High speed & low pass glider compilation.

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  • Опубліковано 15 лис 2024

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  • @josephstalin7065
    @josephstalin7065 4 роки тому +128

    Glider pilots feeling like fighter pilots

    •  4 роки тому +12

      In fact, on aerobatic gliders, similar G forces available and manoeuvres are much more rapid, just because of winglift

    • @Messerjockel
      @Messerjockel 4 роки тому +2

      ENGAGING BANDIT 12 O CLOCK!

    • @Messerjockel
      @Messerjockel 4 роки тому +2

      actually soaring planes are pretty much unlockable for fox 2 and perhaps because of thier slow speed even really tough targets for fox 3 or fox 1 type of missiles. (Latter because todays radars are optimized to lock onto fast moving metallic objects

    • @Yealo
      @Yealo 3 роки тому +1

      @@Messerjockel wow so if you fit a 30mm on a glider will it be able to fight a fighter jet

    • @Messerjockel
      @Messerjockel 3 роки тому +3

      @@Yealo shooting it would put you in reverse xD

  • @ksb2112
    @ksb2112 3 роки тому +8

    Gliders are the most beautiful machines to ever grace the sky.

  • @b-man1232
    @b-man1232 4 роки тому +16

    It amazes me how fast these things fly with no engine propelling them!!!

    • @daan5361
      @daan5361 3 роки тому +4

      Energy management. Trading altitude for speed.. :)

  • @coalachaos6486
    @coalachaos6486 4 роки тому +30

    Gliding is the best hobby there is in the world. If your wife isnt flying you have your weekend off from her. Take your tent or van with you, dissapear on friday night, meet all the other guys, enjoy some beer and sausage at a campfire, get up early the next morning, prepare your glider in the cold sunrise, enjoy the silence all around and once weather is good enough - you take off and come back with the sunset. Then, another beer and sausages, campfire, smalltalk, meeting up with the guys who arrived on saturday - And the same on sunday again. If its raining, you can enjoy it with a good book in your tent, or just do some club stuff. Its the best there is.

    • @coriscotupi
      @coriscotupi 4 роки тому +3

      Same goes for *[insert hobby here],* camp/beer/sausage/campfire/smalltalk/book/club stuff...
      ...But flying beats them all. :-)

    • @zadraking
      @zadraking 3 роки тому +7

      You don't need a glider to leave your wife and have a sausage party, it's 2021, gays are openly welcome. Just Google "Twinkies night-club" should be one in your area, Wednesdays are half off drinks.

    • @samsam18200
      @samsam18200 3 роки тому

      @@zadraking bro you got the whole squad laughin😐😐😐

  • @azdigbee
    @azdigbee 5 років тому +8

    Back in the 70's I took lessons and my instructor was an elderly lady with a great sense of fun.... we used to buss hikers and dump our water ballast on them...….. lots of laughs from us ! :)

  • @ivarbiermann9278
    @ivarbiermann9278 4 роки тому +11

    For everyone being mad and saying it should be banned
    This is an aerobatic manouvre called a finish often performed at the end of gliding races/tasks or aerobatic routines and all the pilots attemting/doing this are more then qualified and most likely have more then several years of gliding experience and have licenses

  • @robertzeurunkl8401
    @robertzeurunkl8401 4 роки тому +7

    To me, the glider is the pinnacle of aviation. There's just nothing cooler!

  • @loveplanesandcars
    @loveplanesandcars Рік тому +2

    Best compilation I've ever seen. With original sound!! 🤩🤩

  • @drmwvrhg
    @drmwvrhg 5 років тому +9

    5:47 the five flyby's, awesome.

  • @mutterschied
    @mutterschied 5 років тому +2

    Fuentemilanos is one of the best aeroclub airfield today for gliding. Apart from amusant, it offers a real wild chances to fly those not-so-far snow mountains during full burning Castilla summer.

  • @MetalMachineShop
    @MetalMachineShop 5 років тому +7

    They have a lot more faith in their spindly wings than I would!

    • @colt.45rc76
      @colt.45rc76 5 років тому +6

      Metal Machine Shop they are engineered better than any other airplane you will ever see!

    • @pilot3016
      @pilot3016 5 років тому +8

      Those sailplanes can take a higher G loading than a typical civilian airplane. Trust me.

