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Sierra Sierra Soaring
Germany
Приєднався 23 бер 2023
Sven
Cross country glider pilot
Flight instructor
Based in Germany
Happy to share experiences!
Cross country glider pilot
Flight instructor
Based in Germany
Happy to share experiences!
Another final glide through thunderstorms
This was a competition flight during the Wetzlarer Woche 2024 held at Garbenheimer Wiesen Airfield in Germany. Launching by Winch without an engine, we started the task really late while most others had already finished. We knew that there were thunderstorms building up from the southeast, but saw that there was a gap right where we needed it. Knowing that these weather systems can create large areas of up- and downdraft, we flew quite conservatively 500m above glide path. Hence we needed to lose some altitude after crossing the finish line. All in all, this was my most memorable flight in Germany this year.
Flight track: www.weglide.org/flight/386332
Flight track: www.weglide.org/flight/386332
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Final glide between thunderstorms
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Another exciting final glide into Veronica, Namibia approaching from the southwest. Despite it's favourable location in the morning, Veronica can be a bit of a wet spot in the evening. We flew in really good conditions in the southwest coming from Marienthal and knew about a showerline that has developed between Bitterwasser and Veronica. We had to find a way through this, otherwise we had to d...
Exciting Final Glide over the Desert
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An interesting end to a 900km flight in Namibia. After having an absolute blast in the southern part of the gliding sector, we headed back. Clearly the airmass was different here. It had been blue all morning and then quickly, there were spread-outs at an inversion. The nice clouds ended about 120km from Veronica. With a cloudbase of about 4500m, this was too far for our Arcus M to glide. We we...
Glider flies 100km in just 36 minutes (uncut)
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This flight takes us along a line of lift to Marienthal, Namibia. Watch closely as I try to max out the 60-minute average speed calculated by our flight computer. This value is my primary indication of how we are performing on various phases of the flight. Here we achieved 150-160kph averaged over the 60 minute period, which was about twice of what I am used to in Germany. This means, that 100k...
Glider playing around rainshowers in Namibia
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This was not the longest or furthest flight we did in Namibia and certainly not the easiest. Nonetheless, it was by far the most exciting! Namibia was under the influence of a wet airmass with high dewpoint temperatures. This meant, that the shower activity was high, already in the early afternoon. My coach Jörg however explained, how to properly use these showerlines as a source of extreme lif...
The 1000 kilometer challenge + sandstorm on final
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Flying 1000 kilometers in one day is a big challenge, even in Namibia. It takes a number of good decisions and sometimes some luck. It's not about a brilliant flying style or perfect preparation. It's about using your experience focusing on the right things. Flight track: www.weglide.org/flight/357472 Camera: www.insta360.com/de/product/insta360-oners Mount: www.stefly.aero/product/kamerahalter...
Circling over Botswana nothingness in a glider
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New day, new country to explore! During our time flying from Veronica, Namibia we had the chance to enter the neighboring country of Botswana. This implied some risks but as long as you keep track of certain things it is not dangerous as such. Furthermore, the weather turned out to be good and we could set our flight up for a nice 1000km triangle. (my first 1000km flight ever) Flight track: www...
Flying in Namibia - this is what it's like
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Hi everyone, finally it's time to reveal a project I have been working on for a year! This January we finally made it to Namibia and had two weeks of epic high-level gliding. I have most of it on camera, so stay tuned. Camera: www.insta360.com/de/product/insta360-oners Mount: www.stefly.aero/product/kamerahalterung-fuer-segelflugzeughaube My club: lfv-mainz.com Weather forecast: skysight.io Ver...
Going around in a glider...
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This landing was part of my practical training on the motorized ASK21Mi. I had to launch multiple times on engine power so the easiest way to do so is to just fly touch & go's without having to stop and taxi back each time. It was surprisingly easy because with idle thrust, the ASK21Mi has about the same glide performance as with the engine off & stowed in the fuselage. After touchdown, slow th...
457 KILOMETERS in 4:57 MINUTES | Sierra Sierra Soaring
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So this was a rather interesting spring flight. The forecast was pretty good and I wanted to fly 500km for the first time this season. However we quickly realized that the cloudbase was lower than predicted and itwouldn't rise above 1500 meters, which is below average on summer days here in Germany. Also the climb rates were not reliable and I had to fly more conservatively than I had planned. ...
