CanuckInUSA 0 #1 May 10, 2005 I am happy to report that after a long 6 month Ground Launching lay off, I'm back. Myself and five other friends ventured into the hills today and we found a short Level I slope to launch from. It's nothing more than a intro to GL training hill, but we still got to launch and we launched many times. One of our guys did suffer an ankle sprain (LOL ... after he told me he knew what he was doing and that he'd be fine when I commented on his running shoes). But fortunately it's not a serious injury and he did get some nice launches in before he twisted his ankle (so he knows the joys and thrills of the sport ... oh and I think now he realizes it's dangers as well). The jury is still out on the performance of my Samurai 136. It didn't perform as well as my Spectre 150 did when I was at the GLC Camp #1. But the brake settings are way way too long as it was hard to get much lift at times. But I'm not going to give up on the Sam until I get the brakes adjusted and get more launches in on it. Also a couple of times I popped up high enough to go to my rears but the canopy was kind of ground hungry. It's possible that the slope wasn't long enough for rear riser flight as it starts to flatten out near the bottom of the short Level I hill and it's also possible that the winds weren't as good at the bottom of the hill as they were up top (this site isn't as choice as the training hill at the GLC let alone all the other stuff at the GLC). Or maybe I just sucked today. Some of the lowish-timers did better than the two more experienced canopy pilots at times. Good for them I say. Everyone did well and we all had fun even though I'm sure one of us is in some pain as I type this. But one of the really cool things is that since I'm not working right now and neither are these guys on Mondays and Tuesdays, we will be going back or seeking other sites. It's good to be back. But my toes are sore. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
teamhypoxia 0 #2 May 10, 2005 Get a job you bum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
