Good landing planning and execution although a steeper final would be more safe and controlable with more brakes on. JGM - Gliding instructor.
@jandielens636717 күн бұрын
Some more outlanding advice: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYmsnp1op6yenJosi=nDWsPIAx0oOnZ0VS . Probably one of the best videos on outlandings, flatlands though.
@sierrazulu19 күн бұрын
Thanx for commentary and a few points of camera views
@ulrichgloeckl607224 күн бұрын
I do not like the title. Outlanding with a glider is a normal thing and nothing that has to be „survived“
@MustBe_JustMe4 ай бұрын
Germany!
@cdeerinck4 ай бұрын
Nicely executed landing. But if you are team flying, take advantage of that. Don't ever just follow the other glider. Split up and cover twice the opportunities. While in general, the day looked very weak, it looked like you had some strong sink on that last ridge. If there is no prevailing winds, and you hit sink on a ridge, it usually means the air is returning to higher altitudes in the center of the valley, so try that before you get too low. Also, once you flew down the ridge and it wasn't working, for sure don't re-fly the same ridge.
@berndkorthaus50825 ай бұрын
It is a good idea not to change the airbrake position if not necessary below lets say 100 meters, and just concentrate on sufficient speed and a nice smooth curve above the ground. Even if that means you do not land short and have a bit way back to the trailer. This is a great video that shows what can happen when moving the brakes in a low height. Thanks a lot.
@berndkorthaus50825 ай бұрын
With that overcast cloud situation, where and how should the thermals develop? That was not really a day for cross country flight, especially in the alps. So there was a high probability for an outlanding when attempting cross country however. As there is always a small chance that a glider gets damaged at outlanding, it might be better to skip such a day and wait patiently for better weather. Or pack the glider into the trailer and drive into better weather the day before.
@wolkenbummler7 ай бұрын
You should have tried the opposit side of the valley. The small hills NW of the Lofferer Steinberge are often good for a low save. It makes no sense to stay at a slop that doesent work.
@easy081547117 ай бұрын
Nice landing, I would have gone to St. Johann airfield, 10-15 km down the valley, since the sky did not look very promising I would have left earlier and higher. From there a Towplane would have brought you back to Uw.
@whytwojay8 ай бұрын
You know the thermals go crazy when the vario starts sounding like the targeting computer from Star Wars 😂
@hobiegal8 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this very much. I’m fascinated with gliders and would love to ride in one someday. For now I’ll just have to be content with simulated gliding. This was the first of your videos I’ve seen, and subscribed for more.
@wilkoone91558 ай бұрын
I did 35 outlandings during my time x country glider flying. Pilots usually retrieve each other. Once I retrieved a fellow pilot with 2 other fellow pilots. We found our friend's glider, but he was in the farmer's house having tea & sandwiches so we went ahead and put his glider in the trailer & then we went looking for him. We didn't tell him that we already had his glider in the trailer. The fun started when we drove past the field he had landed in and he couldn't see his glider. We then spent some time looking for it, before admitting what we had done 🤣 !
@bruyouri348 ай бұрын
Allways remove the horizontal stabilizer first !
@obiwanrazzy9 ай бұрын
Not sure I'm correctly interpreting, so I'll ask. Do you program your pattern altitude, plus a safety factor, required into your flight computer so that final glide calculation takes that into account? As opposed to your final glide calc getting you a 0 AGL arrival.
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
I do not set any safety factors. Since I know 0 AGL will mean arriving with ~0 spare I will mentally select my safety factor based on the conditions. Sometimes that’s as much as +500m if I expect valley winds to become a headwind.
@DiegocalaveraZ9 ай бұрын
Model of plane?
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
It's an LS4b
@gcm43129 ай бұрын
I've seen this kind of visualization before. What app/website generates this?? thanks!
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Yes, NATS did an amazing video like this a few years back with professional animation software. I make these with a home made webGL app. It's not quite public ready but subscribe for news.
