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@speeddemon8977 21 сағат бұрын
can you fly from Albania crossing the Adriatic sea to Italy with a glider? or is it to far
@RudisGlidingAdventures 10 сағат бұрын
Hi! There have been flights made along the adriatic coast during strong notheasterly winds. That triggered waves in which Slovenian pilots were able to fly till Albania (and back btw), reaching several thousands of metres of altitude. I could imagine then crossing the adriatic sea with tailwind until Italy. Presently some glider pilots are using this technique to fly from France to korsika and sardinia and further to Italy. So I am pretty sure that from a metereological point of view it should be possible. What I don't know if there are any small airfields in Albania with gliders and glider pilots? Do you know any? I am be curious about that 😃
@andalusienrolfito3382 18 күн бұрын
glückwunsch...👍 das 1000 kilometer diplom hängt bei mir auch an der wand...😉
@RudisGlidingAdventures 13 күн бұрын
Dankeschön, ja war ein langjähriger Traum der in Erfüllung gegangen ist 😊
@andalusienrolfito3382 13 күн бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures ja, ein tolles erlebnis... bei mir ist es schon ein paar jahre her, werde es aber nie vergessen, wie ich am feuerstein empfangen wurde...🥂
@EnriqueGraciaColl 25 күн бұрын
I had some very good initial feelings with Hawk but I have had quite misleading days with it too. Sometimes when low I have been stuck in thermals that Hawk signaled as positive enough but I realized my altitude was going down. It is not a good surprise to realize that when you have little margin. Also in other thermals when Hawk was barely positive and I went up solidly. I started with a lot of trust after the trial period but I have put back the sound back to TEK which seems to me now that is less reliable at the start, more false positives and more time lag, but more reliable when staying in the thermal. Maybe I have something wrong, but I have had both experiences. My negative surprise was how much you tend to trust vario sound, up to the point where it can get you into a bit of trouble by staying in a too weak thermal for longer than needed.
@RudisGlidingAdventures 13 күн бұрын
Hello Enrique, thank you very much for your comment! I share your thoughts and after some years of experience I Plan to do a follow-up video on that topic. I have learned quite some lessons with it where I think it is worth to share. By the way: I still fly with both needles enabled (HAWK and TEK) and I am struggling if I should put back the audio of the variometer to TEK. Besides of that I love the horizontal wind indication, in particular in mountainous terrain I never want to miss ist again!
@user-wx4up5yg3d 28 күн бұрын
I have a K6E…. Nothing better than
@zikamikakokoku Ай бұрын
Do you know who I can ask for a private 2 hour flight in Austrian or swiss alps?
@andalusienrolfito3382 Ай бұрын
near miss.....?
@sammoradi8647 Ай бұрын
just VL3
@RudisGlidingAdventures Ай бұрын
VL3 is not a towplane 😉
@wesleycardinal8869 Ай бұрын
Great video. Those 360 shots were amazing 👍🇦🇺
@RudisGlidingAdventures Ай бұрын
Thank you 😃
@skyearthocean5815 Ай бұрын
Is there a two place version of this glider?
@RudisGlidingAdventures Ай бұрын
No, unfortunately not
@skyearthocean5815 23 күн бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures Darn, maybe someday
@jmingog2023 Ай бұрын
thanks for showing storage compartment
@RichardRichmond123 Ай бұрын
Hi Rudy, I owned a KA 6CR in the late 70's. Entered a few sports class contests and flew it a lot. I sold it and purchased a Standard Cirrus. It's true that the performance and characteristics are vastly different but flying KA 6CR would bring a smile to any sailplane pilots face, as it did to yours.
@surplusstock8778 Ай бұрын
How much power is required to sustain flight?I have an electric Bosch motor 3.5kw and 110 ftlbs of torque from electric motorcycle.Battery 3kwh.Could this sustain level flight?
@RudisGlidingAdventures Ай бұрын
Hi, for level flight are approximately 4-5kW are required ... it seems like your motor is just a little too less powerful 🫤
@jamesa5720 Ай бұрын
One of the best enthusiastic sailplane videos i have seen; beautiful cloud level soaring in a great ship. As a kid in the mid 60's, I spent my weekends in Rockwall, TX, where my late-father flew another classic, a Schweizer 1-26, but I knew he actually coveted the Ka6cr which a few guys flew at the club. Years later, in my early adulthood, I bought myself a 1-26 and loved every minute of it. After a couple of years, I moved up to another classic, a Standard Libelle 201b, that was an amazing and easy ship to fly; not so easy to land, ha. Great times for sure.
