Paragliding Experience Blog

Flying Fast in Paragliding Competitions by Tom Payne https://youtu.be/LlEH4B8xElc 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...

Collection of articles on Thermals, Clouds, Collectors, Wicks and Triggers and Thermalling Technique by paragliding pilot Will Gadd. 

Will talks about Thermalling Technique relevant to paragliding and hang gliding. How to find the next thermal, thermal indicators the clouds, thermal collectors, wicks and thermal triggers.

The 3 most common thermalling mistakes and how to thermal better by paragliding pilot Toby Colombé.

FLARM is an electronic system that is used to alert pilots to a potential collisions between aircraft. It is not an official implementation of ADS-B. FLARM is optimized for the specific needs of light aircraft, not for long-range communication or the ATC interaction. The word FLARM is a combination of letter used in word "flight" and "alarm".There are three parts to how useful is FLARM for paragliding.PART ONE is collision avoidance between aircraft, you see them on your screen and they see you on their screen. PART TWO is the Flying with buddies where you can add your buddies and...

The chest strap for your paragliding harness needs to be set up correctly before flying your paraglider.  The chest strap of your paragliding harness shall be set between 42cm - 48 cm. We strongly recommend to not fly with a chest strap width being less than 42cm between the carabiner on your paragliding harness. Smaller sizes of paragliders are being certified with the chest strap width at around 42 cm. Medium sizes of paragliders are certified with the chest strap width of 44cm - 46 cm. Large sizes of paragliders are being certified with the chest strap width at around 46cm - 48cm....