Thank you Devis for posting your flight in what must be some of the most amazing scenery one could wish to see. Those peaks, ridges and sheer cliffs are magnificently rugged and what better way to experience them than from the cockpit of a glider! I would love to fly there one day. (Hope you can understand English.)
I like watching those two gauges on the right side of your instrument panel...( I'm guessing they are your thermal/wind updraft gauges working to find thermals/wind currents to keep you aloft...)
you are right - they are called variometers, and measure the change in the glider's altitude - up or down. A "1" on the scale means 100 feet per minute, or 100 meters per minute, depending on the gauge. Numbers above the "0" at the 9-O'clock position represent lift, and those below 9-o'clock represent sink. 300 feet per minute of lift is equivalent to about 3 knots vertical speed, or about as fast as you would walk, if you could walk straight up. Most variometers also have an audible signal - a steady low tone for sink, a beeping higher tone for lift. If the rate of lift is increasing, the tone pitch gets higher, and the beeping rate gets faster. Sink is similar - lower tone for greater sink. This way the pilot can watch where he or she is going, and not have to watch the gauges.
In this video, is he relying more on prevailing winds deflecting off the mountainsides, thermal heat reflecting off of same, or both?( I'd say both, but what reflects more heat, grassy areas, or wooded areas?)
Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I have one question: when you fly below those ridge lines, how can you be sure you will catch the thermal uplift you need to get up and out? Or perhaps there are exit points I cannot see in the video..
Thanks for the information, what kind of glider do you fly?, glide ratio?, why do you have two variometers?, what a beautiful landscape, really awesome flying, great for you
Your LS deserves a nice little tidy up in the cockpit, maybe a nice new panel mount and paint for the airbrake rods etc:-) bring her back to her former glory.
Would be even more awesome if you tried spoke english, I know it is probably annoying for you... but you would reach so many more people. I love these very long video's!
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I’m going to get my license thanks to this video and others
Thank you!
From USA
Thank you Devis for posting your flight in what must be some of the most amazing scenery one could wish to see. Those peaks, ridges and sheer cliffs are magnificently rugged and what better way to experience them than from the cockpit of a glider! I would love to fly there one day. (Hope you can understand English.)
Thank you too Pep. Dolomites are one of the beautiful place for gliding ;)
wow,...thanx for sharing.
Bellissimo... il passaggio su Cortina una meraviglia!!!!
Vol magnifique. Bravo Devis !!!
Video davvero meraviglioso! Grande invidia, complimenti!! Mi hai fatto venire voglia di provare il volo a vela!
awesome ......greatings from Brazil
Krásne, úžasné!!!!!!
Thanks...amazing...is this really with no engine at all ?
Just superb, exactly where I want to fly too. How many hours did you have before flying in the Dolomiti?
I like watching those two gauges on the right side of your instrument panel...( I'm guessing they are your thermal/wind updraft
gauges working to find thermals/wind currents to keep you aloft...)
you are right - they are called variometers, and measure the change in the glider's altitude - up or down. A "1" on the scale means 100 feet per minute, or 100 meters per minute, depending on the gauge. Numbers above the "0" at the 9-O'clock position represent lift, and those below 9-o'clock represent sink. 300 feet per minute of lift is equivalent to about 3 knots vertical speed, or about as fast as you would walk, if you could walk straight up. Most variometers also have an audible signal - a steady low tone for sink, a beeping higher tone for lift. If the rate of lift is increasing, the tone pitch gets higher, and the beeping rate gets faster. Sink is similar - lower tone for greater sink. This way the pilot can watch where he or she is going, and not have to watch the gauges.
In this video, is he relying more on prevailing winds deflecting off the mountainsides, thermal heat reflecting off of same, or both?( I'd say both, but what reflects more heat, grassy areas, or wooded areas?)
(P.S. It seemed like he got more lift sailing around the rocky side of the mountain sides... ?)
Una zona davvero incantevole!
to do list!!!
Amazing! Thanks for sharing. I have one question: when you fly below those ridge lines, how can you be sure you will catch the thermal uplift you need to get up and out? Or perhaps there are exit points I cannot see in the video..
I walked, hiked, around the base of the Tres Cimes in 2018. Interesting to see my pathway from 4,000 m.
I walked around too 🙂
Amazing flight!
Wow, too cool!
GRANDEEE !!! Congratulazioni !!! Prossima tappa Vallada Agordina, così ti faccio ciao con la mano :D
Drei zinne. Detta così ci sarebbero state più visualizzazioni!
Hello, what's the app you have in your Samsung phone?, any for gliding you can recommend?, very nice video and landscape, great soaring
Xcsoar, free app
Thanks for the information, what kind of glider do you fly?, glide ratio?, why do you have two variometers?, what a beautiful landscape, really awesome flying, great for you
@@galovillagomez6242 Just a wild guess here: LS-1F Glider. About 38:1 best glide ratio.
Bellissimo!
Chissà che libidine! 🌈
Your LS deserves a nice little tidy up in the cockpit, maybe a nice new panel mount and paint for the airbrake rods etc:-) bring her back to her former glory.
Hey dude, this LS 1-f is over 45 years old. Give the owner some slack for just keeping this old bird in the air.
Brilliant! What glider are you flying?
clavis82 ls1-f
Why wAs this playing when I woke up
Karma
Would be even more awesome if you tried spoke english, I know it is probably annoying for you... but you would reach so many more people. I love these very long video's!
It is not easy for me to speak in English while I pilot. Because I don't have free neurons to think in English :-)
@@devisddf I'm very thankful for the Italian videos 🙏Thanks for sharing them!
@@victor-emmanuel7485 Ciao Devis,mi diresti che impostazioni hai tenuto nella ripresa della telecamera? Grazie 1000