@RudisGlidingAdventures Ай бұрын
Great thank you 😃
@Unknowkoko Ай бұрын
How much that glider cost.
@AnDrEw122100 2 ай бұрын
This thing is soooooo cool.
@ayokay123 2 ай бұрын
This appears to be the best powered implementation for glider purists who wish to forego the tow line, and as you rightly point out, there's a big difference between a retractable and built-in motor. I hope the electric powered glider industry will pursue this technology further. If I was going to purchase my own glider, this is the exact type I would get.
@lert2161 2 ай бұрын
When I took up gliding in 1964 I was 20 and the Ka6 was the clubs 'hot ship'. It took 3 or for 4 years before I got a seat in it. Then we got a 301 Libelle!
@toadamine 2 ай бұрын
Have you noticed any degredation in runtime or power after owning this for a couple years?
@stephaniekent8483 2 ай бұрын
I flew a K8 in wave to 18000 feet from a low point of 300 feet in 1982, no oxygen,radio,parachute or electric vario just an old ticking barometer behind my head lol and no warm clothing sheesh I was 30 years old then, Im 72 now and the memory is still vivid, I got my gold height award for that and landed at dusk after a few hours airborne once I found a hole in the clouds to spiral down through...the beer tasted good after that I tell ya.
@AndrewBashtovoy 2 ай бұрын
Rudi, Ja, Sie haben einen Motor, Sie haben ULM. Das ist eine einmalige Erfahrung, ich stelle mir die überraschten Gesichter des internationalen Flughafenpersonals vor. Wie viel waren Start, Landung und Parken für das Segelflugzeug Silent 2 billiger als für den daneben geparkten Airbus A320?
@AndrewBashtovoy 2 ай бұрын
Rudi, Es ist selten, dass ein Blogger die Essenz von Naturphänomenen klar erklären kann, vielen Danke!
@BobHannent 2 ай бұрын
This is cool, it would be interesting if someone could design wings with 1-2kW of solar panels to give even more range.
@danielalbrecht8875 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful. Thanks.
@RudisGlidingAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Thank you 😃
@dehrk9024 3 ай бұрын
This is sooo cool! How much do you pay for a Self Startable glider?
@RudisGlidingAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Hi, the prices are from about 40.000 eur up to 350.000 eur. The one in the video is about 100.000 eur.
@dehrk9024 2 ай бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures dang
@user-bk3qp6sc6r 3 ай бұрын
I have a Ka6E, it is wonderful to fly. I have an ASH 31Mi as well, it is wonderful too, but they are very different. Together with a friend I have an ASK 13, an old twoseater, fun too. I guess I am a Schleicher fan😊
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Yes looks like 😅 - but understandable, they build very nice gliders since a long time!
@dja1353 3 ай бұрын
Kudos to you Rudi!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 2 ай бұрын
Thank you 😃👍
@b_wisniewski 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations Rudi! Hope that reaching such a top achievement will not decrease your motivation for further flying!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
No, for sure not 😃! But of course I am thinking of what comes next. And besides of doing long cross country, which I still love to do, it will be about passing on my knowledge to other glider pilots ... maybe even here on KZbin 😃. Thank you for your congratulations 😃🥳🥳
@ChristianKueppers 3 ай бұрын
Herzlichen Glückwunsch....well done...
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Danke Christian 😃🥳
@florianhoflehner2877 3 ай бұрын
Amazing storytelling throughout the whole video with ups and downs. Cant wait for your next challenges!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much Flo for your feedback 😀! Not only for this video but also for all your help and support in video making in the last years 😀!!
@tobiasbarth1275 3 ай бұрын
Super Rudi, weiter so!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Danke Tobi 😀!!
@bernarddobre 3 ай бұрын
Congrats Rudi! That is an incredible achievement!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Bernard, next goal is to fly wave with you in your area 😀 !!
@p.z.332 3 ай бұрын
Congrats Rudi to your success!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your congratulations 😀!!
@IsleofMull2011 3 ай бұрын
Fantastic.... very well deserved 👏
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ... yes it took me a long time to achieve this goal 😀- Thank you for your words 😀
@hamishkebb3550 3 ай бұрын
congratulations
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Many thanks :-D !!