  • @Srvictor82
    @Srvictor82 25 днів тому +2

    We call it the...
    NIGHT FURY!!!, GET DOWN!!
    3:07

  • @iamgort70
    @iamgort70 6 років тому +2

    Nothing better than getting into the 'ground effect' and rocketing along.

  • @nathanbrowne2800
    @nathanbrowne2800 5 років тому +4

    The stuff that looks like smoke is water ballasts . Anything that flys is dangerous and gravity will teach you that , having said that these guys know what there doing and have a real feel for there gliders .

    • @altair7001
      @altair7001 4 роки тому +2

      "they're" doing, and "their" gliders.

  • @mrlintonious
    @mrlintonious 3 роки тому +7

    Amazing how they can fly that low, and still then still manage to climb again that low without Thermals. All speed I suppose.

    • @Defyuse666
      @Defyuse666 3 роки тому +4

      Yes, all about speed. And about the sailplane you're using. If you try to do that with an old one made of wood and "paper" (i don't know the exact worn in english), you won't regain much altitude than with a morden sailplane.

    • @Baconator033
      @Baconator033 3 роки тому +1

      @@Defyuse666 the word is “fabric” :)

    • @h8GW
      @h8GW 2 роки тому +1

      The unpowered version of a zoom climb, I suppose.

  • @JimForeman
    @JimForeman 6 років тому +6

    You can tell just how fast a glider is going by looking at the shape of the wings. All of them have a certain amount of dihedral, that is sloping upward from where attached to the fuselage and bow upward at the tips in normal soaring flight. At around 100 mph, the wings become perfectly flat, not bowed either way. Above that speed they take a noticeable bend downward at the tips.

    • @reubenrobertson8707
      @reubenrobertson8707 6 років тому

      Jim Foreman what causes this, I would have thought it would have been the other way round?

    • @JimForeman
      @JimForeman 6 років тому +4

      All wings, fixed or rotating as in a helicopter or propeller, are made with a twist from the root to the tip, reducing the angle of attack toward the tip. It's called "wash out". Not only is this for better efficiency over a wide range of speeds but it causes separation of the airflow to begin at the fuselage and move toward the tip as the angle of attack increases or airspeed slows. As the nose is lowered to increase the speed, the angle of attack reduces to the point where there is a negative angle of attack at very high speeds creating negative lift at the tips, causing them to actually bend downward. It also involves Reynolds numbers and tip loss but it's the quick and dirty explanation above. Run the video again and you can see the downward flex in the wings toward the tips.

    • @JimForeman
      @JimForeman 6 років тому +1

      Naturally they will flex upward when one pulls up and applies more G force load on the wings. In flexing upward moves the center of lift toward the fuselage where the wings are stronger.

  • @pelleban
    @pelleban 4 роки тому +4

    There are bold pilots and there are old pilots. There are however very, very few bold, old pilots.

  • @sanfranciscobay
    @sanfranciscobay 4 роки тому +15

    5:49 Look at the size of the wings on the plane.

  • @dominiquepilon3980
    @dominiquepilon3980 3 роки тому +5

    THAT DRIVER HE IS 10 ON 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @t-rexstudioproductions781
    @t-rexstudioproductions781 8 місяців тому +5

    3:08
    NIGHT FURY!
    GET DOWN!!

  • @danielu2501
    @danielu2501 5 років тому +5

    5:22 Aeroclub Ostrów Wielkopolski-Michałków EPOM, my hometown...

  • @jamesbartlettt
    @jamesbartlettt 2 роки тому +9

    5:50 damn those wings are LONG

  • @kevincharlton3450
    @kevincharlton3450 5 років тому +5

    Old pilots and Bold pilots!!!!

  • @heyitsmejm4792
    @heyitsmejm4792 5 років тому +9

    *Landing gear... landing gear... landing gear... landing gear*

  • @neilgreen007
    @neilgreen007 4 роки тому +10

    Saw someone killed doing this in an RV at Black Forest gliderport in the 90's. They did a high speed low pass and pulled up into a wing over and went in. Also a very young pilot at the old Black Forest gliderport also died doing this in a 1-26. The parents named a gliding scholarship after him. Some of you may remember the Kolstad scholarship. My point is that you really better know what you are doing.

