An explanation as to how gliders work for non-glider pilots
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@axonnus5 жыл бұрын
Very well made video, congratulations! This one stands out particularly through the professional manner in which everything was presented by your speaker. The footage is also fantastic.
@GlideBritain5 жыл бұрын
Thanks you
@spencer15wheeler2 жыл бұрын
I completely agree with axonnus!
@gopalgupta5352 жыл бұрын
Further clarity is added in following video kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKq0ZKaHmK6Hipo
@badalchukahu Жыл бұрын
Ughh I came here to know about properties of gliders so i can make it with a hard paper🤦
@katsiashalmanava9345 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the comprehensive information. I've been dreaming of gliders since the August 2003.
@peterdavis22335 ай бұрын
When I was learning to fly gliders way back in the 1960s, I would often get asked by friends, "But what happens when the wind stops?" My stock reply was always, "Simple--you crash and burn."
@danburns76226 күн бұрын
Great video, easy to follow and you made it simple enough for us to understand. Thank you. I did want to see and know how a glider gets up in the air to glide.
@sebbers4 жыл бұрын
Very into aviation (part of air cadets :D) and found this very helpful, took some notes and learnt some new words, and important stuff like how to gain lift from a lenticular cloud, in which when using wave lift you fly underneath the flat looking cloud and gently gain altitude. Thank you! Hopefully after this pandemic is over I will be able to start lessons at deeside scotland. I'm 13 and hope to go solo as soon as possible.
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Do mate! I can tell you it’s great fun! I was an international student and been gliding for my 3 years in uni and absolutely enjoyed it! Work hard and get solo soon! Good luck👍🏼
@aliayan1133 Жыл бұрын
Hey brother! 2 years since u posted this .. hope you're doing well and got to get some glider lessons in!!
@user-zt8bv9ey1t11 ай бұрын
cool! All the best mate!
@elvato9910 ай бұрын
Hey! Goodluck, it has been 3 years but i just hope you made it.
@chrismenza70234 жыл бұрын
I died when she said the most common question I get is "did the wind stop?" Lol, I know nothing about gliders and yet I still understood the simple concepts of how they work before she started to even describe them.
@patpathinayake35862 жыл бұрын
Absolutely lovey informative video with relevant technical terminology. Fantastically explained with surgical precision. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thank you very much. Best of luck.
@yourfavoritejaz55443 жыл бұрын
I'm in school to be an aviation maintenance technician. Came here out of curiosity while studying. This was perfect. Thank you.
@colinconaty7634 жыл бұрын
Anyone else see the UFO behind her head on left side @ 4:06..
@zazugee4 жыл бұрын
Aliens also love gliding, but they use cosmic rays and gravitational anomalies for soaring
@kingaragornii99404 жыл бұрын
Yea I saw him, he waved at me. And he said that I was next to get probed.
@junothejupiterorbiter10354 жыл бұрын
Lol
@FlowcastYT2 жыл бұрын
This is the best explanation I've ever heard well done!
@PanicAttackRecovery4 жыл бұрын
Good video and helpful explanations about gliding
@surplusstock87787 ай бұрын
New to this but love the electric sustainer concept.Seen a guy retrofit a zero motorcycle drive train to a old glider.
@HaggardPillockHD3 жыл бұрын
This sounds like an eco-friendly hobby. Problem is that it needs a sunny day - how many of those do we get in the UK? 😑
@intellectualhybrid23 жыл бұрын
I guess we can thank global warming for one thing at least
@MdVaDc2 жыл бұрын
Very eco friendly
@Eskinor2 жыл бұрын
About 2 a year
@asoka77522 жыл бұрын
UK is gonna open their closed coal mine again, and contribute to the global warming.
@EleanorPeterson5 жыл бұрын
Wyll Surf Air - Hi! Yes, of course you're right; if you arrive just as the cloud finishes forming there'll be no lift at all, and even if you hook up while the air IS still rising, every thermal's surrounded by a tube of descending cold air ready to spoil your day. At least in a modern glider (with a variable camber wing-section) you can fly through the sink quickly and go hunting for the next up-elevator without losing too much altitude. Those fluffy clouds are still a pretty good guide to what's going on. (And, incidentally, I thought this short video was a good 'taster' for getting people interested in the sport/pastime.) Tackling iffy conditions is where an experienced pilot will have an advantage over someone still relatively new to gliding. I did most of my flying in England, where the summer skies were usually slate-grey or filled with terrifying black storm anvils, so I was always happy to see any kind of fluffy white cloud - especially if it had a bit of blue sky behind it. Blue sky? Sigh... :-)
@wertbe17182 жыл бұрын
Funny how ideal gliding conditions sometimes completely contrast ideal powered aviation conditions
@4586johnc7 күн бұрын
Gliding Very well described.