@swissgliderpilot6871 3 ай бұрын
Gratuliere für die super Leistung! Geiles Video! Lengendary!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Danke 🥳🥳🥳!!
@Alpha-III 3 ай бұрын
Mensch Rudi, da bin ich gerne mitgeflogen! Freut mich sehr, dass du das durchgezogen hast!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Danke, ja ich bin superhappy! Es sind letztes Jahr einige Dinge zusammengekommen, die mich dazu gebracht haben, da jetzt die Umrundung der TMA Prag durchzuziehen. Egal was am Abend dabei herausgekommt. Das hat mir mental extrem geholfen. Erwartungsloses Bemühen lautet das Schlagwort. Im Nachhinein habe ich mir gedacht, es ist ja echt unglaublich was es ändert wenn man die mentale Einstellung ein wenig verändert. So tolle Sachen können dann rauskommen. All die Faktoren habe ich am österreichischen Segelfliegertag in Rahmen eines Vortrages gebracht, den man irgendwann ebenfalls auf KZbin finden kann ... aber so wie hier dauert eben gut Ding Weile 😀 Danke für dein Kommentar!
@Alpha-III 3 ай бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures Das Feuer brennt, und deine Begeisterung muss raus... Das kenne ich und das freut mich um so mehr! Ich hoffe wir treffen uns mal... Serres, Ostern? Wäre doch was!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
@@Alpha-III würde mich freuen! Aber Ostern ist leider anders verplant 😕. Aber hoffentlich sonst mal wo!
@RobertMartensFly 3 ай бұрын
Congrats! Great flight, especially because you did not give up after the first "outlanding". Keep on!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment, yes thats right. I could not express it in the way i wanted in the video, but my mental preparation was one of the main factors on that day why i did not give up. Interesting to see what a little change in mind setting can alter the outcome.
@flyneur 3 ай бұрын
Yeah yeah yeah, congratulations! Thanks for sharing with this great video!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😀! I am enjoying your videos too, keep up creating and sharing 😀 !!
@CLdriver1960 3 ай бұрын
Congrats Rudi, well done! 👍
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you :-)!
@BillPalmer 3 ай бұрын
Wow. And I thought my 500 k took all day. Awesome flight
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
You will see, in some years you will also fly much further on one day 😀. Never give up. By the way, what helped me a lot in improving my speed was the book from G Dale: the Soaring Engine part 3, "High performance soaring". It was besides of training the mental attitude the greatest single contribution to this success. Thank you for your comment Bill and keep up gliding!
@BillPalmer 3 ай бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures thanks. Great book !
@nathangrimes641 3 ай бұрын
Way to! Congratulations.
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😃😃👍
@jimpike7445 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations Rudi!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😃😃
@Johan-ex5yj 3 ай бұрын
Well done Rudi. What a Champion! 😃👍
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Johan! And as i mentioned, i also have to thank every glider pilot from who shared his knowledge with me in the last decades. At the end there is a saying in german, which is like: the success has many fathers 😀
@Johan-ex5yj 3 ай бұрын
@@RudisGlidingAdventures That's a good one. :-)
@TheMKNEZ 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations Rudi🎉😊 Big respect and thank you for nice video 😀👍
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much 😃👍
@crazynemo131 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations, 7.7. 2023 was a great day. I managed to complete my gold distance (300km) from Šumperk. Even though it was my longest task, I managed to use the best 4h of the day and the conditions were so good it almost felt like cheating.
@mikeaustria1360 3 ай бұрын
Echt cool :D! Ich schau es mir immer wieder an :D!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Danke 😀👍
@johannesachleitner912 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations, Rudi! It requires a lot of courage to have the way home being cut off by a non-crossable airspace in the late afternoon. Crazy idea, very cool flight and a great guy!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you Hannes, I tried the circumnavigation of Prague TMA already earlier that year. I had to cancel the plan as I was too slow to have a chance for success. So I am even more happy that it worked out on that day 😊!!
@MrSheymie 3 ай бұрын
Congratulations. That is a tremendous achievement.
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you very much, yes it really was a long journey to reach that goal ... so it is really precious to me 😊
@KIPRY 3 ай бұрын
Can’t wait!!
@RudisGlidingAdventures 3 ай бұрын
Thank you 😍😍
@dong6839 3 ай бұрын
Capo deployed!