    • @mentuemhet
      @mentuemhet 4 роки тому +1

      yeah, they're stressing the airframe too much with those high speeds.

    • @Sorarse
      @Sorarse 4 роки тому +2

      Far more people die in car crashes every year, but it doesn't stop people from driving.

    • @randomguyinanglider4090
      @randomguyinanglider4090 2 роки тому

      Its an common procedure thats how you cross the finish line during races and championships

  • @Bobpaule
    @Bobpaule 6 років тому +4

    The pig squealing in surprise at 0:49 was priceless:)

  • @6yjjk
    @6yjjk 6 років тому +4

    5:47 Pilot's determined to nail that wasp.

  • @robertzeurunkl8401
    @robertzeurunkl8401 4 роки тому +7

    I've seen gliders with "popup" rocket engines that can self-launch. No tow plane! But that added weight. They need to invent one that you can eject the rocket after use and have it parachute back to the ground for reuse later. Better yet, build one like the Space-X Heavy that can RTB and land themselves. Strap that to a glider! FUN! (and maybe death. But only maybe.... it might be worth it).
    ;-)

    • @splinterunitfilms
      @splinterunitfilms 4 роки тому

      Give SpaceX a call

    • @theblobfish9614
      @theblobfish9614 3 роки тому +1

      The extra weight is often wanted

    • @robertzeurunkl8401
      @robertzeurunkl8401 3 роки тому

      @@theblobfish9614 Really? Why?

    • @theblobfish9614
      @theblobfish9614 3 роки тому +4

      @@robertzeurunkl8401 you even see it in this video, in some of the videos they are draining water from the wings. They put the water in there to ballast up the plane, because the plane has a higher base speed when it gets heavier, but it also sinks faster. So when good thermal upwinds are expected they will ballast their planes so they can finish their tasks faster, because they can compensate for the higher sink ratio

    • @theblobfish9614
      @theblobfish9614 3 роки тому +1

      @@robertzeurunkl8401 basically: heavier plane flies faster, which is wanted sometimes

  • @MonacoPoker
    @MonacoPoker 4 роки тому +10

    This is the future of airplanes.
    Glider with powerful electric engine.

    • @simonlorlab
      @simonlorlab 4 роки тому +4

      YES! with solar panels!

    • @Nico9472_
      @Nico9472_ 10 місяців тому +1

      The future is now, gliders with electric engines are now being produced. This is great for us because the current combustion ones are extremely unreliable, while the electric ones should be very reliable because of how simple they are. Only downside a the moment may be the range they have, but that will improve overtime. I’m gonna be shocked if by 2030 combustion engines on gliders will still be in production.

  • @pilot3016
    @pilot3016 5 років тому +5

    After executing one of those... usually a tongue lashing by the glider port operator follows. (Bad example for inexperienced students). Always remember... no tow up, no flying.

    • @colt.45rc76
      @colt.45rc76 5 років тому

      Whaaaaaa???.? Their mainly for competitions

    • @pilot3016
      @pilot3016 4 роки тому

      @@colt.45rc76 Competion. Yes. But I don't think you were watching competion finishes.

    • @colt.45rc76
      @colt.45rc76 4 роки тому

      @@pilot3016 yeah some of them were but a lot were not. What do you fly?

    • @pilot3016
      @pilot3016 4 роки тому

      @@colt.45rc76 Had a H-301 Libelle. Serial #10. May be looking for another ship soon but not in a soaring envirioment right now. (Ca./ Oregon border). Flew Minden Nevada, Truckee, Calistoga.

    • @victorwargnysoaring806
      @victorwargnysoaring806 2 роки тому

      (INSERT TAIL NUMBER HERE) on final for a windsock inspection

  • @finntastique3891
    @finntastique3891 6 років тому +2

    3:08 The hun always comes out of the sun!

  • @minutewithmitch7609
    @minutewithmitch7609 3 роки тому +4

    Depends on what kind of glider can handle rolls, and flips. Some aren't meant to do rolls at all!!

