Aeros Combat decollo traino - Hang glider towing
http://ozreport.com/25.001AerosItalia - 2021/01/01
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGNY8OcXE3c
Decollo al traino, volo invernale (Tow launch, winter flight)
Foot Launching
Davis Straub - 2021/01/01 23:20:02 UTC
In the new year
01-0108
- 01 - chronological order
- 01 - seconds
- 08 - frame (30 fps)
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01-0108
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No launch cart. Magnitudes simpler and thus magnitudes safer.
02-0204
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03-0226
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Single point bridle. Fuck that Rube Goldberg crap with an UPPER connection point and a release that can trigger it.
04-0304
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Foot launch. The way the pioneers of this sport intended hang gliders to get airborne.
05-0308
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Time to start thinking about shifting to prone.
06-0312
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07-0317
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And we're safely airborne.
08-0327
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09-0403
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10-0408
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Sweeeet!!!! Looks good to me. Nicely done! Elegant solution! As in most cases, the simplest designs work best.
11-0417
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12-0426
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13-0500
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Maybe we should do a little touch-and-go here. Log two flights outta this effort.
14-0504
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Poetry in motion.
15-0512
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16-0518
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17-0525
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18-0602
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19-0611
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20-0615
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Hard to get a release within much easier reach than this one.
21-0623
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22-0628
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Hope you're using an appropriate weak link with a finished length of 1.5 inches or less.
23-0700
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Gear up.
24-0705
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25-0712
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26-0720
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27-0727
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28-0805
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Good job bracing yourself against being pulled through the control bar. The bad habit pilot just lets the tug pull him. This pulls him through the control frame with the same effect as the pilot pulling in... a LOT. I've seen gliders go negative while still on the cart this way. The results are never pretty.
29-0815
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30-0828
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(Large insect appears above port wing.)
31-0915
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Remember to keep bracing yourself. Looks like you're getting pulled through a bit much at this point.
32-0922
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That's a little better.
33-1009
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Nope. Letting things slip a bit at this point.
34-1021
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35-1113
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36-1126
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37-1205
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38-1215
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39-1318
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40-1407
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41-1429
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135-40446
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142-41844
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144-42003
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2021/01/05 02:45:00 UTC
When doing these projects I'm selecting frames very carefully for optimal quality, composition, aesthetics, information content... Just noticed that my 36-1126 is the same frame AerosItalia selected for his video's title shot. We both must be looking for similar qualities and thinking along similar lines.
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2021/01/05 03:00:00 UTC
And we'll note that he conspicuously DIDN'T select 14-0504.