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Re: Difference between High-A and Low-B? :: Beginner, Intermediate and Sport wings -- dymanoid<
21 Oct 2024 | 9:21 pm
Author: dymanoidLocation: GermanySubject: Re: Difference between High-A and Low-B?Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 19:21 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 1 This could be a great question to your instructor! Have you studied how a paraglider works and what the EN certification actually certifies?
(BTW, from a very reliable source I know that some gliders get intentionally certified as EN-B although they could actually be EN-A - just because EN-B sells better. So to reply to your topic header question: there could[…] -
Re: New vario from Skybean "Stratos" :: Flight Instruments -- dazdo<
21 Oct 2024 | 8:36 pm
Author: dazdoSubject: Dear MarkusPosted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 18:36 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 35 You are right, couple days ago I've asked owner of these repos to make them private.
Story is:
- When we started more than 10y ago, we made our codes public with good will, that we can build community of enthusiasts. To make things better for all of us - pilots.
- During this period, there were couple, around 10 guys, who contributed. So community wasn't[…] -
Difference between High-A and Low-B? :: Beginner, Intermediate and Sport wings -- JedX*<
21 Oct 2024 | 8:29 pm
Author: JedX :: *Topic StarterSubject: Difference between High-A and Low-B?Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 18:29 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 1 Hi I'm still very new to paragliding (going through stage 1 of the course). Reading the specs of the different wings and looking at the websites which compare their characteristics the only thing I noticed with low-b is they usually have slightly higher (around 5.3) AR. What's the limiting factor of lower-class gliders - why do people upgrade to higher[…]
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Re: Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024 :: Weather -- dymanoid<
21 Oct 2024 | 8:27 pm
Author: dymanoidLocation: GermanySubject: Re: Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 18:27 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 2 There was a day when one of the thermal forecasts predicted a potential route of 0 km in Bassano due to a lack of thermals.
We flew 100+ km on that day._________________Watch my Paragliding XC Stories on YouTube
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Re: Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024 :: Weather -- Robert Smith<
21 Oct 2024 | 8:26 pm
Author: Robert SmithLocation: Andermatt, SwitzerlandSubject: Re: Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 18:26 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 2 I have never found a thermal forecast for Fiesch (where I fly very often throughout the summer) which is anywhere near accurate, but I do look at XCTherm and the Swiss Segelflugprognose to try to get a rough idea of the flavour of the day, mainly to decide whether to carry ballast and warn[…] -
Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024 :: Weather -- lhaeger*<
21 Oct 2024 | 7:50 pm
Author: lhaeger :: *Topic StarterLocation: Munich, GermanySubject: Thermal forecasts for the Alps - your experience in 2024Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2024 17:50 UTC (GMT 0)Topic Replies: 2 There are a quite few thermal forecast services available for the Alps this year: Burnair, XCTherm, the new Alptherm, Topmeteo, SkySight, Windy, SoaringMeteo, MeteoParapente, XC Skies, ThermalMap and probably some more I do not even know about. I've been mainly using Burnair and SoaringMeteo this summer and found the thermal forecasts in general[…]
Τι είναι το sky.gr ?
To sky.gr από το 2000 είναι το μεγαλύτερο ελληνικό site με θέμα το αλεξίπτωτο πλαγιάς (paragliding, parapente). Λειτουργεί σε συνεργασία με την Ελληνική Αεραθλητική Ομοσπονδία και απευθύνεται αποκλειστικά σε πιλότους. Είναι καθαρά μη κερδοσκοπικό και βασίζεται στην εθελοντική συμβολή των διαχειριστών του.
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Διευκρίνηση
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