  • @elmerbuys5915
    @elmerbuys5915 6 років тому +6

    some toy once said its not flying, its falling in style

    • @ZASADAVS
      @ZASADAVS 6 років тому

      Ну понял я , пассажир сходил на толчек и так несколько раз подряд.:)

  • @capspik
    @capspik 5 років тому +1

    Ah memories of region 9 comps.. finishing runs dropping ballast ))

  • @igorkononov4249
    @igorkononov4249 6 років тому +3

    Полёт на планере просто не сравним ни с чем,можно только восхищаться.

    • @BlokartS260
      @BlokartS260  6 років тому

      Сравнение всегда сложно, дельтапланеризм был моим видом спорта, меньше техники и еще ближе к природе.

  • @annapiotrowska779
    @annapiotrowska779 5 років тому +2

    Watching with a stupid smile on my face :)

  • @sanjuansteve
    @sanjuansteve 3 роки тому

    @5:00 I love the 3-fly-by landing!!
    And then the 5-fly-by landing after that!

  • @MrJdsenior
    @MrJdsenior 5 років тому +5

    That pass that starts a 5:50 (several actually) are amazing. That thing must be close to 50:1. Makes me wonder how many HP it would take to maintain level 120 MPH flight, not much, I'll bet.

    •  4 роки тому

      If you pedal hard enough on the rudder that'll keep it up.

    • @MrJdsenior
      @MrJdsenior 4 роки тому

      @ LOL, when I was a kid I had a pulse rudder RC I built. It basically did just that, just constantly "peddling" the rudder full stop side to side, at maybe 3 Hz or so.
      When you input a rudder control it would "peddle" a shorter stroke to the opposite side, turning the plane. I never calculated it, but I expect even THAT amount of peddling did pretty much nothing to keep it airborne, probably even caused a goodly amount of induced drag, if I had to guess, and actually hurt the glide ratio. If I'd been thinking at the time, I could have done some glide tests with the rudder pegged center, and with it operating to see. Didn't though. Maybe better that way. ;-)

    • @Barrawitzkaa
      @Barrawitzkaa 3 роки тому

      This is the "EP", a Schempp Hirth Nimbus 4 and ratio is roughly 60:1, top speed 290km/h. The Nimbus 4DM has an engine with roundabout 50HP, to maintain level with about 130 km/h I think. Regards from Germany

  • @ThePaulv12
    @ThePaulv12 6 років тому +1

    That aerodrome at 8:40 seems like it is the one from the glider challenge in FSX.

  • @davalleyguy5020
    @davalleyguy5020 4 роки тому +8

    Now even gliders are laying down Chem trails! I guess with the price of fuel this is a greener alternative when dumping chemicals.
    And the earth is also flat haha

    • @omar619kamis
      @omar619kamis 4 роки тому

      why are you upset? wtf

    • @DB-thats-me
      @DB-thats-me 4 роки тому +1

      Mmmmmm....I love the smell of chemtrails in the morning! 🖖

    • @sladek22
      @sladek22 4 роки тому +3

      Guys, this is watter balast in the wings... To make gliders heavier in longer cross-flying tours...

    • @DB-thats-me
      @DB-thats-me 4 роки тому

      klemen .flo nah. It’s propellant for the jet powered gliders. You can hear the jet at full noise as it passes over. 🙀

    • @sladek22
      @sladek22 4 роки тому +1

      @@DB-thats-me That sound is the wind Jesus.. Where the f**k do you have your brains???
      Jet powered gliders havve jet fuel inside the cockpit... In the wings you have ONLY watter balast...
      Sorry but you clearly do not know ANYTHING about gliders!!!

  • @sanjuansteve
    @sanjuansteve 3 роки тому +1

    @3:03 I'm glad those people weren't walking a bit slower...

  • @JayHeartwing
    @JayHeartwing 9 місяців тому +5

    3:07 Night fury

  • @samjoshi1812
    @samjoshi1812 5 років тому +9

    Might try this, might be grounded

  • @matus5112x
    @matus5112x 5 років тому +7

    0:46 over G over G :D

  • @fix-and-drive-diy-repairs
    @fix-and-drive-diy-repairs 5 років тому +1

    wow! People are having fun. I want a ride too guys, please.

  • @clausmvp
    @clausmvp 3 роки тому +7

    8:30 how can the camera men track and center so well those videos?

