Testing new bugwipers
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
- Testflight of new bugwiper system. System has Ülis Segelflugbedarf Jumbo-putzi electrical motors and BWS flexiputzer blades.
Bug wipers are plastic blades that run to the tip of the wing and back (with associated motors and retrieve lines) while at the same time scraping the leading edge with very thin monofilament fishing line. This cuts away bugs that are squashed against the wing. The effect for performance is small but noticeable, basically same as changing a new set of tires to racing car (F1, Nascar or whatever). These are mostly installed by competition pilots that want to have 100% of the glider performance.
#Gliding #CloudFlying #Cloudsurfing
I had no idea such a thing existed, but now I do.
@Super Bad the better you are?
Why? Just clean them on the ground, no?
@@jamescollier3 On longer flights - some can be eight hours - the bugs make enough of a difference.
@@jimsvideos7201 interesting. I've see cars COVERED in them, so.... lol. New wrinkle in my brain lol
Holy crap! That's some James Bond/Inspector Gadget madness!
Neat footage I remember playing micro flight as a kid, could never figure out what the beeping was for in the glider.
Beeping is vertical speed, the frequency tells you if glider is in lift or sinking airmass.
This is about to blow up.
I mean,. the video...
I'm pretty dumbfounded, tbh.
Are bugs really such an issue that you need this ?
In competitions or very long cross-country flights, yes. Short local flights, nope.
Even if they were wouldn't something like this just smear the bug over the wing. I don't get it.
Did you see his video of it removing ice? Pretty great for both.
@@roboko6618 The wiper monofilament line removes the part of the bug that turn laminar airflow into turbulent. True that It cannot remove everything, but it is a lot better than nothing.
@@krasw I would think the added weight (not to mention complexity and cost) of a system like this would negate any performance gain of the bug material being cleaned off. But it looks innovative, just thinking out loud and not intentionally trying to be a downer.
For a second there, i thought this was microsoft flight simulator.
I could just imagine a passengers look if this was used on a commercial jet and they saw it out the window
they go too fast and too high for bugs to be an issue
A video i didnt ask for but needed
I see that the plane is from Finland, very nice! Greetings from the Åland islands!
Good job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
0:00 that moment I wasn't sure if it was a game or real life
Don’t know why I’m here but I want one now.
Awesome video!
Very cool!
here after watching Demo Mesa, thought these were bagpipes. kinda glad they aren't
Why not use a super nonstick spray on? Some have -100°F to 500°F, with super slick surface. Water, ice, bug bodies, will slide off. Now question is, length of wings and plane, amount required of spray used to coat wing, will it out weigh the mechanisms to run blades and the blades themselves?
Personally, I would just do key drag areas, places bugs, dirt and ice might accumulate, that way it minimizes weight to the plane.
It could reduce static charge, which would reduce lighting attraction.
It's a spray on, it's not a heavy spray, not like paint.
I use polymer sealant (modern "car wax") on the leading edge to help remove bugs. Not sure if better chemicals are available though.
@@krasw the new ceramic coatings are mindblowingly more impressive
@@tedzbug07 No doubt they are! We have to clean and wash leading edges after every flight. This wears any sealant away very quickly. Ceramic coating might survive only few months I'm afraid.
To smoke a joint in there Is just heaven
And illegal and extremely dangerous
I watched the video now UA-cam, are you happy now? Leave me alone.
So neat.
There's.....something on the wing....some....thing..
nice reference just glad it's not a monster
So, do bugs make that big of an aerodynamic difference to require them being scraped off? Or am I just stupid?
They do, on glider wing.
Anyone else first thought the wings were extending?
That wing is so long it spans all the way across the country
Nah he tweakin
So cool
Nice
3P0 on ecstacy in the back
Can’t imagine that does very much at all if my car windscreen is anything to go by..
Have you tried using your windscreen as a wing? :)
Now I don’t know anything about the intricacies of gliding so this is a genuine question, but if squashed bugs on the wing surface could affect aerodynamic efficiency id have to imagine 30 seconds of significantly larger wing contamination from a set of large wiper blades negate any increase in performance from removing the dead bugs?
Not really, wiping takes too short time to be noticeable.
Still not too sure what bugs are there up at that level.....
Thermals, the same things that get gliders up that high too
how does this work? very cool to see.
Aerodynamic force pushes it out, something like fishing line pulls it in. I think.
@@jimsvideos7201 Yes exactly, wipers go to wing tips using aerodynamic force and are winched back with strong dyneema line (runs under the wing, not visisible on video). Each wiper has it's own electric winch inside fuselage and small micro controller that senses the line tension (loose line means a huge mess). Pretty high tech 😉
You catching bugs like bird ?
They get squashed against wing leading edge like on your car windscreen while flying.
bugs can fly that high?
disculpad, mi falta de conocimientos, pero para que sirven ?
saludos!
Long wings lol
Is that really necessary?
Wiping bugs off of a car windshield with fixed wiper blades? Nahhhhhhhh...
Wiping bugs off of glider wings to decrease drag and increase lift coefficient with a semi-automatic external wiper contraption?
Hell Yeah.
What if it gets smeared?
Is it a pain to install those?
One day of work, it is doable
How much weight does it add?
Probably few hundred grams, virtually nothing compared to glider mass.
Thats some heavy ass bullshit right there. I am not surprized that nonsese comes out of Germany.
Completely unnecessary, very expensive, highly unreliable. German AF.
Is that an ls8 18 ?
Yes, LS8-st
i think thats for ice
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