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When to use the speedbar and how much

Posted by Martin Havel on

When to use the speedbar and how much

You should be on the bar all the time, the only exception is when you are going up. If you are not going up use 10-20% even downwind. In to the wind not going up but not sinking like a rock 20-30%, 3 m/s sink 50%, 20km/h headwind 50%, 3 m/s in 20 km/h headwind full bar. If the thermal is 2-3 m/s up fly at 30-50% bar between them, if they are 4m/s up or more you can fly at 80-100% bar in between them. Once you start flying with bar start playing with pitch control using rear risers but also practice controlling the pitch with the speedbar, eventually you will use a combination of both to get the most out of your flying on the bar. Once you get a hang of it, you will never look back and you will find it hard to justify not being on the bar. 

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SPOT versus Garmin InReach Prices and Annual Plans

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SPOT versus Garmin InReach Prices and Annual Plans

SPOT SPOT Basic Annual plan will cost $184.20 USD (260 AUD) plus the annual Network Maintenance Fee $21.95 USD ($30 AUD). Total per year $290 AUD. SPOT Flex Basic Monthly plan will cost $18.65 USD (26 AUD) per month plus the annual Network Maintenance Fee $21.95 USD ($30 AUD). Total cost per 6 months $186 AUD. This plan allows to start and stop the service at any time so you can only use your satellite tracker during the moths that you are flying and stop the service during the off season. Enrolment in any Flex Plan is subject to an Annual Flex Charge Fee $27.45 USD ($38...

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How to get the most out of your AlfaPilot battery?

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How to get the most out of your AlfaPilot battery?

To make sure that you get the most out of your AlfaPilot battery while flying please consider the following tips.Turn off Wifi. If wifi is necessary for livetrack or other functions, please use an extra-power bank for extend the autonomy. If wifi is enabled the autonomy can be reduced by 5 hours.Turn off the backlight. At the sunlight, the backlight is not necessary. The backlight can reduce battery life by 1 or 2 hours.Do not use other applications while flying. Use only the flight application while flying. If the other applications are running during the flight this can further reduce the autonomy based on...

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30 Years of Airtime NOVA Magazine (English)

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30 Years of Airtime NOVA Magazine (English)

Celebrating a thirtieth anniversary in an industry that is hardly older itself is something special. I f you look at the development of paragliding and that of NOVA, you can see that a lot of things happened in parallel. Link to the 30 Years of Airtime NOVA Magazine (English)It is a given that a company is guided by the requirements of the market and the wishes of its customers. If not, the company will not be successful. However, the fact that a company influences the entire market is less common. NOVA has achieved this several times, both in terms of important...

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Para2000 Old Links

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Para2000 Old Links

As a while ago it was public knowledge that this source of information about paragliding models of all manufacturers would close, there are still some links where we can access Para2000 and what is left of this good page, and so I say it because since Finished his activity stopped updating the data it contained. Currently the Database of Modern Paragliders is GliderBase (I'll leave the link below to access it, keep in mind that you won't find old models here as if in Para2000, at least for the moment). Remember that the particularity of Para2000 is that it contained...

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