    • @doc9939
      @doc9939 3 роки тому

      thats the skill of editing

    • @richardcruz205
      @richardcruz205 3 роки тому

      you can stabilize and track footage in a multitude of editing softwares

  • @josephinebennington7247
    @josephinebennington7247 5 років тому +3

    Was there a bit of wind shear to enable the German glider to use dynamic soaring? It looked like an albatross doing just that.

  • @kae4466
    @kae4466 6 років тому +2

    couldnt figure out the whining noise in the last bit of video , then i realized that it was the variometer or something like that .

    • @finntastique3891
      @finntastique3891 6 років тому

      That's right. The variometer provides audio too. Therefore you can concentrate on the other vital instruments (mainly speed, altimeter and turn and slip indicator).

  • @Synystr7
    @Synystr7 6 років тому +10

    R/Whoosh

  • @robertzeurunkl8401
    @robertzeurunkl8401 4 роки тому +11

    5:52 - Man, LOOK at that wingspan! What glider model is that?

    • @leanderf.4335
      @leanderf.4335 4 роки тому

      nimbus 4. It has a wingspan of 26.5m

    • @robertzeurunkl8401
      @robertzeurunkl8401 4 роки тому

      @@leanderf.4335 Totally amazing! Would be a dream to fly in one of those.

    • @leanderf.4335
      @leanderf.4335 4 роки тому

      @@robertzeurunkl8401 yeah, for me too

    • @kamiltraczyk6735
      @kamiltraczyk6735 4 роки тому +1

      With those wings It could probably lift off by standing at a strong headwind 😂

  • @StefanoBorini
    @StefanoBorini 5 років тому +2

    Flick roll with the winglets... mmh...

  • @davidwheatcroft2797
    @davidwheatcroft2797 6 років тому +2

    Very nice. The danger with low flying, is the temptation to go lower and lower till something happens - usually death. Must decide BEFORE to quit at a safe altitude.
    At very high speeds, glider wingtips bend down due to 'washout'. (Look it up.)

  • @robertodellanegra5505
    @robertodellanegra5505 4 роки тому +2

    Mai visto un aliante così veloce e manovrabile! Ma non vedo il motore, se c'è!

    • @Nico9472_
      @Nico9472_ 10 місяців тому +1

      Non c’è il motore

  • @dreamdiction
    @dreamdiction 5 років тому +31

    Do not ever include clips with music.

    • @peterbrinck9169
      @peterbrinck9169 5 років тому

      Dream Diction Why?

    • @swupel3622
      @swupel3622 5 років тому

      Maybe copyright?

    • @craiggamez1713
      @craiggamez1713 5 років тому

      Peter Brinck
      Good question

    • @MarcAntoine01
      @MarcAntoine01 5 років тому +4

      Because it's annoying, it ruins the sound of the video

    • @Paiadakine
      @Paiadakine 3 роки тому

      Yes I would rather hear the sound of the glider cutting through the wind that some cheesy song.

  • @wingnutzster
    @wingnutzster 3 роки тому +3

    Engines are overrated! 2:50 I believe is the everpresent Mark Holliday at Orient in South Africa in his ASW27?

  • @jowasgehtist
    @jowasgehtist 4 роки тому +22

    3:00 was fucking dangerous wtf

    • @danyocum7485
      @danyocum7485 4 роки тому

      Lack of energy management on that one - he was definitely not going very fast - he barely made it to the field.

    • @jowasgehtist
      @jowasgehtist 4 роки тому +9

      Dan Yocum yes, plus the fact that he flew about 1.5 m height above a road that civilians literally just walked by

    • @keiththompson2172
      @keiththompson2172 4 роки тому

      Robert B id the adult and child has stopped to look left at incoming aircraftthey could easily have been hit -great footage but massively dangerous in that case . The pilot must’ve checked for cables and fencing etc before flying those loops ?

  • @marcoh.3467
    @marcoh.3467 5 років тому +2

    TERRAINE! TERRAINE!
    PULL UP! PULL UP! 😅

  • @raynic1173
    @raynic1173 3 роки тому +1

    I guess when the yarn's straight up, things are bad?

  • @graemewilce3057
    @graemewilce3057 3 роки тому

    Must be a bloody good glider pilot all those low passes..................