@kevinlewis91513 ай бұрын
I was looking into gliders to help build and design a more efficient air plane
@Xj62453 жыл бұрын
Straight to the point 👍
@intellectualhybrid23 жыл бұрын
This looks sooooo incredibly fun!!
@AstroRamiEmad5 жыл бұрын
Can I please get an invitation? I'm crazy about aviation and Soaring in particular ... I learned it all by myself on simulator. And I'm dying to have the chance to try it for real. We didn't even have a flying school in Syria.
@Mr.Cool6284 жыл бұрын
dud just find any mig 21 and fly xD
@greenteambc4 жыл бұрын
Join the army and protect your country and they will let you fly what you want...
@sebbers4 жыл бұрын
Ooooo mate you'll want to stay where you are when you see the price of a tow or a launch, £30 at my local. Thats without any instructor.
@AstroRamiEmad4 жыл бұрын
@@Mr.Cool628 Migs and SU are killing children and whole families, bombing hospitals. I had to flee and my life is now at risk because I reject to kill my own people. ... Gliders carry no weapons, that's the only thing left in my heart for flying and aviation
@AstroRamiEmad4 жыл бұрын
@Jon Bjornssen true Jon. Being a Syrian doesn't allow me to ask for favors, and I'm not. I'm asking to be given equal chances, and let me then prove myself and make the grade on my own. Pay It Forward
@vengermanu93752 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much. Just started flying a glider in MSFS2020 and this video came in very handy! :-)
@cheezyme29842 жыл бұрын
Blue thermal!
@EfeSRock2 жыл бұрын
Like the post-rock vibe towards the end of the video
@thebuzz20103 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why gliders aren't used for commercial transport? It seems environmentally friendly.
@pokemon_vatsino62163 жыл бұрын
Nice question, I think it might be because of wind
@gretchenotene3 жыл бұрын
They would still have to be pulled up by a plane because they have no engine to start the flight by themselves (unless they find a cliff high enough maybe? 🤔) but it would still be a MAJOR cut down on the environment But as said in the comment above, I think it could be about the wind as well. Commercial flights still carry heaaaaps weight. Luggage + passengers + flight crew at the bare minimum. The only reason gliders can glide are because they’re super light and only carry 1/2 people
@gretchenotene3 жыл бұрын
Great question though! it made me think for a while 🤣 I so wanted to believe it would be better and environmentally friendly but it just wouldn’t work (in my opinion- I could be proven wrong 🤷🏻♀️)
@Chris_-iu8io3 жыл бұрын
Late reply, but it would be very difficult to make glider transport commercially viable. Gliders have to be very small so the fuselage doesn't generate much drag, so they only carry 1 or 2 people - nothing more as far as I know. They can be heavy, sometimes being heavy is better than being light, they just can't be big. As said before, this would not be environmentally-friendly, and may even be less efficient than normal aircraft. Gliders are either towed into the air by another plane, launched into the air by a powerful winch or launch themselves with a retractable engine - all of which consume a lot of fuel. On rare occasions you may find an electric self-launcher, or an electric winch, but these are fairly rare. Besides, even if the engine is electric, the electricity is probably still coming from a fossil fuel powerplant.
@c.v.v2 жыл бұрын
Basic common sense reason, “Weight”.. obviously gliders seem to be operating efficiently due to their lightweight.
@pedropaulosantos17712 жыл бұрын
God bless you all at Glider Britain...It is a essential to those to like me on the are in the way to be a glider pilot...Thank you so much...Hope glider fligths to be so easy as explanations...Great!!!
@lord_scrubington2 жыл бұрын
"We don't use wind, we use lift" -Proceeds to explain how they use wind to generate lift-
@jimengle1615 Жыл бұрын
I miss my days flying gliders in northern Micigan.
@alfonsopayra Жыл бұрын
BEautiful! thank you!
@chard66494 жыл бұрын
Wow, this is really interesting, the way it works overawes me with simplicity I couldn't think of. Well demonstrated!
@kingaragornii99404 жыл бұрын
This is how I know that you failed GCSE physics. ✌️🤡
@chard66494 жыл бұрын
King Aragorn II haha
@donaldwainwright2 жыл бұрын
Love gliding I learned to fly 1 at 15 years old in air training corps carried it on until I got married so haven't flown 1 in 37 years I do miss it
@GlideBritain2 жыл бұрын
Time to try again then. Find your nearest club on the British Gliding Association website.
@acrobaticcripple81764 жыл бұрын
I've flown in that aircraft from Lasham. Too long ago. Now need to get up in the air again before it's too late!
@steveray80563 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that explanation. well presented.
