Glider Take Off and Landing at Nephi
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- Опубліковано 21 лип 2015
- See what it is like to take off and land a glider from Nephi, Utah. This was shot during the 2015 Nephi OLC/XC Camp where around 60 gliders from all over the country came to fly all around Utah for 9 days. We ended up flying 3+ times around the earth and had a blast. I wish I would have started filming the landing about 2 minutes earlier when I was flying up by the cliffs south east of Nephi. What a beautiful and amazing place to fly! The glider is an ASW-27B and I have loved every second soaring and flying cross country in it! Thanks for watching. Bruno
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No screwy engine to worry about. A very peaceful way of flying. :)
Dabarda ik
Until you accidently try to conduct your first go around...
You stopped within 10 metres of the end of the runway.....awesome judgement man.
Always love to see a new Bruno V video on my sub list, and they look great full screen too.
Very Cool! You stuck that landing, rolled right up to your waiting friends. Great flying and just great for those of us that understand what you are doing and how well you are doing it. I could watch hours of this and will!
Always a pleasure watching you fly.
The quality of your videos is ridiculous, you've developed this youtube thing into an art really. Glad to see you having fun!
root9065 :) Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed it.
Bruno Vassel
also theraputic to watch as well :) especially when you float your passengers to wake them up :D
Haha Call that gliding? Pfft
Luke Bauer what you can glide better can ya 😂
There's always that guy nitpicking. What part did you find ridiculous?
Love your videos! I haven't flown for nearly 10 years and your videos keep my hopes up until my life allows soaring again. Keep it up!
Such fun to watch, tinged with a little fear! Great video and commentary. Thank you.
What beautiful scenery, and it looks peaceful up high as he's gliding in this LSA.
It's a great way to escape and be free, only if it's for a little while.
No worries about birds getting sucked into an engine!
Great job videotaping from the beginning to the end, flawless.
wow, so little and smooth movements of that stick...you sir are well seasoned!!!!
Well done Bruno. You are an inspiration
I don't comment much, Bruno, but I really enjoy your various flights and commentary.
I've started soaring in the last 3 years SE of Seattle and have thoroughly enjoyed it. Don't know why I took so long to finally do it! Puts a smile on my face every time.
Thank you for sharing and taking us along. I appreciate it as I look to buy a glider before long (found a basic Phoebus I'm looking at).
Keep it safe and keep up the great air work.
Chris Gresham thanks Chris. Please contact me before you fly the Phoebus so we can talk about some potential surprises. Thanks for the comment and for saying hi.
Did you ever get your phobeus?
@@darkshadow713 Nope. Never did. Had some flying club issues, then lost my job, and I haven't flown in years now.
Thanks for asking. I miss it.
Spectacular.
1 video of you watched subscribed already. Really really good quality
I really love your videos!
Wow. The landscape there is gorgeous! I'd really want to soar there one day! :)
thank you. camera work terrific as is the scenery - not to mention your flying skill. As a wannabe pilot I take a great interest in your flying technique. Of much value would be insets of your ASI, VAR and altimeter gauges maybe top right os screen.
great videos. I have viewed many. always entertaining. thanks again.
Actually calling out to yourself where you're gonna land if the cable breaks is a great idea! I'm not sure how useful it will be during a winch launch but i'll try it myself.
This is something that I will adopt forthwith.
I will also suggest it to ti CFI as Sop for training.
Thanks. 👍
Just as useful. Only that the thresholds will come much quicker one after another on a winch, typically: straight ahead up to ~230 ft, landing downwind ~500 ft, two-turn pattern ~800 ft, normal pattern ~1000 ft. It largely depends on the particular airfield. Also, the winch is very tricky very low.
Very impressive!
Always a great flight with you Bruno. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, I did a successful solo and got my G wings - aero-tow to 3000 and best circuit I did so far. A pleasant 20 min flight but more sink than lift sadly. Now the training begins.
Interesting you took the midfield in the strong wind, shows you don't need to fly by the numbers, as I've recently found in a 25Kt wind myself - a little scarey (for me).
But come on Bruno, do ensure you secure the cockpit prior to landing - saves the odd cellphone hitting you on the head :)
Keep safe...