  • @Wildlifesupernannyfan
    @Wildlifesupernannyfan Рік тому +3

    Can you glide a glider as fast as a boeing 747?

  • @ChristineClarke-i8g
    @ChristineClarke-i8g 8 місяців тому +1

    3:14 hey that's amarican airlines

  • @matt25675
    @matt25675 3 роки тому +3

    Why do they kind of sound like they have a tiny jet engine

    • @schr75
      @schr75 3 роки тому +4

      That´s just the sound of the airflow. It sounds like a jet though.

  • @piotrsamojluk2846
    @piotrsamojluk2846 5 років тому +2

    First low pass was on EPBK with Puchacz

  • @kenwilliams3208
    @kenwilliams3208 4 роки тому +5

    What's the airspeed on some of those low passes? 200MPH?

    • @germanstorms2785
      @germanstorms2785 4 роки тому

      180 KMH is max there

    • @kenwilliams3208
      @kenwilliams3208 4 роки тому

      @@germanstorms2785 Ah, great- thanks.

    • @germanstorms2785
      @germanstorms2785 4 роки тому

      @@kenwilliams3208 np

    • @otsokivivuori7726
      @otsokivivuori7726 4 роки тому +4

      @@germanstorms2785 Many gliders have Vne (never exceed) up to 280 or 300km/h, they could be going that fast.

    • @germanstorms2785
      @germanstorms2785 4 роки тому

      @@otsokivivuori7726 oh sorry for the missinfo your right here.

  • @julioenriqueurteagasanchez
    @julioenriqueurteagasanchez 5 років тому

    Fantastic, Wonderful, Congratulation my friend
    Felicitaciones es lo que buscaba, lo encontré
    DANKE

  • @jonathanwoodham4165
    @jonathanwoodham4165 5 років тому

    ....flying headlong into the danger zone.

  • @CymruEmergencyResponder
    @CymruEmergencyResponder 3 роки тому +13

    Pilot at 3:00 should be grounded. That was just stupid.

    • @paulroberts7482
      @paulroberts7482 3 роки тому +2

      @Eric Hamilton Suggest you look up the 500ft rule if you don't hold a gliding license... its there to protect members of the public like the 2 walking along the pavement....

    • @120Pilot
      @120Pilot 3 роки тому +1

      @@paulroberts7482 I agree his approach was way too low but in this case he wasn't in violation of the 500ft rule because it doesn't apply if you're taking off or landing. (14CFR 91.119)

  • @graemewilce3057
    @graemewilce3057 3 роки тому

    Looks like they are having heeps of FUN with all those low passes and good on them if they get away with it.......????

  • @peterreber7671
    @peterreber7671 3 роки тому

    Is there a glider pilot who has tried to use polarizing filters on the cockpit camera to filter out the reflections? Or does it not work?

  • @Greggspies
    @Greggspies 5 років тому +5

    Whats the little lever he keeps adjusting?

    • @Pete-jo2nb
      @Pete-jo2nb 5 років тому +2

      Air brakes

    • @pilot3016
      @pilot3016 5 років тому +1

      Flap setting most likely. Sailplane flaps can go negative for high speed flight.

    • @flashplayz123
      @flashplayz123 5 років тому +2

      Its probably the little lever 🤫

    • @colt.45rc76
      @colt.45rc76 5 років тому

      It looks like the flaps, he probably has them in the negative for the pass then switches them back. It could be airbrakes though.

    • @josephfreeman5289
      @josephfreeman5289 4 роки тому +8

      Its the throttle

  • @iamnoone9498
    @iamnoone9498 3 роки тому +5

    Was that George Jettson going past in his space car at 2:25?

  • @fingerhorn4
    @fingerhorn4 5 років тому +23

    Fast, low passes over an unoccupied runway by a SOLO pilot are acceptable. Buzzing a populated area with people is not. Nor is buzzing a hanger, car park or anywhere else where there are people. Gliding is a dangerous sport. Gliding clubs have huge lists of safety protocols and documents. But people just have to show off. Save the ego for a computer game and fly safely. If you do not, you are just an arsehole.

    • @lautoka63
      @lautoka63 5 років тому +2

      I agree with the sentiment, though perhaps not the final description. While the big aviation world has been mandated into the world of safety management systems (SMS) - which includes gliding in the UK and Australia - the gliding world seems to regard itself as some sort of special outlier.

