Hang gliding question
When they start out hang gliding, it looks like there is a cord or wire pulling them that Petra eventually unhooks them from. Were they being pulled to get started, and, if so, by what?
shareWhen they start out hang gliding, it looks like there is a cord or wire pulling them that Petra eventually unhooks them from. Were they being pulled to get started, and, if so, by what?
shareThere's a shot of a guy in a chair next to a winch, the winch is pulling the hangglider across a snowy field or maybe a frozen lake.
Whichever it was, a flying wing needs airflow to produce lift, hangliders usually get this from falling down something but on a level field at ground level, you need forward velocity from somewhere else.