Birds Eye View The cell phone doesn't fly very often around the cockpit, but when it does, it is pretty spectacular. :)
Wow, what a slow climb out on tow! Must have been full of water and a super hot day to boot. Great video!
resiggy13 Yep - full gross on the glider and over 100 degrees that day. Sloooooow climb! :)
I love your vids dude. I can't afford to take up this hobby but your videos help me see into this world. Great stuff. Keep em coming!
Ah yes, the bird scooters of the sky...That is amazing how these things work with no propulsion engine...The interior is quite nice too
Hi Bruno - like the video, but for someone who hasn't been there, a SeeYou map view describing your upcoming flight path would help us anticipate what you're about to do. A link to the OLC trace would also work, but cutting in the SeeYou for 10 secs or so would be useful. Hopefully in 2017 OLC camp I can be there!
Nice! Thanks for the ride~! I'm coming east to your country this fall.
Great video bruno, i hope you know you're lucky with such a beatiful place to fly
missionmanify Amen to that! Very lucky. Thanks for watching.
Nice landing Bruno
lovely vid, WOW you get FANTASTIC views...gliding...you said "little balloon jumps" or something but i think you landed pretty smoothly.....😊😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈
*Very noice!*
Bruno I can't get enough of your flying. Would there be any possibility as technology develops, of having a kind of 'heads up' screen separate from the glider's panel, so that watchers can see the important gauges like airspeed, variometer and altimeter? What I mean is separate dials somewhere in the corner of the screen?
Bruno, I can't tell you how much I appreciate allowing us to ride along with you. You really do a superb job with the commentary and the quality of the videos and the editing. Please, keep it up. I would LOVE to learn to fly like you do, and just watching you fly is such a pleasure. I live in Virginia at the present time, and Front Royal has a club that I may look into, but the views you have are so awe inspiring, to say the least. Be safe and may you always get lifted when you need it! Dan
+Dan D. Dan - thanks so much for watching my videos and for taking the time to reach out and say hi. You need to go for a flight yourself!!! Careful thought, you will become hopelessly addicted like the rest of us. Take care and let me know how your first flight goes. Bruno
Bruno Vassel I can't believe I'm spending hours looking at your videos, I'm taking steps to join the adventure, thank you, and keep it coming.
Great to hear you are looking into getting started in gliding! You will love it. Please let me know how your first flight goes. Would love to hear. Best, Bruno
Once you are airborne can you go up in elevation or do you gradually lose altitude as you go? I'm fascinated by all this. Your videos are very interesting and fun. Thank you for bringing us along for the glide!
Yes! Gliders can gain altitude by flying in rising bubbles of air. That allows them to fly many hundreds of miles in a single day. Pretty cool. Go take a glider ride sometime and see for yourself how amazing they are!
8:04 what's in your right hand? Navigating using your man handle..now this is the height of innovation. Lol
Mighty glad you've taken me flying again!!
The landing & the information -- that I was able to get -- was spectacular, spectacular. The way you do it, I'm almost flying the bird myself... No amount of words will convey to you my gratitude.
What is the climb rate that plane can achieve pulling you up? I naively thought it could climb somewhat faster.
Luís Miguel Marques Thanks for the kind words. The day of this flight was around 102 degrees and I was full of water ballast in my wings. Normally, the airplane can pull you up faster. At least we cleared the power lines at the end of the runway... ;)
Bruno Vassel Ok, I get it. Didn't suspect those temperatures around you...
And please, when commenting your actions and plans, don't forget us, ignoramuses...
Bless you for enjoying and making us enjoy.
Your videos are so amazing; you really get a sense of what it's like to fly. I'm curious is it considered "highly advanced" to fly around mountains like this or are most glider pilots capable of this (not newbies of course)? I love seeing the terrain up close it's amazing.
PAinVA Thanks for watching and for the kind words. Mountain flying is considered advanced and should be done with great care. I have loved seeing the mountains up close but have also had multiple friends get too close and pay the price.
Bruno Vassel Thanks Bruno. I didn't want to imply that you are risky or dangerous I just wasn't sure what's typical for this sport. If at some point you want to make a video of a walk-around of your glider I'd love to hear the various features design trade-offs etc; I'm an engineer by training and it fascinates me. Oh and thanks for not playing music; I just want to hear that beautiful sound of the wind!
way tow go
Good decision on the midfield base leg.
Fantastic looks really great. Bruno you have so many videos on this UA-cam, do you actually have a job or do you just fly every day? Any way i like them. Thanks
Sixty gliders, not ninety right Bruno? LOL. I hope I can come join you guys in a couple years!
