Asymmetric collapse at Mountain takeoff

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Channel: Sitvanit Paragliding School and Club · 2010 · People & Blogs

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Teaching Paragliding Skills - Episode 4 - Forward Take-off Inflate
Ground handling - a Most vital skill for mastering paragliding. 

Forward take-off run is essential for light wind or no wind conditions.
People who solely rely upon **reverse** inflating a canopy will encounter light wind or no wind conditions at some time. 

This video demonstrates a bad condition of side wind at the moment of take-off. 
A remedy for this situation could have been a longer runway, more speed at take-off.

This time the student got off with no injury.

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