other end of the line shown in this video.
If I conduct every second of every tow flight as though the tow vehicle could fail, the rope could break, the release acts prematurely, the tow driver releases that end, ---that is all I will ever need.