Garrett McEwen Ha! :) Funny. Guess I needed video proof to show both how many gliders were there and also how amazing Nephi is capable of handling very large events. Note the numerous options to land at the airport in a pinch. Thanks for watching.
I’m so dirty minded lol
Ikr
Thought I was the only one lmfao
Worst place to put a yolk lol, it's quite literally a joy stick
Trust me when you are flying you don’t even think about that at all.😅
Thought that said 2 months ago lol
3:12
very good reflex :)
What’s that bro
very good low fly.
Gained a sub! What camera do you use?
prolly a go pro lol .
how long do you spend in the sky befor landing? great videos btw
+kidknowlege Normal flights last anywhere from 5-7 hours flying up to 1000km (620 miles!)
If you're asking me that's the way to go, just me and my little stick..."Not in a racing mode no reason to go so...fast, strong winds....getting blown left and right...not sure if I can roll...tail back so I can control....fun stuff" 😇🙂
How do you detach from the plane and how it doesn't hit something else when it is detached??
Why was there such a low rate of climb out on the tow, or did it increase after you cut the video? I use to fly gliders in college years ago, only got to fly a Schweizer 2-33 towed behind a Helio Courier, wow, was boxing the wake a white knuckle event.
+curtisls00 It looks even worse when you are actually in the glider and looking at the end of the runway coming up! :) This was a hot summer day and the glider was full gross weight with 36 gallons of water in the wings. The airport elevation is 5000' and with the heat, the density altitude (actual air density for the day) was more like around 9000'. Good thing Nephi is a pretty long runway.
Hey Bruno I have been watching a lot of your videos for a while now and I want to get into flying. I've been up in one 2 times but it was with a pilot, which means lots of money each time. Basically what I'm trying to say is, Im interested in flying more and without paying a lot each time, and my local airport offers a junior gliding membership. Do you recommend doing it?
Pyro Thanks for watching. Sounds awesome that your local airport has some sort of a program. Years ago before there were fences around all the airports, kids would show up and help people wash their planes, move stuff in their hangars, fuel planes, etc and they would get all kinds of offers to go fly. If you get involved there at the airport, I promise many pilots will help to both encourage you to fly and make it possible. Have a blast!
Nice
smart mr. gold hair.
Your landings are always perfect.. Well done. Question; How did you get the moniker B4? Your glider's N-Number is "N77UN" why not use it?
Jason Ellis My name is actually Bruno Vassel IV. Yes, my son is the 5th! B4 works perfect. :)
Bruno Vassel AH! Well that makes perfect sense then.. So when will we start seeing B5 taking to the skies in his own glorious machine?
Jason Ellis Funny - if you look back a few months, I posted a video of taking B5 on a glider flight. Fell asleep within minutes of take off and I needed to float him about the cockpit to wake him up. Not sure if he will ever catch the flying bug.
thank you i wish this sport was more affordable... I don't plan on getting married or having kids so hopefully soon
Is it normal to take off and be above the towing plane?
Yes, it's because gliders have a longer wingspan and are much lighter. The glider pilot can control the lift at any stage.
A bit above the tow plane. Too low and the glider bounces in the propwash from the tow’s propellers... too high, though, and the glider will lift the tail of the towplane, forcing it into a dive. This can have disastrous consequences if it occurs during the initial take off run when the planes are very close to the ground.
Glider aint got engine man, its light and like kite...
whoa, was the OAT like 90 degress or something? that tow plane seems to struggle...
Lord Auriel We wish it was 90 degrees. It was 101 degrees that day!!! The density altitude was somewhere close to 9000'! Nephi has a 100'x6300' runway and you can see we need every foot we can use. With the numerous fields around the airport it makes it a little less stressful on low tow like this but for pilots new to the west who are used to flying near sea level, they get pretty concerned flying over the end of the runway at only a few hundred feet.
Hello Bruno!
Wich tipe of Gopro you use over your shoulder?
I'm thinking to buy one.
Béla Kocsis It is a few years old. A GoPro 3+ Black I think it was called. The newer ones might be better but this one does some pretty decent quality.
Another nice (or not) subject to speak about in your next flight. I'm a paraglider pilot and in very long flights, well, nature calls. Everyone has their techniques like holding the thing, tubes, diapers, bottles, wetting everything. I manage to hold the thing pretty well, but it's not the first time I have to land to water the roses. However, I can land almost everywhere. What about in a glider?