@EthanLe-c6wАй бұрын
thanks
@rohanprasad9785 Жыл бұрын
@liro gliders who is starting a glider centre check it out
@chrishamilton49999 ай бұрын
that's it in a nutshell!
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Lovely video! Informative but easy to understand too!
@SK-vk7gvКүн бұрын
Magical
@sudhanshuperera7 ай бұрын
I love gliding planes❤
@Rhawkeye4 жыл бұрын
this is so good
@aeroclef3 жыл бұрын
Great explanation! Thank you so much ma’am!
@VinderGroup33 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video really enjoyed it!
@cwez114 ай бұрын
That's a sailplane! (Gliders are Boeing 737s, most of the time.)
@samhyde69643 жыл бұрын
good explanation thanks :)
@dhaneshmalhotra4055 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@Rhawkeye4 жыл бұрын
keep this up girl
@KevinP322705 жыл бұрын
AMAZING...how do you take of.
@hithere42895 жыл бұрын
With the help of another plane
@kman4thewin8655 жыл бұрын
@@hithere4289 seems counter productive
@hithere42895 жыл бұрын
KMAN 4TheWin I know, however the price is that you don’t need such knowledge as pilots do and get to control the glider and glide as much and wherever you want. If you can afford the planes takeoff then you get to enjoy the rest.😋
@kman4thewin8655 жыл бұрын
@@hithere4289 ahh ok i see then.. That makes sense... FLY ON
@goldenbear135 жыл бұрын
I've seen it take of with rope and a car.(it reminded me of how you fly a kite) On normal grass field like that. I think with another plane is more dangerous and expensive
@yasuologitech10845 жыл бұрын
If you add a very light and small engine, will your time in the air be increased extensively ? *curious*
@PabloGonzalez-hv3td5 жыл бұрын
Yes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_glider
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Should do, but the weight from fuel/battery and the motor will add weight penalty. However, there are still some gliders which have engines to “top-up” their altitude when getting too low in a cross-country flight! So the engines are only used for as addition energy when needed, but not to be operated all the time.
@lorenhennessy2 жыл бұрын
Very well explained thanks 😎
@wilkoone91552 жыл бұрын
As a retired crosscountry glider pilot I have found that making the move to driving electric cars to be quite similar, just follow the energy and plan your journey. As a consequence I have never suffered from #rangeanxiety
@Gainsforlife Жыл бұрын
😂 follow the energy. Or in other words follow the charging stations
@Ok-pj2uv2 жыл бұрын
I learned earlier today that I will be gliding with the air tranning corp
@buffalosolider2064 ай бұрын
its still crazy
@Sallo3alayh2 жыл бұрын
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@Sallo3alayh2 жыл бұрын
اللهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين في فلسطين
@jameslovell86824 жыл бұрын
Strange that someone chose to put music on here over the audio making it difficult to clearly understand what the person is saying.
@kaguyafan966 Жыл бұрын
I'm here after watching blue thermal
@ovidiuhozan10795 жыл бұрын
love the music :)
@SeemaChanan4 жыл бұрын
Add an engine as a back and you could go for day's
@florianeiser60844 жыл бұрын
But why would you want to?
@vaughananderson45274 жыл бұрын
Until you crash from only being able to pull up due to poor weight distribution.
@gelofernando57272 ай бұрын
what happens if they glided in hot dessert areas like in sahara dessert so it would fly infinitely because of thermal heat grounds?
@tobyboi27012 ай бұрын
Yes but no. A thermal only appears when the air relative to the other air is hotter, if you know what I mean. A thermal can still appear at low temperatures. But they won’t be as strong. So if you flew in the Sahara desert, it would be like any other place. Just with the thermals being stronger because the air is still really warm so it rises fast.
@Barry1337G5 жыл бұрын
we can go some distance
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but it all depends on the weather condition!☁️
@Xeru1732 Жыл бұрын
This is deserved so many likes❤
@LagoonLofi3 жыл бұрын
thanks ms
@chikeileeleechikei24625 жыл бұрын
This brings up my next question, how do gliders take off?
@GlideBritain5 жыл бұрын
There are three common ways to launch a glider. A tow behind a light aircraft, a winch which reels in a long cable and the glider goes up like a kite and bungee where an elastic rope is used to catapult the glider off a hill. All can be seen in the main Glide Britain video which is on You tube
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Adding on to the explanations by Glide Britain, I’ve got aerotow and winch captured quite well on some of my videos in my channel: Aerotow:kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3vKgn2KoNScprM Winch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4DagIdolMprY9E
@marcemarce98216 ай бұрын
The air lits it, but what pushes, instead of engine?
@tobyboi27012 ай бұрын
It goes forward by going just a teeny tiny bit down. By doing that, gravity will help it. Just like going down a slope on a bicycle.
@metalgear324 жыл бұрын
I hope there are gliding club in Malaysia.
