Finding Thermals 1

[@ValdisLusis]

Wonderfully clear communication of complex concepts. Thank you for simplifying Eric.

[@EricCarden]

You're very welcome, and thanks for the kind words. I hope finding thermals is now at least a tiny bit easier for you and that you have even more fun soaring in the future!

[@th3welfarewarrior]

I'm glad youtube has a button to speed this video up. Thank you for the information!

[@hectorpascale1013]

I developed into a speedwatcher too. At least 1,5x but in mother tongue minimum 2x. Nice gimmick for Chrome "Video Speed Controller", allows for insane speeds ;)

[@sanpol4399]

So many time of experience condensed in one hour . Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge .

[@user-oz6vy5ch8o]

hi ,,,, he he... kidding,,, as a hang glider pilot , reentering XC flying after a long layoff , it was good to brush up on these ... the best.. always keep looking.. cheers from Australia

[@tommiecharcoal]

thank you, very interesting, I'm a novice paraglider pilot and I'm finding sailplane weather condition analysis rewarding.

[@magcarb5489]

How's paragliding going?!!!

[@flyhighflyfast]

I am on the same boat...err...*glider

[@casaamaril]

Fantastic Eric, just the information I was looking for. After more than twelve years of gliding I still miss opportunities that could have helped to find thermals. That means that I have to join downwind again sooner than I really wanted to. Hopefully this lecture will aid me in finding ways to get up and stay high.

[@henrih3080]

It is really easy to stay up in good to excellent conditions my longest glider flight was 5h and 17 minutes last year in June as a student solo pilot.

[@dandancast]

Very good stuff here. Thanks for sharing it.

[@azhukauskas]

Thank you so much for uploading these.

[@charles1379]

Thanks for sharing. I note that your typed note at 8:34 "Closer to your arrival Altitude (AA) is better" and continued to write "- Below your AA is better than above your AA" yet you stated that above is better. please clarify. thanks

[@EricCarden]

You're very welcome. These written things are about the glider or bird. You'd prefer it to be no higher than you when arrive in the thermal. I think the spoken words you're mentioning are where I'm talking about YOUR altitude: better to be above the glider or bird when you arrive. Watch that part again, and see if it makes sense. It seems to make sense to me. :-) Happy soaring!

[@soaringsisters9169]

I've personally encountered gliders being winched triggering thermals, also sugar cane harvesters and other machinery. Sugar cane harvesters are great as they have massive extractor fans sucking air upwards

[@hectorpascale1013]

Confirmed. In Germany we even have a word for this "Windenbart" (winch thermal). The initial trigger (beside the glider itself) might be the whizzing cable raising upwards, because the thermal has often already began to develop directly on top of the winch when the glider arrives. Surely depends on the orography of the glider field, and the launch frequency. The wheat harvesters mark the thermal often with a dust cloud, and if it doens´t work, you have at least a nice cleaned spot for landing, unless the baler started to decorate the field with straw bales ;)

[@preshitadighe5349]

Thank you for such a detailed explanation

[@colinbarbeau8678]

Thanks for sharing, very informative!

[@markmcgoveran6811]

When you add the cloud Shadow to crossing a creek or something or a little bit of an upslope where the land is low but happens to be dry i

[@soaringsisters9169]

higher ground is also further upslope on the skew T and thus trigger temperature is lower

[@hectorpascale1013]

And the air pressure is lower, making it easier for the air to peel off the ground

[@rychu8656]

Thank you. I enjoyed that.

[@Neale190]

thanks for sharing the benefit of your experience, very informative hope you dont mind me sharing with my flatlands hang gliding friends

[@EricCarden]

You're very welcome, feel free to share with anyone. Get high, go far!

[@EricCarden]

I haven't recorded it. Sorry. sites.google.com/site/thermalxc/lectures

[@freezatron]

Loving these lessons !! Thank you :)

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[@winstondwayne7607]

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[@hamzajuelz1956]

@Deandre Tate Yup, have been using InstaFlixxer for since december myself =)

[@clarkmilan9759]

@Deandre Tate Yup, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself =)

[@nonobebert7646]

I don't understand how triggers work. Can someone explain ?

[@michaelshirk8128]

Corn dies at the end of the season. No chemicals required.

[@hoosahfudge]

Thank you for this!

[@TheSoaringChannel]

Where is part 2 found?

[@marchill7907]

Thanks for sharing, i don't see Finding Thermals 2 on any of your videos ?

[@EricCarden]

You're welcome. I don't have that one in video form yet: sites.google.com/site/thermalxc/lectures.

[@stevenlarratt3638]

Forests have shade so dampen thermals locally

[@lorisgraf8804]

What is condor? Is it a game? Havent been able to find it anywhere.

[@EricCarden]

It's a sailplane flight simulator. www.condorsoaring.com

[@tztz1949]

The more luck you think thermalling requires the more you should become experienced enough to eliminate it. Fly more talk less.

[@hoverparagliding]

i stopped watching after you said " even the best pilots find there pilots find half there thermals by luck". Thats complete rubbish. An experienced cross country pilot follow clouds read the weather, watch for birds etc. None of this is luck, its education. An Inexperienced pilot will find there thermals by luck.