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in this video we'll teach you how to
avoid the rotor using real accident
footage if you think this will upset you
please don't
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watch We're soaring at mon curn strong
wind soaring day pretty normal the
wind's coming from the top left of the
screen where do you think the turbulence
is on the slope as you flying around
probably behind the trees anything down
slope that's an
obstacle where do you think the wind
will
accelerate well it's going to be worse
at the top of the ridge line due to the
Venturi
effect this is going to be even worse
where the winds scooped across the face
to converge and that is the Venturi
Beast there's a big rotor behind the
ridge as the wind returns to the low
pressure point
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so as you can see by the clouds the
wind's pretty strong up top it's
probably going to increase we're just
soaring around using the slope on the
right hand side it's scooping up the
wind half an hour later the winds
increased and two pilots are caught out
one's top Landing in a fairly safe area
for
landing the other one is close to the
Venturi re
Beast you'll see this pilot on the right
gets dragged quite a long way but it's
in a safe area the other pilot really
needs to get under speed bar and get out
of
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there as you can see by his ground
Shadow is actually drifting slightly
backwards so at this point he can still
drift left and land on the top of the
slope for a safe landing the area on the
top is clear of the
rotor but unfortunately look where he's
going he's heading down into that back
Valley and his Shadows actually quite
close to the ground on the right and
he's still in clean air flow there he's
just about to get into the rotor area
and then unfortunately turns to fly even
further into the rotor and it's got him
oh no
doesn't matter how experienced you are
if you're flying into that rotor you're
not going to be able to control that
pitch now have a look at which way Carlo
flies to get around the back he's
staying on The High Ground and he's
avoiding that pit all together by going
around on the high ground the rotor is
limited you can see that Valley where
the pilots crash as a real scoop and the
wind is going to flow back up the slope
where he is so Carlo's coming in as
close as he can to come and rescue but
obviously he doesn't want to crash so
he's staying just out of the rotor area
if you're about this far back from the
hill the Air's churned up but it's not
too bad pointing into wind legs down you
can still do a safe
landing unfortunately the pilot was
quite badly hurt he's now recovering
so I hope that's helped you to
understand where the rotor is and how to
avoid it just remember to stay away from
the top of the ridge lines and avoid the
ventury Beast
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