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Jim St. Clair
Приєднався 1 жов 2011
St Louis Soaring 2022 Spring Safety Seminar
Video of St. Louis Soaring 2022 Spring Safety Seminar.
www.stlsoar.org/
Contents
00:00 Opening remarks, president
00:30 Dean of Parks College
04:00 FAA representative
6:10 Introduction
15:30 Fleet status and updates
28:00 Discussion of Pawnee incident (not at St Louis Soaring)
34:20 Field operating procedures
1: 1:10 Top Pilot Operations
1:37:00 Cross-country training. Proving grounds soaringtasks.com/
* Kahoot common knowledge quiz (not included)
www.stlsoar.org/
Contents
00:00 Opening remarks, president
00:30 Dean of Parks College
04:00 FAA representative
6:10 Introduction
15:30 Fleet status and updates
28:00 Discussion of Pawnee incident (not at St Louis Soaring)
34:20 Field operating procedures
1: 1:10 Top Pilot Operations
1:37:00 Cross-country training. Proving grounds soaringtasks.com/
* Kahoot common knowledge quiz (not included)
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Glider and Tow Plane Signal Demonstration
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A demonstration of some common ground and airborn signals. Video created at St. Louis Soaring Association. Ground signals demonstrated; open towhook, close towhook, raise wingtip, take up slack, begin takeoff. Airborn signals demonstrated; Something wrong with glider, glider release immediately, towplane turn left, decrease tow speed, increase tow speed. For more information about these signals...
Time-lapse at St Louis Soaring July 4 2019
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This is a short time-lapse video while the Women Soaring Pilot Association was at the St. Louis Soaring field for their 2019 seminar.
Glider Simulator Getting Started - Condor Soaring
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I built this glider training simulator for my local glider club, St. Louis Soaring Association. This video is an introduction to using it and covers; start-up, launching a flight, basics of the controls, shut-down. Flight simulator software is Condor2. Glider Club, St. Louis Soaring Association (SLSA): www.stlsoar.org/ Flight Simulator, Condor Soaring (Condor2): www.condorsoaring.com/ Training ...
Short Condor Soaring Glider Simulator Flight
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Demonstrating a short glider simulator flight using Condor Soaring and a flight simulator I built for St. Louis Soaring Association
The rudder waggle in your film is in error. What the tow pilot did was a tail yaw which mans tow plane cannot release. Rudder waggle is a "flutter" not a yaw....please correct...Thanks for the effort.
Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
No fancy hand signals or tail waggling needed on the ground…. Take off: In France glider pilot makes a short radio call to indicate they are ready. Then the tip is kept down until slack is taken up. Then the wing is brought to horizontal. In Germany and in New Zealand they use the radio. Commands are in the line of: take up slack, all out, or stop stop. . After take off: If tow plane wants glider to release then it rocks the wings. If the glider behaves dangerously like kiting above the tow plane releases. If there is a problem with the glider on release, the glider does waggle the tail so it clearly yaws left and right. Depending on the situation the glider tries to release again. Then there is the option that both glider and tow return to the airfield and if needed glider and tow plane land together.
Nice. Which monitors are you using? Thanks
Thankyou for making video available on you tube
What is that constant beeping noise inside the glider?
The vario
Can I use Extreme 3D Pro stick & Logitech or Saitek Pedals?
Sure. Those controllers will work well.
@@Jim_St_Clair I got it & it works great. Thank you for your fast reply. All the best & stay safe
I love this. Just built a Condor control panel for use in my club's sim, which uses a retired aircraft cockpit. It's criminally underused and I thought a control panel with clearly labelled keys would be one barrier to entry fewer for the instructors - now they won't need to memorise keyboard shortcuts. I used a thumbstick to provide a snap-view function (via mouse movement) that works horizontally and laterally. I think your approach is better - using a car seat(?) instead of an aircraft is another barrier to entry removed - and more comfortable! I have ambitions to build a flight control system with rudimentary control loading (primarily, realistic trim) which will fit into the base of an Ikea POANG armchair for that reason.
Thanks for the kind comments. My first prototype was scrapped because it was too hard to get in and out of. I think comfort is important. Same for the control system including the snap-view function need to be obvious. Asking someone to learn to fly gliders and how to learn to control a simulator is twice the barrier to learning.
