http://www.xcmag.com/articles/2007/01/124/ All the latest news from the free flying world plus articles from the only international magazine for hang gliding and paragliding. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:50:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.xcmag.com/articles/2007/01/124/#comment-1857 Tandem Paragliding Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:19:32 +0000 http://domain1168776.sites.fasthosts.com/articles/124/#comment-1857 Great article. I used a spiral dive to avoid cloud suck when I was tandem paragliding over Chelan Butte. I witnesed another pilot thriw her reserve and go up into the cloud under reserve so there was good evidence of strong lift...and she did eventually manage to escape the cloud suck and landed safely. Great article. I used a spiral dive to avoid cloud suck when I was tandem paragliding over Chelan Butte. I witnesed another pilot thriw her reserve and go up into the cloud under reserve so there was good evidence of strong lift…and she did eventually manage to escape the cloud suck and landed safely.

]]> http://www.xcmag.com/articles/2007/01/124/#comment-243 James Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:42:30 +0000 http://domain1168776.sites.fasthosts.com/articles/124/#comment-243 From personal, recent experience I disagree that the Spiral Dive is always the best method for descending from strong Cu Nimb cloud suck. My vario recorded a maxium ascent of 14m/s and even after I locked the spiral dive as much I could tolerate before I would black out my vario was still sounding a climb. After just under a minute I exited the Spiral 40 metres higher and just nosing the base of the cloud. I pulled my outer As in 3 times and to my seat and applied full spead bar where my climb reduced down to 0.1m/sec for 5 minutes until I push out into a sink hole and cored that to the ground. A spiral will keep you in the same position UNDER THE LIFT band. From personal, recent experience I disagree that the Spiral Dive is always the best method for descending from strong Cu Nimb cloud suck. My vario recorded a maxium ascent of 14m/s and even after I locked the spiral dive as much I could tolerate before I would black out my vario was still sounding a climb. After just under a minute I exited the Spiral 40 metres higher and just nosing the base of the cloud. I pulled my outer As in 3 times and to my seat and applied full spead bar where my climb reduced down to 0.1m/sec for 5 minutes until I push out into a sink hole and cored that to the ground. A spiral will keep you in the same position UNDER THE LIFT band.

]]> http://www.xcmag.com/articles/2007/01/124/#comment-19 christian Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:57:42 +0000 http://domain1168776.sites.fasthosts.com/articles/124/#comment-19 The pictures and STEP 5 seem to be missing. The pictures and STEP 5 seem to be missing.

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