EXTREME CROSSWIND LANDING | flying glider in difficult conditions

After preparing to fly, the meteorological conditions worsened, we decided to take off and try flying in these conditions (the conditions were not too risky to endanger us). That flight was a very good training for future flights. I flew in a Pilatus B4 glider. I'm excited to share this video with you!
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Timestamps
0:00 - Grid preparing
0:42 - Aerotow take off
2:37 - Release from tow plane
6:27 - Crosswind landing
7:54 - Outro
Flying glider
Glider
Gliding
Segelfliegen
Soaring
Crosswind landing
Crosswind
Glider crosswind landing
Aeroklub Međimurje
Cakovec Airport
Cakovec
Međimurje

[@MrAlexrowlands]

From a UK hill pilot/instructor who has flown in really wild conditions... 1. Dont grip the stick so tight, use your wrist not your whole arm, you will have finer control with a lighter grip. 2. In rough conditions come in high and use lots, or full brake once you know you are on the field, you wont overshoot. The glider will be much more settled, especially the high approach speed needed. Oh, and dont feel you have to land straight down the field unless there is a runway or its very narrow, land diagonally and as straight into wind as you can. Just some constructive advice 😃

[@martindodlek]

Thank you so much for the helpful tips! :)

[@MrAlexrowlands]

No problem. Coming in steep and well braked also gets you over/through low level turbulence quicker. This is caused by trees hedges etc around the perimeter, or curl over if its a hill site 😉. Oh and watch that final turn, you were badly over ruddered (unless its the camera angle)....that will increase your chance of spinning .

[@k.r.837]

@@MrAlexrowlands > you were badly over ruddered My thoughts exactly.

[@spencerhmoore2716]

Solid advice!

[@13thnotehifireviews7]

I would also say that I was taught not to modulate the air break finely. Set it to full or half generally and then you can change it if rate of descent needs to change. That way concentrating on airspeed and the landing picture with stick and rudder

[@plplpl2461]

Good video. Next time no music please. You mostly use a way too much rudder in your curves. The string is not centered, it shows into the curve. Please keep it centered for safety reasons. This is especially important in difficult conditions.

[@kiwijonowilson]

Nicely done. I agree its a good idea to get practice in with different conditions - ideally while they are not too extreme. Here in Canterbury NZ I remember flying my Dart 15 (wood and fabric) in a strong gusty turbulent wind (which happens here sometimes in Norwest winds). One day the wind really picked up and was averaging over 75 km/h at ground level (gauging from the ASI and lot more the higher you go), so it was important to keep the speed well up on approach (but less than max rough air speed obviously) and have a base leg well inside the airfield boundary. The turbulence in these conditions was disconcerting as the wind bangs the glider up / down and rocks the wings side to side on approach - but fortunately this turbulence always seems to diminishes as you approach close to the ground (needs to really!). Once touched down I needed to keep the glider pointing into wind (flying basically) until help arrives. In my case people on the ground were well organised and ran out to hold the glider down (until we could get it de-rigged - which was a tricky process to do safely and needed a few people to help), as there has been accidents in the past with gliders flipping over. It certainly got the adrenaline pumping.

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

The wind is never cross, but the ground frequently is. Fly the air, and deal with the ground in due time.

[@TheMkoester]

This was a really nice landing deltamike! Welldone!! And great to train in those conditions! Greatings from Sweden!

[@martindodlek]

Thank you my friend!

[@GregoryBrown6283]

Very nice flight and landing. Thank you for posting. Our tow plane is out of pocket right now. I can’t wait to get back in the air. Thank you for your videos

[@hartmutwrith3134]

Thank you. Gives me a lot of memories from my active glider times!

[@dusfor72]

yes, if he we even use the rudder correctly ....

[@onebravotango]

Great camera angle, nice capture, always challenging flying on difficult conditions especially during crosswinds.

[@wearemany73]

As tempted as I am in my Internet armchair to say "no sweat" I'm impressed with how easy you made it look. 👍

[@markplain2555]

Unfortunately the camera does not do you justice. You have very good airmanship skills and made it look easy. . At min 1:37 you can look over to the right and see the wind sock. Fully inflted and and showing a significant cross wind from the right. . At min 7:38 you can see the windsock again... this time over inflated, fully 90 degrees and flapping. You have a cross winf gust. . Well done sir. Very good take off and very good landing.

[@flyhigh2987]

At first, I didnt even know where the runway was, but I rewind it then I could recognize it, enjoyed your video... thank you DM! I wish I could fly a glider someday....Greetings from korea.

[@henryluebberstedt7819]

What a ride! Well done, mate!

