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I've been playing around with the idea of making a collapse alarm for a while so now that line tension measurements are more reliable with the new sensors looked right the right time to do it.

It's a pretty simple system that monitors line tensions and beeps a buzzer if some conditions are met. It has taken a long time to get to this stage as I work on it on and off and with the weather not always playing ball.

Also I've done a lot more coding at the beach than what I would like but hey, next time will be better :)

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I've been wanting to try woodturning for a bit and with having made the epoxy handles a few days ago I now had a good excuse for it.

Because I'm cheap I had the idea of turning my cheap pillar drill into a lathe. Mounted it horizontally and made some attachements.

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This year we decided to do something different and drive down to Arrábida. It's the "Portuguese Oludeniz" but 5x shorter :)
It was great fun as we don't get to fly there very often an a fun filled 2 days.
Hope you 2021 was good and wish 2022 will be even better.

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Canopy inspection is a mostly visual inspection of the leading edge, top and bottom surfaces, trailing edge, line tabs and seams of the wing to make sure all is in good condition.

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Finally we had some half decent weather and got to practice some more side control. Gemma did a lot better and at the end we even manage to make up a new game "THE SQUARE!!!" ahahah.

If you want to play it yourself just draw a 5m x 5m square on the ground and time how long it takes you to get around it. If you step inside the square or the wing touches the ground you lose. Can you beat Gemma's time!?

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I've always wondered what would happen if a glider had really long lines or really short ones, or you only had half a wing, or two wings?

Well finally I got round to testing the short paraglider idea. I took a very old "ground handling only" paraglider I had laying around and I crudely shortened the lines.

Even as it was before the wing would often just hang back and not want to fly overhead so had to solve that problem by releasing the brakes and also artificially putting on some speedbar. If I had the time it would have been better to proportionally release the Ds, Cs and Bs.

In the end it kind of worked despite the wind conditions not being ideal to test it. Managed to keep it above my head for a full minute so it was definitely manageable despite everything.

What I took away from it was that it was a bit more snappy compared to what it was before but generally speaking similar in roll and pitch. It would have been because of the turbulence at this site but it felt like it was more responsive in yaw than before.

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Our friend Joao Pedro invited us to go fly with him in the mountains near us and it was awesome to get back to thermal flying after so long flying at the beach.

I've definitely missed having enough space and height to fly around in every direction, 360, and listening to that beautiful vario go beep beep :)

All in all a great afternoon soaring and thermaling around and Gemma got her first taste of evening mountain flying too :) Awesome

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On Sunday the 15th of July 2018 Richard Carter flew the first 300+km in the UK by paraglider.

Richard is a local pilot and friend so I thought I would grab a quick interview with him and learn all about how he got into paragliding.

The early flights, the first 1.4km cross country and even his first British record at 42km. And then fast forward to an impressive resume of holding the UK record 8 times and including the first one to fly 100km, 100 miles, 200km, and now the coveted 300km.

An amazing person, a talented pilot and what a story. I was trying to keep it cool but had a grin from ear to ear during the whole interview. A true pleasure :)

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I've seen people twist around when flying to look backwards or just for fun and I've been wanting to try that move.

Well this day was the day. The ridge was almost empty, there was plenty of smooth lift and a safe wing and this is what I found.

It takes a considerable amount of force to get twisted half a turn and to stay twisted. As soon as you let go of the risers the wing wants to spring you back to your normal position immediately!

However if you go for the full turn or more that untwisting force is much smaller and it's harder to get out of it. In a controlled environment I think it's really good to try these things as you learn what to expect in an emergency.

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That moment when.... every thing slows down :)

The magic of free flight.

Shot at Mam Tor in the Peak Distric, in a calm and laminar wind day. So much fun.

Shot: Gemma B
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Music: Aeuria - The Meantime part 3 (extended)

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I needed a small project to learn about SMT PCB design so this small game controller was the perfect project. I had to create my own Arduino Pro Micro with Surface mount components and was really happy that everything worked first time!

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We did a 2 week roadtrip through about 80% of the whole coastline of Scotland.

It was our first time in a converted camper van and wild camping and it was amazing!

Saw a lot of cool stuff and was a shame only one day was flyable but would recommend it to anyone!

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Thanks to Bernard, Bill and John for all their help.

Me and Gemma went to the Derbyshire Soaring Club annual repack to inspect and repack our reserve parachutes.
This is something that should be done every year and freeflight clubs in the UK with help from the BHPA make it easier to teach and assist pilots in repacking their own reserve parachutes.

It was a great experience again this year and last minute I thought I'd film it. Sorry for the sound as there's a lot of reverb in a big sports all like that.

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The forecast was supposed to be too strong, we got there and it was too weak and from the complete wrong direction!

So Gemma spotted some kite surfers near by in the lagoon and decided to walk over to investigate! Looked like a lot of fun! :)

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It actually looks like a paraglider! =D
So I look the panels from the Single Skin software and printed them onto coloured paper to make it easier to identify the position of each panel.
Then cut it all along the line and taped it and stapled it together.
The shape didn't turn out as expected and I'm not sure where the error is. In the program, the material, the assembly, etc.

It still looks really cool and I might try to put some lines on it to see what it would look like.

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We went to Gralha, our local hill and the wind was spot on and it was full of people, so was the perfect opportunity to try the BGD Lynx.

Originally developed for the Redbull X-Alps in 2017 with the BGD Cure as a base the Lynx evolved to as the stand alone wing of today. It uses light materials and minimalist design to keep it light. High aspect ratio and thin profile make it super slick gliding through the air, meaning it is fast!

I was quite cautious as I like to progressively get to know a wing or piece of equipment but first impressions are very nice indeed.

Gemma did a stellar job on this one capturing images from different angles :)

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I've been wondering about the ergonomics of paraglider controls for quite a while. What controls we have available, why are controls the shape they are, how we use them and why?

It always seems like accelerator systems have a bad reputation in paragliding and people don't use them as much as the brakes but it seems to me to be mainly a case of ergonomics.

At any rate, I just got interested and thought I'd play around with the idea of a paragliding joystick(s). A single controller that would allow a pilot to have control over roll and pitch, similar to conventional fixed wing aircraft.

In this first video I've created some small scale models to understand the mechanics better and also a full scale prototype that might allow me to do some ground testing... as soon as we get good weather.

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The wind was REALLY strong, but not TOO strong! So when it's on that sweet spot, if it's smooth it's perfect to try new tricks!

Gemma and I ended up being dragged for fun and even racing! Big Thanks to Alain and Christin for the filming and the wing :) great partners in crime.

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This was one of the most fun flights to date. Great location and a mix of good conditions, difficult situations and in the end got to my destination!
Flight here:
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Many thanks to the whole BGD Team and to Yaro and Anna for being amazing hosts. Can't wait to get back!
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