Cumulus clouds: how to fly with them and use them safely, what drives the power of the thermals, and how to get the best out of the day when you've got clouds. [NOTE the graph Y axis should read km (kilometres) not m (metres)]
The extended edition is available on [ Ссылка ] where I go into more detail and share some flying strategies with unique aerial footage from cloudbase.
For more about forecasting good flying conditions
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#cumulus #cloudflying #paragliding
Music from SOUNDSTRIPE
Good Trouble (Bright Seed)
Speaking Broken English (Common Kid)
Fired Up (Hawksilver)
00:00 Intro
00:35 The Basics of Lapse Rates
01:39 The Physics of Thermals
03:35 The Effect of the Environment
04:30 The Dew Point
05:20 Cloudbase and Latent Heat Release
07:30 Cloud Suck
08:25 The Inversion
09:57 Conclusion
With English and Spanish subtitles.
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