[@ianhaggart1438]

Glad my flight wasn't like that😉 great vid. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@andystocks3252]

Good flight and excellent landing. Was there an opportunity to chose a landing run at an angle to the runway. You tracked to your left after touchdown. Was there a more into wind run you could have used. Don’t be drawn always to land on a runway. If there’s a line that is more into wind that can be used to land, use it.

[@BoondocTravels]

Nice job! Cross winds are tough!

[@lautoka63]

Nice landing. Do you know what the wind strength was, compared to the flight manual limit?

[@OldMtnGeezer]

Informative and entertaining video - well done. It was undoubtedly valuable training for you. However, I for one, could have done without the music bed. Became very repetitious & monotonous after a few minutes. I believe most people come here to watch the action & listen to the natural sounds of flying. (Just my opinion.) Best of luck in your future flights.

[@vulturull8837]

Trebuia să filmeze zborul normal ai dreptate Mult Succes in continuare 😀👍

[@petrokemikal]

Nothing wrong with that landing.. Good call to keep the airspeed a tad higher... The death grip on the brakes was funny though !!! Hahaha

[@martindodlek]

Thank you for comment. You god damn right for death grip on the brakes haha.

[@flightvision]

Beautiful B4!

[@James-gk8ip]

no music please

[@martindodlek]

Thank you for advice. In which part it bothers music to you?

[@JorgeCarrizo]

thanks for sharing, we have some PILATUS B4 also, nice glider !

[@martindodlek]

Thank you. I agree, so nice glider, and my first single seat glider I tried.

[@neo2nyon154]

Best music for flying.

[@PeterPaulPrinsen]

Great landing! Especially with a B4 that thing is not an easy plane to fly, my dad used to own one so I flew it a little.

[@ricklederman]

Nice landing and great video. Sorry about bragging but I have a Stemme S12 and have landed with winds 18 kts gusting to 24 kts with a direct crosswind! Lots of roll and yaw until very close to the paved runway I was landing on. I'd rather not do that again, but with the S12 it was easy, just fly the airplane.

[@jonathanjenkins8630]

Good video. Music is useful on the timelapse sections.

[@jesperkped]

Many remarks could be given about this flight. As you say a great learning experience, but you should look a little bit on your own flight safety procedures. When releasing from the tow rope it is good to do a triple release to ensure a correct release of the tow ring. Loose objects like radio and mobile phones are not a good idea. Imagine turbulence and you drop it down at your pedals limiting the use of them. When in the tow - try to relax your grip. Your flying just fine. Notice the difference in your grip when in the tow part vs. when your free gliding 👍

[@394824]

Excellent flying! The last time I flew a glider I had a Motorola pager. If paged I had to land then drive to the nearest un-vandalised phone box to find it if was urgent.

[@barts6178]

bullshit, beginners mistakes all over the place. learn to keep the yaw string straight

[@GRRR1148]

More air rake on final approach, you were creeping along the field. I’d have been on pretty much full there. And too much rudder, you needed to approach with more angle to the runway and less slipping. A good kick of the rudder on rounding out will straighten it up.

[@BillPalmer]

Well done!!

[@RoelBaardman]

Well done!

[@erikisberg3886]

Good landing, seemed somewhat turbulent close to the ground.

[@StickandGlider]

Very nice!

[@airfool]

well done!

[@josephinebennington7247]

It does helpthe nerves to take a pianist and grand piano along for the flight.

[@JSBroomhall]

With a really strong crosswind, just change runways to the one that is 100 metres long and 900 metres wide.

[@rafaper963]

You guys have Bocian there! I did my basic training on one :D

[@widnyj5561]

It's all classy and all, but boy it's trim range is way too small. After thermalling with instructor and with trim all the way my hand sore soo badly :D But it's soo easier to fly, it's literally a brick (in a positive way) compared to e.g. puchacz

[@robmackenzie5433]

I think you need to grip the air break handle a little harder!! ;)

[@alpakamachtkaka9013]

Well done; just a little thing: try to keep your thread more straight.

[@eng9040]

Maybe a aerobatic glider pilot could comment, was that yaw string in the turn telling any thing with that wind?

[@carljacobs1287]

It feels like you're using too much rudder just about everywhere. When thermalling the string should be straight, or even better a bit to the outside of the turn. The highest danger is in the circuit area, where an over-ruddered turn could lead you into an unrecoverable spin (due to lack of height). It's something we all have to learn.

[@alangilels6311]

yaw string is for amateurs, pro can do without it

[@erikisberg3886]

His turns are just fine, look at the other instruments. He is nowhere near a problem. The flopping yaw string is typical for gliders with a "knick" between canopy and fuselage. It will flipflop badly especially in some turbulence. Our Ka6 has the same problem. Moving the yaw string up higher on the canopy helps. To prevent stall-spin in accidents, practice to do this intentionally at good altitude. You will find that You will have to mishandle the glider quite badly for it to happen. Familiarity with incipient spin entry/recovery from a turn will lead to less chance of panicking close to the ground causing spin in.

