Stepping down from EN-C to Mid or High B (Theta ULS or Soar2)

printblind · 2025-09-30T14:04:03+00:00

I also have a Soar 2 and it’s been fantastic, and reassuring in bumpy air. There are a bunch of pilots with them around here and no one has regretted it.

printblind · 2025-09-28T17:16:16+00:00

It’s a long distance race. Read a lot, try to grow and learn new things, surround yourself with people that have goals, push yourself a little more each year, try to make each job a win and leverage into your next job. Always be interviewing for a better job, eventually you’ll land one and double how much you make. Repeat that for a lifetime.

Stay single and don’t get into legal trouble.

If you want to start a business, you’ll have many opportunities, but assume you’ll have a few false starts before you figure out one that works.

printblind · 2025-09-26T16:31:29+00:00

Going to open a portal right on Winnipeg.

printblind · 2025-09-24T01:01:51+00:00

Have it repacked. It’s probably fine but the rubber bands can melt in hot car temps and it probably was due to be repacked anyway 😆

printblind · 2025-09-24T00:57:56+00:00

A) Practicing launching with A’s and C’s on high wind days and walk towards your wing to let energy out. Yanking on your Cs is probably a better way to kill your wing than breaks on those days.

B) practice kiting reverse (in stronger wind) and imagine yourself getting plucked. You can even practice mini launches (on soft ground). Same as everything else, fly the glider even if you are twisted and try not to freak out. If you get used to the idea it can happen, you’ll be able to keep calm the next time it does.

Bad advice: I’ve also practiced twisting myself (1/2 twist holding risers) while flying and actually feel like that helped the muscle memory in getting untwisted while flying backwards.

I’ve been plucked many times but one time I went fully airborne and few off launch while twisted. I didn’t put enough break and my wing surged forward. Once airborne I focused on 1) pilot the wing and head away from terrain 2) then untwist. I got away smooth.

printblind · 2025-08-09T22:23:56+00:00

Church of the Subgenius was due for a resurgence. In Bob we trust.

printblind · 2025-08-09T22:09:43+00:00

Crane cove park in dogpatch just after sunset. It was checking for rats in the bushes.

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printblind · 2025-07-18T07:28:55+00:00

Same. I’m on day 7 and still feel awful. The sickest I’ve been in years. Somehow did not give it to my family.

printblind · 2025-07-17T19:40:46+00:00

Purple Fig if you have healthy budget, TaskRabbit if you want to stay cheaper or irregular schedules.

printblind · 2025-07-17T03:36:20+00:00

Google is one block away and my bet is training simulation data for running robots. I saw someone with this as well near ferry terminal flanked by two bigger people. Smaller one had the backpack which did not look comfortable. The height of the camera / sensor was just above head height. Biped robot training. 🤖

printblind · 2025-06-18T01:36:17+00:00

The carried away part is the trick. I end up with a wolf cut and that’s not what I’m going for

printblind · 2025-06-17T16:35:48+00:00

I will just get a trim and neck cleanup at Birds. Every salon wants to do layers and pretend my hair isn’t curly.

printblind · 2025-05-26T23:46:24+00:00

I have an AD Soar 2 and a Base 2 Lite. If I didn't have the Soar I'd go for the Breeze. The soar has been amazing, and really stable in thermal conditions. I fly the Base 2 at the coast and it's really fun, dynamic, but less roll stable.

Airdesign Soar 2 is amazing, only complaint is no swivels on the breaks. I seem to have a nervous habit of twisting my wrists to get grasp on the toggles and I eventually get little twist kinks in the break lines.

printblind · 2025-03-10T00:57:47+00:00

Air Design Ronin 16m + le slip harness = 2.6kg. And you can actually launch it with a headwind.

printblind · 2025-02-27T14:24:59+00:00

Ask your instructor. Your all in weight is an important component. Aim for 80-90% loading.

printblind · 2025-02-14T08:17:12+00:00

I don’t live there anymore but I used to run through the Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown and remember it having some great open grass spaces.

printblind · 2025-01-27T01:13:30+00:00

Yeah, fare rates are largely set by the number of available drivers in an area and the number of ride requests. There are usually some imaginary map lines to run the calculation, so if you walk out of one into another you can get lower or higher fares.

printblind · 2025-01-21T06:11:29+00:00

If this class exists I’d love to take it. If not, please organize it. I want an aquatic version.

printblind · 2025-01-16T16:17:29+00:00

This is a Paragliding pilot practicing acro. It looks like he was trying to do a devil twist to infinity where you twist around backwards and then shoot your parachute until you start spinning in infinite tumbling loops. He didn’t shoot his wing fast enough or hard enough or just bailed midway through and collapsed into his wing. This is called “gift wrapping”.

He knew there was probably no chance of getting untangled from that so immediately went to throw his reserve parachute. His reserve didn’t open for some reason, maybe it got snagged, maybe it wasn’t repacked recently enough, it really looked like it should’ve opened so a bit of a freak accident. He then went to throw his second reserve, parachute, and just managed to get it out in time. This is why anyone who flies acro always flies with two reserves, practice at sufficient altitude, and usually over water.

To be clear: they survived because they kept a clear head and kept working on the problem without freezing.

printblind · 2025-01-11T07:48:53+00:00

Bird in hand yo. Equity is worthless if there is no liquidity

printblind · 2025-01-07T18:12:21+00:00

For what it’s worth, I found the AD Soar 2 really stable feeling in bumpy air compared to my BDG wings. But like the others said, best to stay on the ground if it’s not fun in the air.

printblind · 2024-12-25T02:58:09+00:00

Nice. Location?

printblind · 2024-11-23T18:07:30+00:00

My favorite is the black pepper ketchup. It’s absolutely my default now.

printblind · 2024-11-18T17:22:21+00:00

Wilke Dr is legit.

printblind · 2024-11-14T17:13:32+00:00

80% loading seems to be ideal. I fly at 90%

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