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yes 5 meters per sec. Well its physics really (For every action there must be an equal or opposite reaction) As the surface of the earth is heated it creates a heated air mass (thermal), As this bubble of air becomes bigger and begins to move around or can be pushed with the wind until it hits something. This something is called a "trigger" here is a good link http://www.aviationweather.ws/095_Thermal_Soaring.php If a thermal is strong it creates strong wind shear. This is where the physics comes in. You have a large air mass moving up something must fill the void. So outside of the thermal and its core the air is flowing down "sink" As you enter/exit the thermal you will experience this change of air direction, so you much enter and exit fast because as you can imagine at some point half of your glider is going up while the other is going down! You will also some time feel your glider leading edge being pushed back as you try to enter the bubble, then it will "bite" into the bubble (grab those brakes!). Then enjoy your elevator to the clouds! Have a read hope this helps.

Yea those you cant really call thermals. They are more like small areas of rising air. The rising air is not big enough for you to enter and "core". A real thermal is big enough you can enter and fly in circles always listening to the rate of your Vario allowing you to flow with the core of the thermal as it drifts with the area wind direction. So the bumps you feel are when you enter the rising air pockets then leave soon after or even move between different intensities of these pockets of rising air. But when you hit a nice big "juicy" thermal its great! You just need to enter and exit right if it's a 5+ per/sec

What did you think of the thermals? From your description there where really small and possible broken. I fly on the shores of Brasil quite a bit, we have a black almost volcanic like rock that kicks off thee "bullet thermals" I like to call them. wow they hit you hard!

Few more from another location near Vitoria, Brazil (Guarapari) This is too funny just a shot from a boy ripping down the beach on a bike with his dog hanging on his back! way to funny!

Congrats and welcome to a great sport! little addictive.... and can play hell with the home life lol Cheers

stu your right, I just got a new couch, it's a real bitch to get above 2k on! Man we had 2 weeks of nothing but 5-10kns up to 5k and now the south is rolling in at crazy wind speeds...... I'm dieing to go for a rip! I can see me sitting by the ocean Sunday morning with the wind meter.... and if its anywhere around 10kns I'm going for a rip. Great sport & Nice Vid! But if all else fails I'll pull out the 14m and go for a kite surf.... cheers guys!

Brazil Video (warm you UK'ers up) You guys are looking cold in those vid's so I thought I'd send you some pic's and vid's from South America now that I have the camera gear working! Love seeing the pic's and videos keep em coming! post'em here! [youtubevideo] [/youtubevideo]the black areas are fish post them here T

Is he fixed? if so maybe that was some "pay back" lol Yea cant say I would tell the guys that one, but everyone at work knows about the "monkey rape" I endured..... while working in Indo! But you made me laugh!

bump still not working.

ivariometer is the closest i think

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How do you survive in such a harsh environment?

Great Pic's! I've been grounded all week. Looks like a nice weekend coming up... cant wait.

Nothing silly about the question. Here in Brasil I was never so happy to help prepare a man to launch (free flight). He just happen to be in a wheelchair. The launch went off with out a hitch and after that we have a nice path for him and its not uncommon to see a chair floating around in the sky! Anyway, will is the key. But why not a trike? Do you have an open area? airport? etc? I have the miniplane (light, there are others to) and in 2-5kns its three of four steps. With other gliders it would be less too. My point being if you keep the motor light and get a easy lift-off type glider foot launch should be no issue. On foot launch try to keep the motor on your back for launch and landing only... just my .02 T

1. Rectum tensing air 2. Area of sphincter contracting air 3. Area of “What the @#$%” was that?

I really like this page lots of info http://www.expandingknowledge.com/Jerom ... nglish.htm But it sounds like you were in unstable air due to weak thermal activity. Small thermal bubbles. I've been in ones we call bullet thermals. These are fast rising small thermals that are a real pain! I'm thinking "unstable air due to weak thermal activity" ..... my guess

He looks to me like a guy seeking a little extra attention. Maybe this is his avenue. I've seen videos with much cooler controlled flying that required tons of skill. Do this chair when free flying. Guys at my old hill would do this on a garbage can free flying, that takes skill. As for strapping on backwards.... whats the point? T

Forward me the link, I want to see what trailer trash has to say. hehehe need some backup... I'm in for a little stir! lol Its to easy to get the sub 74 crowd going. Ok maybe its 75 I think you need an IQ of 74 at least to breath Ah you have a nuc too... his fav!

