Julien4788 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 Hard launch on my paramotor today it seems i wasn't perfectly straight with the breeze and it seems to have shifted even more to the left. Hard days are nil wind days. Never give up practice. This was my 55th takeoff so far and 33rd this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyB Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 That's unlikely to be due to any wind shift as there was no wind. Most likely (I have had this a few times) is that one wing tip was slightly tangled, or just tucked behind a line for a short time. Sometimes a tip tangle clears itself so you don't know what happened. Sometimes you have to gain height then start giving short sharp tugs to the offending lines to untangle it. Having done this a few times, the last thing I now do after laying out my wing is double check each wing tip, make sure they are perfectly laid out and all the lines are on top and no tangles. I have also had a similar thing happen due to a small twig on the ground - because the wing inflates in the middle first, the tips drag for a short distance over the ground and can snag on anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien4788 Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 On 30/11/2020 at 04:19, AndyB said: That's unlikely to be due to any wind shift as there was no wind. Most likely (I have had this a few times) is that one wing tip was slightly tangled, or just tucked behind a line for a short time. Sometimes a tip tangle clears itself so you don't know what happened. Sometimes you have to gain height then start giving short sharp tugs to the offending lines to untangle it. Having done this a few times, the last thing I now do after laying out my wing is double check each wing tip, make sure they are perfectly laid out and all the lines are on top and no tangles. I have also had a similar thing happen due to a small twig on the ground - because the wing inflates in the middle first, the tips drag for a short distance over the ground and can snag on anything. Umm that could be it, i will need to recheck everytime those tip brakes are underneath everything, they sometimes are hard free up and that would make sense. Thanks for your insight, i will continue to improve myself 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien4788 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Touch n' go practice today. I starting to feel the pitch of the wing better now. this was my 60th take off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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