They Can Fly 200 Miles with No Fuel. Here's How | Tom Scott: England E2 (Paragliding)

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• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Except the fuel used to get them to altitude?

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  • HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ackhually the title says they can fly 200km with no fuel, clearly they didn’t count the tens (hundred?) of meters of going up in that 200km.

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    • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      Height ≠ Distance
      I guess?

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  • Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You could also do a hike&fly, which is where you hike up a mountain and then jump. From that point you just catch thermals, so literally zero fuel (except food for you body I guess)

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  • daychilde@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    They do use a winch that gets them up a couple hundred feet or so - it’s technically not energy-free, but it’s pretty darn close to it. It basically shortens the initial climb and makes it easier since they basically have to find a thermal to gain altitude. So having a couple hundred feet to play with means they can fly around to find a thermal.

    So they could take off without the winch, but it helps. But it’s such a minimal amount of energy that while it technically means not quite energy-free, it’s pretty darn close.

    And once they find that first thermal, it’s certainly energy free for as long/far as they can go, which can be hundreds of miles.

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  • PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    See the video, but not really.

    ::: spoiler A tiny bit for the initial winch, but most of the altitude gain is just air currents.:::

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