    • @sparky3713
      @sparky3713 5 років тому

      fingerhorn4 alright Debby Downer..

  • @armstronglance
    @armstronglance Рік тому +2

    What’s powering this glider?

    • @georgemitchel23
      @georgemitchel23 Рік тому +5

      wind...

    • @Heneling
      @Heneling Рік тому +13

      Gravity and thermal energy rising from the ground

    • @isaacstewart2527
      @isaacstewart2527 Рік тому +4

      Nothing. Its a glider...

    • @JT-nn8nj
      @JT-nn8nj Рік тому +2

      Hot air rises and provides plenty of lift for these suuuuuuper efficient aircraft. You can also use the air flowing off of sharp geographical features (look up lenticular clouds on ridges). They’re amazing. I can’t get a pilot’s license for a while due to medical reasons but I’ll gladly get a glider license in the meantime, I think I’d even find it more enjoyable than powered flight. It’s just not as practical obviously, it’s a hobby for the most part (and way cheaper than powered flight) and requires some strategic thinking throughout your flight

  • @MrBradmon
    @MrBradmon 6 років тому +2

    Too cool!

  • @jeroenruigrok3032
    @jeroenruigrok3032 6 років тому

    Dat is hel lang geleden dat ik nog wel eens een zoemertje maakte, fun!

  • @toddprifogle7381
    @toddprifogle7381 3 роки тому +3

    Wish they would have shown the speeds

    • @gorgonbert
      @gorgonbert 3 роки тому +1

      Got to be over 200km/h … otherwise it would be kinda hard to make a proper landing afterward 😋

  • @paulocesardelima1671
    @paulocesardelima1671 5 років тому

    Espetacular!!!

  • @duos1204
    @duos1204 5 років тому

    В крылья установлены малогабаритные авиамодельные двигатели, или он сбрасывает много балласта (воды) и за счет этого не теряет скорость?

    • @angrygrandpa3631
      @angrygrandpa3631 5 років тому

      Похоже у него тяга есть не от термиков, а от реактивных движков. Шум в кабине не соответствует. Летал я на планере в 70-х. И снаружи звук маленьких реактивчиков. Что-то тут не чисто...

  • @MerlynAStern
    @MerlynAStern 5 років тому +2

    What is that thing you control with your left hand?

  • @thecheebra7655
    @thecheebra7655 6 років тому +3

    0:10 is that Bruno Vassel's Glider?

  • @jaimeantonio5220
    @jaimeantonio5220 5 років тому

    Nossa. ...as asas são flexíveis !!! No pouso da pra ver elas se mexerem kkk

  • @anthonycolborne5318
    @anthonycolborne5318 6 років тому

    Brilliant flying.....

  • @Zamora7
    @Zamora7 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like a mqr drone

  • @marcocustodio8926
    @marcocustodio8926 6 років тому

    Fantástico!..👏👏👍

  • @timothyfields2179
    @timothyfields2179 5 років тому +5

    Can those things climb back to crusing altitude from that low???just seems impossible with no thrust. But im not a glider owner.

    • @Quixxer65
      @Quixxer65 5 років тому

      In a word, unlikely. Things like airspeed from diving, ground effert, thermals, wind over terrain, etc can help recover lost height, but it's hard to reach the altitude of your initial launch. Not an experienced glider pilot either though. It's also relatively easy to keep a glider in the air as long as the weather cooperates.

    • @BIOHAZARDXXXX
      @BIOHAZARDXXXX 5 років тому

      Yes, they just need to find a thermal or some nice ridge lift.

    • @eamesaerospace2805
      @eamesaerospace2805 5 років тому

      FSX737Pilot X or use the speed they got from a dive

    • @anthonyspanjich2772
      @anthonyspanjich2772 5 років тому

      @@eamesaerospace2805 I fly a hang glider..... its officially a brick now in comparison..... OMG? How in the%$#@ can these things fly like that????

    • @JeffreyOsb
      @JeffreyOsb 5 років тому +2

      With a nice thermal it should be no problem. Regarding EMU EMPIRE, that's inaccurate. You can regain some altitude but altitude is always lost in a dive followed by a climb. You will need ridge lift, wave lift, or thermal lift to get you to the "same" altitude.

