Flying Fast in Paragliding Competitions by Tom Payne
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Flying Fast in Paragliding Competitions by Tom Payne
In this paragliding presentation Tom Payne explains in plain English how to fly faster and safer in paragliding competitions when doing your XC flights.
Topics Covered
- Maximize your average speed
- Why you need to fly fast
- Select climb rate
- Enter and exit thermals
- Glide well
- Monitor climb rate during first thermal
- Search thermals on speedbar
- Search for the largest and strongest thermal core
- Control paraglider pitch with speedbar
- Keep wing movements smooth
- Plan next move while thermalling
- Reduce drag, glide straight and fast
- Find of lift
- Plan paraglider flights and manage them
- Maintain your energy levels
- Visualize sink and airflow over terrain
- Watch for visual clues
- Fly in large scale lift areas