ForumH K paraglider
I have always wanted to try flying a paraglider, until recently the cost of a paraglider was quite expensive, along came Hobby King with a budget version and after watching a few YouTube videos it seemed to work, so I brought one.
The initial flight was a complete failure as the canopy just wouldn`t inflate, this was because I had adjusted the brake lines to be to short, this error fixed I tried again with the help of others.
ROG launching was a non starter, so hand launch was tried and Barry volunteered to try it, after a few miss tries and a tangle away it went, I have to say that control was at a minimum and the canopy collapsed as so the thing came down, the second fight I got to high and the wind took the model away from me again I have virtually no control, I aborted the flight and it came down a couple a fields away, unfortunately tangled up in a small tree, the end of the video shows this happening.
My thanks to John Catlow for shooting the video and Barry for his help launching.
Impressive. How did you find out about the brake lines Mel ?
I knew the correct length should be 649mm this info gathered from YouTube, but when measuring I held the lines vertically this was my mistake, as the paraglider flies the lines are at an angle to the carriage therefore vertical lines are to short, took a while for the penny to drop.