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
For Asia Pacific, I think there are clubs in Japan and (a lot) in Australia! I’m currently based in Hong Kong and would like to get back to it too✈️
@someniceguy5249 ай бұрын
I'm not here because of that visual novel 😉
@ihsanbajwa39742 жыл бұрын
گلائیڈر سے مراد بغیر پائلٹ کے طیارہ ہوتا ہے ۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟؟
@nakkadu4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying this at the weekend (weather permitting) if it's as much fun as it looks then it could become my hobby.
@joshbutts60924 жыл бұрын
Its great fun, youll love it, I'm training to go solo at the moment
@nakkadu4 жыл бұрын
@@joshbutts6092 what is a realistic time from novice to solo flight?
@joshbutts60924 жыл бұрын
@@nakkadu it depends on weather, how fast you learn and how many flights you can get in, I've been flying for a couple 9f weeks and can fly circuits and can do all basic flying, but im learning quite fast ive been told, it changes per person
@nakkadu4 жыл бұрын
@@joshbutts6092 cool, can't wait.
@JarrydTiltmanphotographer3 жыл бұрын
So interesting
@smartiboo2 жыл бұрын
Next up: "How a Boeing 747 works"
@woodskier4 жыл бұрын
the forces I get it 1 , 2,3,4
@kenneymi2 жыл бұрын
hi
@IAMRAKSHITH3 жыл бұрын
What does the glider cost
@chrismenza70234 жыл бұрын
What's the song? Why didn't you provide it?
@yellowdeer716311 ай бұрын
Large raptors do the same thing if you watch them closely.
@GlideBritain11 ай бұрын
We regularly share thermals with large birds of prey and often use them as markers of where to find the strongest up-currents
@rajukc35975 жыл бұрын
How glider takeoff can you explain plz
@GlideBritain5 жыл бұрын
There are three common ways to launch a glider. A tow behind a light aircraft, a winch which reels in a long cable and the glider goes up like a kite and bungee where an elastic rope is used to catapult the glider off a hill. All can be seen in the main Glide Britain video which is on You tube
@theheiflyer56204 жыл бұрын
Adding on to the explanations by Glide Britain, I’ve got aerotow and winch captured quite well on some of my videos in my channel: Aerotow:kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3vKgn2KoNScprM Winch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4DagIdolMprY9E
@user-bw4sc9py4y2 жыл бұрын
Fly for fruit in west of Sudan
@ehsanaziz32755 жыл бұрын
nice
@BrianQuesta2 жыл бұрын
gliders seem dangerous
@brinjal1371Ай бұрын
For glider pilots it's adventurous
@FMercuryEA5 жыл бұрын
I got beautiful vantage point over looking the great rift valley near Nairobi For aviation interests on the cliff of the eastern rift valley. Beautiful views for gliding and base jumping. I need interests for investment.
@WyllSurfAir5 жыл бұрын
I can tell you from experience that everywhere there is a cumulus cloud there is not always lift.
@taylormade28265 жыл бұрын
Have you ever had to land because there was no lift ? Ive got my trial flight in 2 weeks so im probably asking daft questions
@WyllSurfAir5 жыл бұрын
@@taylormade2826 yah. Land outs are always exciting and a bit scary.
@taylormade28265 жыл бұрын
Nice mate il look forward to it then haha
@michaelhoy6625 жыл бұрын
Our weather is changing you can be sitting in the lovely sun shine the next second it can feel cold so think it's a lot more dangerous to fly those things think they should fit a engine to them for back up
@SilverCanary14 жыл бұрын
@@michaelhoy662 Without an engine, or sun or whatever, a glider will still fly better than a plane. Engines are expensive also and weigh more than not having one which reduces the performance of the aircraft, too. Extra weight does have an advantage but overall very rarely.
@jacktwitch67034 жыл бұрын
Do you need a license to fly one ?
@kaihorstmann27833 жыл бұрын
Yes
@laolaotanah84924 жыл бұрын
Love your accent
@anonymxs._75705 жыл бұрын
"Did the wind stop?" I could beat the people who ask right in the face... It makes me sooo angryy 😹
@jonathaninman22244 жыл бұрын
It's a pretty reasonable question for someone that doesn't fly gliders. Ya know, like 99.99% of the population.
@SaSa-fs8sb Жыл бұрын
Why ????
@randomguyinanglider4090 Жыл бұрын
Its fun
@user-qi3sm7dx2k2 жыл бұрын
sudan land has too much farming and vegetables and wheat so badly need development for business
@Rhawkeye4 жыл бұрын
i did see the UFO
@waynecarter64653 жыл бұрын
its unfortunate the narrator does not understand how a thermal works- air does not rise because it is heated. Classic myth