Nuno Girão We wear condom catheters and tube it directly outside of the glider to become water mist for a half second. :) You have seen me pee lots if you have watched any of my videos and you just didn't know it. Very convenient! No, I'm not going to make a video of it... :)
Bruno Vassel I wondered what you used. I've tried adult diapers and don't find them particularly useful.
quick question here..does glider have something to keep it flying?..im pretty sure this glider doesnt have engines so how come it can be in the air for a long time
ver light
big wings
a little bit of knowdladge how to use air curents to go up
done
I have a question, do this aircrafts have and engine in the wheels?
Hi Bruno, currently I'm a 14 year old solo pilot in the UK, and I'm wondering what is the best way for getting into having my own glider, have you got any advice?
Joshua Setford STEAL ONE. They are just laying around every where. But Josh make sure you bring it back unharmed and remember to fill out the log book and maintenance release with any u/s’s annotated correctly.
Oh and return it to where you “borrowed” it fm. Ok Josh be cool and remember that stealing is against the law and morally reprehensible. Fly high and have fun and be good. Bye ✈️🤘🍾🙈🙉🙊🏄🐬⛵️👍
How much is one of these ? Can I take training or need pilot wings ?
First time i see this it’s scary
That how you keep the environment healthy
Fucking great!!
lol now i wanna do this
What is the changing beeping tones i hear in all your videos, I have to know
It is called a variometer and it tells the pilot if the glider is going up or down. Gliders can climb in air currents, not just glide down like many people think. That is how they can fly many hundreds of miles all day long.
That was exactly what i though it was. Thanks for the reply.
can we modified and put mini propeller
I have read in dictionary that glider fly without any engine
Please tell me is it right
Suman Kala yes it does not fly with an engine
Thats why its called a glider
A glider's only engine is convectional current.
Do you haave an emergency engine tuhat you can use
So how did you take off if there’s no engine
Why didn't you clear the active?
Gwen Walcott Great question. My engine didn't exist to taxi off. Nephi has a very tight 90 degree turnoff onto the taxi way. The taxi is also only 35 feet wide with lights on the sides. To roll off onto the taxiway would require a lot of speed and energy in the glider and most gliders don't steer very well when they are slowed down. There are also people there to help get you off the runway. Going fast into them is dangerous. In an event like this, we tell people to roll to the end and people will help them get the glider off the runway. Make sense?
it's 243% safely.
Idk if it's medical, but why were you on oxygen
Should never think you're "screwed" for options
GlidingHD You are right. I said what was on my mind at the time. There are lots of fields but they are also fairly small when low. I guess it was showing that I was not decisive at that moment about which field to pick and was really hoping the rope wouldn't break! :)
oh... so they just use a regular plane to take off... well then what's the point?
The point is the 4-6 hours of gliding around and having fun before you come in and land after the plane pulls you up. Gliders can fly many hundreds of miles and have a great time. It's not just getting pulled up and then coming down. Watch some of my other videos to see what I'm talking about.
dar du dar du dar du.
I know this is a bit far fetched but I'm legally blind & I have a real Interest In aviation would It be possible for me to get my glider pilot's licence I do understand that I would need someone In a glider with me at all time.
Is it safe for you to operate a car if your blind? I highly doubt the will give you a license to operate anything nevermind something that flys in the air. I'm not trying to be mean but come on really? I think your best option is to be a passenger
Chuck Norris rood
@@excusemewhat8904 its the truth. why tell the blind guy a lie to be nice?
How much is a glider like yours?
한국인 손 ㅋㅋ
And the way you play with your tiny joystick
He lands at 8:54
hi,lower flying.
have no 5.
Another great video with more great flying Bruno! Nice control on that crosswind during take off. Thanks for posting. Check out my son's landing at ua-cam.com/video/z-QddbGc_fM/v-deo.html Also check out their website at balloonpong.com Fly safely!
didn't call base or final. for shame! :)
All I can say is.....
Stop touching the FN camera!z,!
Hes playing with his lil peepee
This Guy doesn’t even know how to land in the traffic pattern
Why don't you ever do barrel rolls
Great question. Simple answer: my glider's flight manual strictly prohibits barrel rolls. I am allowed to do loops and some other fun acro but not barrel rolls.