@gcm43129 ай бұрын
@@the.flying.adventure ahhh cool! thanks for the reply
@leifdux72779 ай бұрын
should have installed an engine! 😊 nah, great video on how it gets disassembled for trailer haul!
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
No! An engine spoils all the fun. But seriously, gliding is all about psychology and an engine changes it entirely.
@davidallan96249 ай бұрын
Don't you usually take the taiplane off before the wings? If the fuselage tips over you're less likely to break the tail.
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Yes, the flight manual says to take off the tail first (well it says to do the "reverse assembly sequence") but the trailer has such a big cradle, even to push the glider over intentionally would be difficult.
@davidallan96249 ай бұрын
@the.flying.adventure That's fine. Great video. Retrieves can be fun too.
@Jim6109 ай бұрын
@@the.flying.adventure As long as you retract the gear before you take the wings off and the trailer doesn't have a hydraulic jack that just needs a foot in the wrong place to collapse it!
@M4Mnetwork9 ай бұрын
At the time of this comment, 980 subscribers. Keep up the good work!
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Thanks! Will do!
@nik.68459 ай бұрын
subscribed🎉
@nik.68459 ай бұрын
This is actually a great video
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
I hope one day I can do it in more detail though. The timelapse was a lucky after thought on that day and I think this is an underrated topic
@mickmolloy59649 ай бұрын
980 Subs... getting close... nice video thank you
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
yes! I have to admit it happened faster than I expected :)
@arthur1789 ай бұрын
I’m guessing you left the tailplane until last just for the video as this is not the normal procedure
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Yes, the flight manual says to take off the tail plane first but it was doing a good job of holding the camera and there was low risk of tipping the glider.
@henryluebberstedt78199 ай бұрын
LS4 is great to fly but due to its extremely efficient brakes sometimes tricky to land... Well done, mate!
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Thanks. I've flown some jazzy gliders but I think the LS4b is still my favourite
@howardtreesong48609 ай бұрын
I stopped watching when you said 'no kerosene'.
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
thanks for letting us know
@fifi23o59 ай бұрын
Top Fun!
@tubexy26009 ай бұрын
Gut, vor allem der deutsche Kommentar 😊
@M4Mnetwork10 ай бұрын
Wonderful video Sir! Per your narration, you demonstrated a lot of good advance judgment to hedge your risks as the flight progressed and conditions failed to improve. It's also nice that you're sharing your hard-earned experience with us for free. Respect!
@the.flying.adventure9 ай бұрын
Many thanks! Really appreciate the feedback. Hopefully others can learn without having to experience the drama for themselves!
@SkidzFPV10 ай бұрын
Was it 7 m/s average? Or peak 7m/s? I’ve hit 6 m/s peak but the average of that climb was closer to 4 m/s, this was on a paraglider though.
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
it was 7.9 m/s on average from entry to the point we had to leave before getting sucked into the cloud! Incredible feeling
@user-yg8mq8dw4o10 ай бұрын
Killin it!
@RoelBaardman10 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@malibu18810 ай бұрын
One of the gliding clubs I was associated with had a perpetual trophy made from a broken fence post 😂 This trophy was awarded quite often to various club members.
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
I guess it's a good thing if you manage to get back and have a laugh about it.
@PureGlide10 ай бұрын
As the old saying goes: If you're going to hit a fence, hit the far fence
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
The old ones are the best ones.
@Defyuse66610 ай бұрын
Responding to the comment I made on the english version : yeah, a full landig sequence after the video is a good idea, especially with the 3 camera angles. Well done! ( if I should criticize your landing, 120/130kph while you can do like 100 including an extra safety is a little bit too fast for an approach speed (unless you had a strong facewind, I don't have all the details)). My instructors always told me to watch my speed and keep it low when possible so it trains me to outland if I have too. Otherwise, great job and nice average speed :) )
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
yes I'm maybe a bit too relaxed about higher speed when landing on a longer paved runway. Though, I think rather than "Always do x, y, or z" I think it's best to know how to do a range of techniques and know that on any given flight you would be comfortable performing any of them. e.g. landing on a steepish upslope with a tail wind may feel uncomfortably fast if you only train landing on the published approach speed. Having a toolbox of techniques is what helps me confidently approach the unknown.
