Practicing low flying on the beach in Mexico

[Tyrhone]

Slowly getting more confident and actually able to practice things like low flying and sharper turns instead of just hanging on. So had a great little practice flight on the beautiful beach here in La Penita Mexico. If anyone has tips on hoow to improve my turns, or anything really, I would love to hear it.

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[alan_k]

When going for tighter turns keep a little pressure on the outer brake so you can feel the wing.

Come out of steep turns slowly until you have more experience, otherwise you can get large surges.

Importantly practice these at a safe height, say 1000 feet.

Enjoy,

Alan

[Tyrhone]

Thanks Alan, at this point I am nervous about pulling too much break and causing a collapse, which is probably very unlikely but it still makes me nervous. Can you pull quite a lot of break to go into a sharper turn?

Thanks for the tips

When going for tighter turns keep a little pressure on the outer brake so you can feel the wing.

Come out of steep turns slowly until you have more experience, otherwise you can get large surges.

Importantly practice these at a safe height, say 1000 feet.

Enjoy,

Alan

[alan_k]

Hi Tyrhone,

Yes you can pull a lot of brake but always be aware that it is slowing that side of the canopy down.

Don't pull large turns in turbulent air as there is more risk of asymmetric stall.

Cheers,

Alan

[Tyrhone]

Thanks Alan, good advice mate, I might go up today and try yanking on that brake (if the wind is good) and I will try and feel how the wing is slowing and when enough is enough.