[@alangilels6311]

Yaw string is a more precise instrument compared to the ball. The ball might be good for a powered airplane due to the fewer turns needed. The altitude and speed of a glider are its fuel. The more coordinated you are the more efficient your flight is. It might vear in some situations for a moment but not as badly as in this video. Never had a chance to fly one of Ka6. We have one of these in our club. As long as I know it is an extremely lightweight glider, what makes me think it's hard to keep it coordinated, but definitely not impossible.

[@erikisberg3886]

@@alangilels6311 Tape a second yaw string higher up on the canopy on Your Ka6 and You will see the usual flipflopping go away, similar for the PilatusB4. I can se no bad flying in this video, he does a good job. I see exactly the same string behavior on our gliders, somewhat worse in turbulence.. I agree that the string is a bit more sensitive than the ball, but the string is not that different, just goes the other way.... But there is an obvious error when the string and the ball do not agree. The ball and spade are however sensitive enough for cloud flying. The string is easier to watch when thermaling with audiovario. I do not look very often at my instruments in circling mode... The Ka6cr is not difficult, just very different, lots of fun in weak thermals when all the composite drops out of the sky.

[@alangilels6311]

​@@erikisberg3886 if you'll take a closer look you will notice that most of the time the ball is not in the middle either

[@garyowen9044]

You know you’re good, when a viewer (or passenger) exclaims, “well that looked easy”.

[@SoloRenegade]

no, that does not mean you're good, necessarily. It could just mean that the person complimenting you had no idea what good actually looked like.

[@renelaplanche7201]

Coller au plafond et regarder les barbulles juste must 😊

[@OM-Enzo]

Hi, what camera did you use?

[@martindodlek]

Gopro Hero 8

[@durtdominique401]

Nice movie! And life-saving comments from Carl Jacob's here below. (ref 6:30 onwards)

[@KeithWhittingham]

Left turn off aerotow????

[@scornman]

Hi, where can I find that track at the end of the video?

[@hudiscool4186]

Good flight good landing good decisions ! But for heaven sake stop playing with this phone!!!! Look outside!

[@timzo5313]

What was the wind speed

[@renatomedeiros3894]

To much tension with your hand on the stick. You can take it easy during tow..

[@aantonic]

sta ti je ona plava rucka sa strane?

[@cristiancasabella4410]

What is that blue handle you pull and push at your left?

[@martindodlek]

Air brakes.

[@cristiancasabella4410]

The slots?

[@GeorgeLIFESTYLE]

@@cristiancasabella4410 spoilers maybe?

[@VilleMaunu]

10/max points from landing...

[@Nonoatfirst]

Is that handle on the left for the spoilers?

[@martindodlek]

Air brakes

[@Nonoatfirst]

​@@martindodlekSame thing, right? If you feel a bit high on your approach you pull to correct, not a question of speed but of height, correct? I wonder about the extent to which spoilers may have replaced sideslipping as a means of losing height without gaining airspeed, the most famous example being the glider-flying captain of the 767 that landed in Gimli. Nobody, not even Boeing, had sideslipped a 767 before.

[@martindodlek]

@@Nonoatfirst It is a matter of both speed and height.

[@johngallagher912]

Why is he taking off in the rain? Normally if it is raining we avoid taking off.

[@SpiralDiving]

you need to work on your coordination in turns

[@yesfull]

Hello gues i from Indonesia, where is you? I like your hoby

[@martindodlek]

Hi from Croatia. Welcome to channel.

[@yesfull]

@@martindodlek ok friend

[@hans5130]

I’d rather hear the wind and quiet instead of music

[@martindodlek]

Thanks for the comment, I appreciate your advice for future videos. If you like the content please subscribe, thanks.

[@alangilels6311]

yaw string is for amateurs, pro can do without it

[@humnpwr]

I also do not like music in aviation videos, I do like music in music videos

[@wernerschulte6245]

The video was great until . . . . the music came.

[@micharebuz2542]

boah eeehhh - -too much circles - - not so good - - do you really know,what you are doing, and where you are ?

[@2HellWUtube]

Man, you touched down on the last quarter of your available runway. I know you don't have the option to go around, but be mindful of the runway that's behind you that is lost forever, and that if you do a runway overrun, it's a big deal. Get more "track miles", prolong the base leg (or similar), and get maximum drag to lose altitude. Always aim to touch down as close to the landing threshold as possible.

[@RichardOutdoors]

Just awful music loop. Unwatchable.