@Michael-iw3ek10 ай бұрын
did he say 200 knots??
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
I did say 100 knots. Old habbits ... km/h is a bit of a mouthful though.
@mikakoski10 ай бұрын
Great videos!
@user-sf9pq5ox7w10 ай бұрын
well done! great graphics. what is the L/D of your sailplane?
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
It is an LS4b and according to wikipedia it has a maximum glide ratio of 40.5:1 at 100 km/h
@kevingoza10 ай бұрын
Incredible!
@thermaljunkie10 ай бұрын
Bad weather: an outlanding should be expected. Nothing to "survive". Don´t like the lurid/sensational title :-(
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
On the lower end of the experience scale I think most of us are happy to survive a flight in the alps, whether it involves landing out or not.
@PilotAndrea10 ай бұрын
Oh wow, is that you talking in german? Or is it a new feature? It's your voice in an almost perfect german without any dialect, it seems. Awesome! Well... I'm sure it will be helpful for some german audience, but the most of us are able to understand your declarations in english, as I guess. Landing: 10 out of 10 ;-) Best regards Andrea
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
Thanks. Unfortuantely not a new feature but a little helping hand from the AI to make it sound perfect. Sadly you can't expect that same quality in real life ;)
@PilotAndrea10 ай бұрын
And again another gorgeous and informative Video! Really like your style. Cheers Andrea
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
Thanks again!
@Aircat0x0110 ай бұрын
perfekt gerne mehr
@msierra382710 ай бұрын
Passt so wie du magst :)
@rickdeckard747010 ай бұрын
Awesome flight!! great video new to this channel. Can you share your XCprofile do you use more pages? Also, what tablet is that?
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
I plan to do more on the XCSoar where I can share more about my settings. The pages I use are: 1. Full screen map 2. Cruise 3. Climb 4. Airspace I think the secret to getting a profile that works for you is: pair it with Condor and do some long flights in the sim. Highly recommended for the offseason or long rainy weeks like now! The tablet is a Lenovo TB-8505F
@bertv60210 ай бұрын
I hope people appreciate the time you've put in in your video edit and that the wide view lens changes perception of closeness of objects (border) It's always good not being the first one going into a paddock, you know its okay. The sharp bump just after touch down is a testimony to build quality of gliders, except for the LS brakes 😀 I once landed out during a contest in a field full of gliders, it looked like an airfield, a Discus BT even did a marginal low pass with his turbo running.... I have great memories of numerous outlandings, so I'm not a sofa pilot I think hèhè. To me it looked as an almost dead air mass, I think in that valley at 500m above the floor there was no chance of getting away, not enough energy passing trough the cloud deck and not enough wind. Keep flying in all sorts of weather, your learning curve will be steeper in marginal conditions!
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
yes the marginal weather is where most of the learning is happening. It certainly exposes you a great deal more on a day like this compared to a day where you find +3 m/s climbs with your eyes closed.
@jme10410 ай бұрын
Fine . Do you have listed fields like they have in France ?
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
It’s possible to download a catalog of landing fields from landewiesen.streckenflug.at/ and display in xcsoar. Covers most areas I fly.
@berndkorthaus508210 ай бұрын
On 2:37 you fly with about 130 km/h towards the airfield, while the yellow triangle on the airspeed indicator is around 90. Was there a specific reason for this fast approach?
@the.flying.adventure10 ай бұрын
Touching down on the threshold of an 800m runway at ~130km/h was my “brake to vacate” speed to reach the far end where the glider needs to be put away. So more to minimise walking than anything flight safety related. I got to know the glider well so don’t need so much the book speed.
@johnfoster120110 ай бұрын
Awesome video. I love your commentary, especially your thought process using XC Soar and integrating WeGlide with it. Thanks.