Almost got sucked into cloud | Extreme conditions Ventus 2 | Sierra Sierra Soaring
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Almost got sucked into cloud | Extreme conditions Ventus 2 | Sierra Sierra Soaring
45 MINUTES of PURE GLIDING | Ventus 2b in milky afternoon skies | Sierra Sierra Soaring
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45 MINUTES of PURE GLIDING | Ventus 2b in milky afternoon skies | Sierra Sierra Soaring
6 MINUTES from ground to cloudbase | Pure flying ep. 1 | Ventus 2b | Sierra Sierra Soaring
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6 MINUTES from ground to cloudbase | Pure flying ep. 1 | Ventus 2b | Sierra Sierra Soaring
FIRST Crosscountry Flight in 2023 | 480km Duo Discus | How to fly faster | Sierra Sierra Soaring
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FIRST Crosscountry Flight in 2023 | 480km Duo Discus | How to fly faster | Sierra Sierra Soaring
Amazing video and what a view! Would love to fly in Namibia
What's that app on your phone ?
What's wrong with entering a cumulus cloud for a minute or two ? It was not a cumulonimbus.
Das war war wirklich ein beindruckender Flug! Wetter Online auf dem Handy sei Dank!🤣
Great video. I fly similar but with some important differences, but don't really know which is better. I have a theory, but I don't know if I am right, these things are hard to test in soaring, there is no control group :). On days like these, the best days in Nevada are similar, I fly purely visually according to the clouds and rarely let the interthermal vario direct my cruise speed. I'm trying to circle in 8-10 kts only, with clean entry's and exits, and even trying to minimizing straight flight in lift at min sink or best L/D speed. So, I rarely push and pull directed by the vario and fly block speeds instead. I will pull up based on what I'm seeing with the clouds and pick my climb locations well ahead of time, and it needs to be either a big dark cloud or a street. I enter streets as low as I dare but still connect and center quickly and effectively, trying to maintain my STF speed between pullups/climbs. My idea here is that on fantastic days like this I think we may be flying too slow between thermals due to pulling up and cruising at min sink at cloudbase or otherwise. Rather, isn't it better to maintain interthermal SFT based on the true average climb rate between clouds and only circle in the best lift while also minimizing straight flying at min sink of best l/d? Of course all of this is only used in the best conditions and modified when exiting to lesser conditions or trying to reach good conditions. I came upon this idea by looking at Keith Essex flight traces. He is flying very fast and his flight traces are very sawtooth! Especially when conditions are very good.
Spectacular approach!
Dont forget the delay those radar depictions have inherently built into them. Nexrad got a lot of pilots in trouble because of the delay. Be careful using it buddy. 😊
I must use that trick at 10:26-10:36 sometime. Is it good only on final glide or does it work in Thermaling as well? 😂😂😂
So fricken good! Awesome to watch! Thank you for sharing!
Looks like a nice flight!
Sierra Sierra ....was a book about soaring that I read many moons ago
How do you get to fly in Namibia?
I know some guys who have been flying in Veronica, NA for several seasons and last winter we decided to just do it the next year, whatever it takes :)
Herrlich. Danke fürs Aufnehmen, schön mal so (ganz) andere Länder von oben zu sehen. Diese hohe Basis fetzt auch total. Wie ist es dort mit Freigaben / Transponder?
Gerne doch :) In Namibia hat praktisch jeder einen Transponder. Die Flugsicherung ist demnach auch recht entspannt mit unserer Segelfliegerei dort, weil sie jeden von uns sehen. Im Segelflugsektor und Botswana gehts rauf bis FL195, sonst ist in FL145 Ende. Die TMA Windhuk (60nm Radius) ist Tabu für uns
Es waehre schoen sein wenn so ein flugzeug etwas mehr festigkeit haette. (= groessere weisse arc, kleinere gelbe arc). Einfach voll durch donnern unter denn cumulus. Sehr motivierender video!
Ich bin froh, deinen Kanal entdeckt zu haben. Keine Musik, einfach nur in Ruhe zuschauen, wie ein anderer Segelflieger seinem Hobby nachgeht. Und es gibt sogar etwas zu lernen.
Your videos are great. It is a crime, that your channel has so few subscribers 😢
In the V2 you can carefully deploy the spoilers up to VNE if needed
Any stories of people who have landed out?
Haven't heard any from Botswana. But I seriously doubt that in over 50 years of gliding in Namibia, nobody ever landed there :)
Im guessing landing out is not an option as in there no way to get you out of the middle of knowhere..