This is great! The slack line especially is good to see.
I'd like to build something like this for me or propose it to my glider club. Could you make a list (the models, with some e-commerce link if you can) of the main articles that you suggest to use to have a quite realistic result for real pilots or students that want to make practice : e.g. stick, sudders, spoilers? Thanks
This is something I can work on but not sure when I will get to it. This is basically a Logitech HOTAS control stick base, T-rudder Mark IV, a disassembled Logitech throttle quadrant, and a USB control board (Reyann Zero Delay Arcade USB Encoder Pc)
@@Jim_St_Clair Thank you
I'm attending a glider pilot course and I've still some difficulty to properly follow the towing plane. Do you think condor simulator could help to make practice?
Definitely. Condor simulates towing well. I'm sure it will help you with this. Plus you can practice boxing the wake.
@@Jim_St_Clair thanks a lot!
Great but changing view with buttons.. you could use Arduino + gy-85 sensor to track view by head. It is extremely chip and worth to add.
Thanks for the suggestion. The idea is that pilot will usually just turn their head to the side and look at the left or right monitors. This should be enough for landing practice.
@@Jim_St_Clair For landing probably yes. But in condor I usually look at the clouds above me to figure out where the thermal could be. I just offered this because this is really easy and cheap to repeat. A lot of tutorials on the internet and ready to use firmwares for MCU. I done it recently for myself. But I have 1 monitor. May be with 3 monitors it is not so necessary :)
@@СергійГлуздовський Thank you. I like your suggestion, especially with regard to looking up at the clouds. I'll look into it.
where can i buy sticks like those etc ? thanks
The flight stick is a Logitech HOTAS base with a home made (PVC Pipe) handle so that it resembles the kind of stick seen in gliders.
Excellent video.
first of all thats amazing work! Do you have a email adress we could get in touch trough? Because I´m recently trying to build a simulator setup for my Glider Club an need some help/advices.
Akaya thank you. I would get you my email but I'm not sure how to without posting it publicly here on YouTubqe.
do you have a business email trough wich we could get in touch because im recently trying to build a sim for my Glider club an need some help/instruction.
what computer do you use to run the sim on 3 screens
That's the great thing about Condor simulator it is not very demanding. The computer is an older i7 processor with 16GB of RAM. I can't recall the video card but it's in the $200 price range, so nothing special.
Tjats great thanks for the reply . Love the set up for schools
Looks amazing - I'd like a flap "slider" like the dive brake.
We think alike. Since I made this video I have added a flap control.
@@Jim_St_Clair you made it yourself, or you bought it ?
hi pls key
Good job ! is it an home made stick ?
Thanks Etienne. I used a base from a Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS stick. But made my own handle because glider handles are very simple. I used pvc pipe filled with sand with a bicycle grip! The end result works very well.
Hello, what are the minimum requirements for the computer to support this visualization?, saludos desde México.
I used an Intel i5 CPU, 8G RAM, and a Radeon RX 480 graphics card. All the monitors are running at 4k resolution so the graphics are the main constraint. The graphics settings are mostly on medium.
Super super nice, please more videos in the view. How many inches do the monitors have? What did you hire for a FOV?
Thanks! I’ll be adding more videos also to cover the construction process. There are three 43” 4K monitors. I’m not sure of the total field of view but probably around 200 degrees.
@@Jim_St_Clair Great is certainly a great experience to fly with it. I look forward to the other videos :-)
@@Jim_St_Clair Hi Jim regarding your sim hardware build please add me to your email list of interested people for a self-build or any kit arrangements you may be considering. Best regards, Zane from Australia
@@zanepriebbenow4451 I will add you Zane. I'm currently working on another project but do plan to come back to this and offer some kind of instructional information or perhaps a soaring controller product or kit. I'll keep you contact information. Thanks for the support.
Hi. Which videos are you using? Thanks
very nice. u make this simulator urself
I did. The video was made after I had finished it in my basement. I have now moved it to the glider club I belong to, St. Louis Soaring for all the members to use.
Jim St. Clair very nice. working on a similar prject aswell
you couldnt post on some more pictures. would be very interested in seeing this in more deatail
@@oscar_geeza4801 Yes, I'll be posting a video as soon as I get to making it with more about the build process and photos.