![]() I can't say the same for paragliding or hang gliding. In my view paragliding and hang gliding seem to be about the same as far as risk goes, but the quantity of hang glider pilots is so low now that it gets hard to tell much.Īdrian, I know a fair number of general aviation pilots with thousands of hours who haven't broken anything. But if you feel it's worth it then it is. You will crash riding a motorcycle eventually, same with paragliding and hang gliding. If people aren't comfortable with the hazards of riding a motorcycle then they probably shouldn't be comfortable with the hazards of free flight. When people ask about "safety" in hang giving or paragliding I usually compare it to riding a motorcycle. Posted: Thu 17:19 UTC Post subject: Hmmm. Although you can hurt yourself lifting sailplane wings off the trailer. My guess is fatality wise about the same, with more non life threatening injuries from HG/PG. No idea whether HG/PG is safer then sailplanes. Sailplanes seem safe because the low numbers of pilots and they do most of their fatal crashing out of site. Sailplane fatalities are 4 times powered general aviation. Posted: Thu 16:21 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? That leaves the insurance companies as an interested party i guess. National Federations prefer to gloss over the dangers in sports that feed them,same for manufacturers. I do not fly sailplanes and you most probably know a lot more about this than i do.but i thought they were one of the safest forms of aviation and that the safety record of sailplanes (in accidents resulting in death/injury) is nowhere near the carnage in PG/HG.Ī sailplane land out or a creased wing (with no further consequences) is an incident,not an accident.No?.Īs you say the statistics are not reliable,many PG/HG accidents go unreported,and even those reported are not gathered in a common database (AFAIK). Posted: Thu 15:20 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? Posted: Thu 11:23 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider?īased on the amount of bare chests and gold chains at our local club, I'd say that flying might be safer but the chance of VD significantly higher for hangies.! ![]() I am just saying.my mom always said that about sticks. You can poke someones eye out with a hang glider. Posted: Thu 11:13 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? I interpreted it as General Aviation - could be wrong thoughĪir-Play Agents for Gradient, Digifly & UK representative for AvaSport Back to top Posted: Thu 9:52 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? Posted: Thu 9:41 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? ![]() HG tend to damage their arms and heads, paragliders their legs and backs - obvious given the flying positions. paragliders tend to have accidents associated with strong thermals, although the rate of ankle damage from tripping while walking up the hill is astonishingly high. Sailplanes have land out problems and the racers put creases in their wing from excessive loadings. The accident rate at the Oshkosh fly in is horrendous, if you count all the accidents of people on their way to and from the event. GA tend to suffer human-factor accidents - pilots getting blasé. Hanggliders have lots of accidents at take-off (getting turned into the hill) and landing (whack.). The kinds of accidents are different too. Of course, you can make any of them horribly dangerous - acro, proximity, fly-ins, strong thermic conditions - all increase risk. The real answer seems to be that there is no significant difference in safety between HG, PG, Sailplanes and GA. There are lots of statistics but none of them are very reliable. Posted: Thu 8:44 UTC Post subject: RE: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? It feels safer you have no worries abut tucks.īut because their wing doesn't tuck, is the reason it can flip instead! Posted: Thu 8:36 UTC Post subject: Re: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? It feels safer you have no worries abut tucks. Posted: Thu 8:24 UTC Post subject: Re: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? Then there are other aspects, much more space consuming and takes much more time to assemble disassemble.but one day. I have always wanted to try flying a HG but it seems much more dangerous, but is it really so? Posted: Thu 7:55 UTC Post subject: What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider? View All Topics :: Paragliding Forum - Forum Index -> Related Disciplines What is most dangerous, Paraglider vs Hangglider?
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