That's spot on! Get your experience up with the ALC (balls). I tried them recently and the control was fantastic. My wing, a ReAction, is pre-ALC but I was so impressed I am going to add the ALC balls to my wing. The beauty with this control system is you don't loose the reflex profile and the stability when you turn the wing. Cheers, Alan Ive tried them in neutral and didn't get the feeling I was after (sharp bank). Now help me out here in "0" should I be using both the brake and balls right? I think in 0 you should use both yes/no? Or is it just to have your arm through the brake for safety (drop the balls and active fly if needed)? I was in +3 using them and could feel more of a turn coming. I was figuring how aggressive I could be with them (how much pull did what). Thanks, T

I'll add a bit about the adjustment. In neutral "0" you have about 3" of slack before the wing begins to deform. I will check with him, for sure I agree if you release the trim and the brakes are deforming the wing in anyway you will negate/impact the benefits/ability of the reflex. I've never been a ball grabber and feel that I'm being forced into an alternative life style that I'm uncomfortable with. However if it improves the performance as you say I will give it a go. Coming from free flying I'm still struggling with putting the breaks back on the magnets and grabbing the balls. I have to change the mind set "I'm not actively looking for unstable aggressive air moving up at 5+m/s). Its ok to let the brakes go..... use the balls luke! I'll do a test next time up, fully release the trim and check the brake and canopy shape.

I have one (Nuc), I’m not sure why some people we will not mention his name (as he’s ban from most places) cannot launch this glider. I have to give you guys some background. I move quite a bit for work. I was just recently in Brisbane a few years back where I gained my certification HGFA for OZ. I then started to free fly. For those three years in OZ I just started to enter into comps as a wind dummy…. But I prefer Air Technician lol. Shortly after entering the Comps for the region I moved to New Cal. The only thing we could do there was ridge soar and you needed nerves of steel. In this place the wind went from 3-7kn – to 20-25kns in 3.5 sec. You really had to pay attention to the water and weather every second as you fly. Too make matters worse as the wind picked up you started to lose landing options (landing spots started to produce lift). Last option always was a 50X50 parking lot with lots of lights. Needless to say I took up kite surfing as a second sport. The mix was nice. Low wind fly, high wind Kite Surf. Anyways I then moved here to Brazil. Going to the mountains is a two day task most times and I got tired of it. But over the past few years I’ve always thought how good it would be to just go to the beach and depending on the wind pull the right toys out. So I bought a Nuc as my first Paramotor wing. Now I know a few people are going to give me shit here but training resources where limited. I trained myself to Paramotor. I tried to find some teachers here but language became an issue etc. I did find one in Sao Paulo but I would have to pay for flights, rooms etc. But I will say I put myself through I think a more ridged training program then I would have received from a school here (including books and movies). Man…. I seen two guys go up for their first flights having only 1-2km/h penetration (I guess just to complete the flight part of the course). I have not seen them after in the past few weeks. This also was the school from Sao Paulo. I’m glad I did not invest in them. Anyway I have the Nuc as stated before, it's an XC glider for sure. I wish it had more performance. But I see the guys cutting some cool moves. I have not got the hang of the balls yet. I did however change the length of the brakes and this has helped a bit (buy instruction of my reseller, too get good performance you should have no more than 3” applied brake before the wind starts to deform). From the factory they are way too long, its setup for free flying and maybe a bit of safety factored in. I think I’m going to take another 2 inch off them. With neutral trim the Nuc takes a strong arm to spiral. Again I hear the balls change this (next plan of attack is the balls plus brake at 0 trim). Launching: Why would anyone complain about launching? It gets overhead once there run…… add throttle, it’s that simple. The dude in the video that hates these gliders needs some more practice to refine his launching talents. He obviously has not figured out this skill. Landing: come in fast, bleed some speed, heavy flare…. Tip toe touch down. But, first time you land this coming from non-reflex glider you will be coming in faster than you ever imagined. Trim: is simple and great Torque adjustment: don’t need have miniplane Speed/Sink rate: for XC great! Man I was easy 30k from take of in snap of the fingers on +3 trim. Max trim for the way back at times half speed bar just to play. Yest the wind picked up to a point where the free flyers dropped and I had 0 penetration. Reach up and trim to +3 and you can actually feel each side of the wing speed up as you trim. The speed is great. There is someone here that said they can fly with the hangers and I now believe. Full reflex with full speed bar is…….. wow Stability: great the last flight when the wind did pick up I was getting bounced around to the point of wondering how I was going to set this baby down. You ever had those flights where it feels like the harness seat is not under one cheek of your ass as you go through the bumps? That was this flight. The glider never did anything but fly as brake input was applied. Landing come in fast, ignore the bumps, flare no issue. I’m guessing if I had my GIN glider I would have had my hands full. These gliders could really build confidence for sure. I cant help but feel that i need to fly this glider more "active" as my GIN demands this. It does not seem to need this, I keep watching looking, looking, watching. Nothing just sits overhead. These reflex gliders are a whole new game that’s for sure.

Have a question. I'm left handed but fly with right handed throttle control. I fly a Dudek Nucleon 29m. Now I'm having some uncomfortably with the throttle, break and grabbing wing tip steering when needed. I'm looking to get the Cameleon digital throttle control to help out but the big question is should I get the left hand control instead of the right as its best to spiral and do hard turns to the torque side. I'm thinking if I get the left control it will be one less thing in the right hand. Anyone try this before? thoughts?

Status is sold, but I sent him an email.

Where is a good place with good prices to buy a Cameleon Digital Paramotor Throttle? locations in North America would be good.