  • @darringoodbrand6603
    @darringoodbrand6603 5 років тому +1

    What's the average speed & top speed of one of these gliders

    • @aviationforlive7434
      @aviationforlive7434 5 років тому +3

      The maneuvering speed is between 180 and 270 km/h the top speed is usually around 280

    • @preformme3640
      @preformme3640 5 років тому +1

      aviation for live maneuvering speed 180? Lmao

    • @DB-thats-me
      @DB-thats-me 4 роки тому +1

      LS6. Vne = 270kmh, 150kn. Ventus 3 = 280kmh and even a Ka-6 (1960’s wood and fabric) has a Vne of 200kmh!

  • @gernotrieger2338
    @gernotrieger2338 6 років тому +1

    What‘s about all that upside down?

  • @jasonharvey1681
    @jasonharvey1681 6 років тому

    Where is this? Is this by Sutters Buttes in Williams?

  •  6 років тому +6

    Dude, the least you could do is to refer to the sources of the videos. Good practice and really not that hard.

  • @jma5177
    @jma5177 5 років тому

    Como ele alcança tamanha velocidade?
    Mergulha e não diminui a velocidade?

    • @jaimeantonio5220
      @jaimeantonio5220 5 років тому

      Ele tem turbina elétrica!

    • @windowsxseven
      @windowsxseven 4 роки тому

      @@jaimeantonio5220 não, esses planadores não são motorizados

  • @onepairofhands
    @onepairofhands 6 років тому

    did i spot Wycombe air park in that montage ?

  • @angrygrandpa3631
    @angrygrandpa3631 6 років тому

    Ничего не понял. Когда мне в 76-м довелось подлетнуть на Бланике, всё было не так. Взлёт, набор, отцеп, построение захода, посадка. А тут непонятные кренделя с очевидной тягой...

  • @someguy909
    @someguy909 3 роки тому +7

    4:30 whats the trail behind the glider?

  • @Angelum_Band
    @Angelum_Band 6 років тому +1

    2:30 and then someone had the brilliant idea we needed to hear techno not the gliders... skip or mute lol!

  • @guidostahl2139
    @guidostahl2139 6 років тому +1

    impressive!!!!

  • @buspartschuguev2056
    @buspartschuguev2056 3 роки тому +4

    what a glider at 4:28 ?

  • @임석근-t5j
    @임석근-t5j 6 років тому

    길다 오르다 내리다 얇다 좋다

  • @andrewcullum7097
    @andrewcullum7097 5 років тому +5

    Hmm, I think I have to say that large bank angles, low down, even at high speeds are dangerous, pull a bit too hard, and you can very easily high speed stall and flick roll into an unrecoverable spin, so, much better to pull up, wings level, then, when in the normal Gliding attitude is re established, at a sensible speed, then turn with moderate bank angles,and not pulling hard, might seem a bit less exciting, but much safer!

    • @bluto1340
      @bluto1340 5 років тому +1

      Andrew Cullum yawn...

  • @krisc1243
    @krisc1243 6 років тому

    What do you have to do if you need more power?

    • @adonkeyoncrack
      @adonkeyoncrack 6 років тому +1

      cry

    • @cmdrrh34dod-kbjs90
      @cmdrrh34dod-kbjs90 6 років тому +1

      some more expensive gliders have a small dual prop single cylinder engine and some even have a small jet engine, both come out of the top behind the cockpit

    • @stompyrobutts
      @stompyrobutts 6 років тому

      Thermals. Weather patterns are all currents of moving air. Most of the time, you can find a large body of air moving upwards, which you can use to increase your forward speed, or altitude, or both.

    • @v-grooves8531
      @v-grooves8531 6 років тому

      Being that low, you may not be able to thermal your way out. You can only hope to use your forward momentum (energy) to get you in a position to land, or possibly like you mentioned, by the grace of God, after gaining a small amount of altitude, get in a thermal, gain altitude, give thanks to the Man and set up your approach, land and promise you will never do that again. :)

    • @scharrk
      @scharrk 3 роки тому

      Go full afterburner

  • @blasterr234
    @blasterr234 6 років тому +1

    0:04 EPBK Puchacz