Absolutely, the engine is the last option...
How much does it cost to charter a glider?
It will be a mid-3-digit sum per day for a double seater with fuel and oxygen
7:24 Waow 12,5m/s netto is crazy for thermal updraft
Yep, they must've felt that in their ears. I have never experienced something like that, not even close.
great!
Bomba!
Not to minimize your achievement........ Ingo Renner (Australia) flew over 1000km nonstop from Victoria to Queensland, in a non-motorized glider. Having a motor makes the challenge a lot easier to achieve.
Yes, having the engine in the back takes some dark thoughts off your mind. But in the end I have to say I flew the Arcus M just like a pure sailplane with outlanding options always in gliding range
😍 good job
What sailplane were you flying?
I think he said Arcus in the last video
I flew two different Arcus M gliders there
Amazing video !
"On really clear days, you can see how it follows the curvature of the Earth." Flat-earthers: ** triggered! **
It must be fantastic to soar into these skies with these extreme working height bands and then to fly almost straight under a cloud street for hundreds of kilometers. So different from the sometimes cumbersome thermals here in western Europe where you have to work within the 1000 1500 meter band often. But that knowledge all pays off when you run into less favorable conditions flying over Botswana or Namibia I guess. Thanks for the video
Yes, when people say "flying in Namibia is different" they mean the scope / dimensions and not the actual flying
What an adventure!
Really nice vid! Can't wait to be able to do just like you guys in the future!
Bist du der selbe wie von the useless trials?
Nice, but sorry, at this point, this is not a glider anymore.
Yes, it's a motorized glider 🤓
@@Schlaxim Sure, and the concept of a motor as a safety backup on a glider is cool, but if you can take off with it, it is a bit like cheating haha
@@CharlieTheAstronaut Yeah I get your point lol
That's one way to get your 3x takeoff and landings really quickly! 😂 Great job! I haven't done this in mine. I have no time with the Wankel/rotary engine. But I do understand it is a 2 stroke also. 2 stroke engines don't like being at idle and windmilling for long because the RPM is high yet throttle nearly fully closed, so it's common practice to "blip" the throttle to add additional fuel/oil to lubricate the cylinder walls. I suspect it's an "old wives' tale" but then again it doesn't hurt anything. That's the only reason I would caution prolonged idling in the air with a 2 stroke engine. Solo warns against so. 🥺 But MAN it sure makes landing currency fast to do it this way!!! Great video my friend!
That’s tho most fun thing I’ve ever did in my life
Only dangerous if low and slow and unintentional. Unfortunately seems to catch a few out each year from novice to experienced.
200m in 9secs? Welcome to skydiving 🤙🏼😜 Fun aside: Nice save!!! 👍🏻❤ (Glad, you're still with us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Impressive flight considering how low you were!
Wow you flew 457km in 4:57? That’s an average speed of 5,539kph! That’s got to break a record or two
It's a partial time lapse!!!1!
@pyroworkstv woooosh
Mind you, only the video is 4:57 minutes long. The actual flight took over 5 hours 😂
I was joking😅
It said 4:57 in the edit 😂
The best idea is don't do a low save. If you get below 500 feet just go ahead and land safely if there's any place you can. I've been studying these crashes for a while and that seems to be the biggest reason people stall, spin , and crash.
Good one! My most recent diamong goal attempt ended 20km short with an engine start lol I turned the wrong way and into a lake shadow, instead of the other way and making a final glide that would've been very simple.
As I tell my coworkers in the Airbus: You can't have an engine failure if you shut it off! Or better yet, leave it behind!
Another cool video!
Ha ha, donnerblitz, that was a ride!
Very nice video! 💪🏻
You are one of the best gliding UA-camrs
What se fuck
nice! ❤ maybe, to improve your loop: record "this was fast flying tip nr X " in one take and cut it with good timing. also the sound is disrupting it.
Thanks for the advice, I tried it that way but it didn't sound right hearing in the very beginning. I'll try it on my next one :)
Super Video und schön das Du auch mal ein paar Tipps für den Steckenflug weitergibst !! Aber warum eigentlich in Englisch?????
Hi, danke für das Feedback. Ich möchte eine große Zielgruppe erreichen, daher die Videos auf Englisch. Allerdings möchte ich auch mal Videos über Segelfluggebiete in Deutschland machen, die kommen dann auf Deutsch :)