🧵 Speed Flying
Anonymous at Thu, 29 Jun 2023 23:42:10 UTC No. 153910
I just learned that you can do paragliding without a motor
Of course you cant rise upwards but you can glide down a hill/mountain
To get to my question : Can I just buy a chute on the internet and get on going ?
There's a pretty big hill close to me and I think it would be a great place to run off from
Not trying to get crazy fast just geting 15-20 seconds of air time would be fun enough
Do you need special wind conditions to do this ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPr
I'm thinking of something like in the video but the hill is a bit bigger
It's a popular spot for rc planes and there's a strip for glider and motor glider planes nearby
Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:19:28 UTC No. 153982
>>153910
>Of course you cant rise upwards but you can glide down a hill/mountain
You absolutely can rise up my dude.
https://youtu.be/ZpywEbgmoNw
Anonymous at Fri, 30 Jun 2023 12:26:44 UTC No. 153988
>>153910
>paragliding without a motor
>paragliding
>gliding
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jul 2023 01:37:32 UTC No. 154159
>>153910
>Do you need special wind conditions to do this ?
Yeah.
This is called "slope soaring"
You can't buy a chute on the internet and just go do the thing, you need a variety of specialized skills and equipment and a totally ideal location+conditions or you'll get badly hurt really really fast.
Anonymous at Wed, 12 Jul 2023 10:29:53 UTC No. 155834
Ok
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jul 2023 16:18:30 UTC No. 157664
>>153910
just for clarification speed flying is similar to paragliding only the wing is smaller and more agile, but has a worse glide ratio, this means that it's very hard to gain altitude, people usually just descent down mountains when speedflying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhU
Anonymous at Sat, 22 Jul 2023 16:19:32 UTC No. 157665
>>157664
descend*
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jul 2023 10:40:45 UTC No. 158213
>>153910
>Can I just buy a chute on the internet and get on going ?
1. Find a group/club/trainer that is willing to provide you with proper training.
2. Use contacts to resource and acquire appropriate kit.
3. Enjoy the sport only after properly prepared.
2 things you never want to fuck with, 1) Gravity, 2) The ocean. Neither are forgiving and will kill you for being stupid. Always get appropriate training when dealing with both.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:45:37 UTC No. 158223
>>153910
This seems like one of those things where if you do it without training or extensive practical knowledge then you are going to win a Darwin award very quickly.
Anonymous at Tue, 25 Jul 2023 16:02:32 UTC No. 158259
Personally if I ever decide to get into this sport I'd avoid paying thousands for a course and new equipment. And I've seen used paragliders for like 700$. You can learn how to fly on YT
Anonymous at Wed, 26 Jul 2023 13:36:30 UTC No. 158397
>>158259
Please do. The elimination of moron genes, like yours, does nothing but make society better.
Anonymous at Mon, 7 Aug 2023 19:01:24 UTC No. 160471
>>153910
>Can I just buy a chute on the internet...
This reminds me of when I was a young lad and I wanted to be a base jumper. It was sometime around 2002 and I was trying to see how much a parachute would cost on the internet. I found a company called Icarus canopies and startedd reading about them. I found one called the extreme VX and how its cross-braced technology would offer "higher performance." Anybody who knows anything about parachutes knows that base jumping a cross braced parachute off of a cliff would only be marginally better than jumping with nothing. I guess the moral of the story is that no, you can't just use any chute off the internet to go base jumping or speed flying for that matter either.
Anonymous at Wed, 9 Aug 2023 15:33:07 UTC No. 160846
You need formal training.
If you want to learn to paraglide go to a school and get your ippi4.
If you want to learn to speedfly, best to learn to speedride first (skiing) and get a rating and a lot of experience before you start foot launching.