High speed & low pass glider compilation.

I do not own any of these video's, I just made this compilation to entertain you. Thanks to the original uploaders, fly safe.
See my other compilation. kzbin.info?o=U&vide...

[@josephstalin7065]

Glider pilots feeling like fighter pilots

In fact, on aerobatic gliders, similar G forces available and manoeuvres are much more rapid, just because of winglift

[@Messerjockel]

ENGAGING BANDIT 12 O CLOCK!

[@Messerjockel]

actually soaring planes are pretty much unlockable for fox 2 and perhaps because of thier slow speed even really tough targets for fox 3 or fox 1 type of missiles. (Latter because todays radars are optimized to lock onto fast moving metallic objects

[@Yealo]

@@Messerjockel wow so if you fit a 30mm on a glider will it be able to fight a fighter jet

[@Messerjockel]

@@Yealo shooting it would put you in reverse xD

[@b-man1232]

It amazes me how fast these things fly with no engine propelling them!!!

[@daan5361]

Energy management. Trading altitude for speed.. :)

[@ksb2112]

Gliders are the most beautiful machines to ever grace the sky.

[@coalachaos6486]

Gliding is the best hobby there is in the world. If your wife isnt flying you have your weekend off from her. Take your tent or van with you, dissapear on friday night, meet all the other guys, enjoy some beer and sausage at a campfire, get up early the next morning, prepare your glider in the cold sunrise, enjoy the silence all around and once weather is good enough - you take off and come back with the sunset. Then, another beer and sausages, campfire, smalltalk, meeting up with the guys who arrived on saturday - And the same on sunday again. If its raining, you can enjoy it with a good book in your tent, or just do some club stuff. Its the best there is.

[@coriscotupi]

Same goes for *[insert hobby here],* camp/beer/sausage/campfire/smalltalk/book/club stuff... ...But flying beats them all. :-)

[@zadraking]

You don't need a glider to leave your wife and have a sausage party, it's 2021, gays are openly welcome. Just Google "Twinkies night-club" should be one in your area, Wednesdays are half off drinks.

[@samsam18200]

@@zadraking bro you got the whole squad laughin😐😐😐

[@drmwvrhg]

5:47 the five flyby's, awesome.

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

To me, the glider is the pinnacle of aviation. There's just nothing cooler!

[@thatguykaini]

Fighter jets?

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@thatguykaini Not even fighter jets, for me personally anyway.

[@azdigbee]

Back in the 70's I took lessons and my instructor was an elderly lady with a great sense of fun.... we used to buss hikers and dump our water ballast on them...….. lots of laughs from us ! :)

[@t-rexstudioproductions781]

3:08 NIGHT FURY! GET DOWN!!

[@iamgort70]

Nothing better than getting into the 'ground effect' and rocketing along.

[@ivarbiermann9278]

For everyone being mad and saying it should be banned This is an aerobatic manouvre called a finish often performed at the end of gliding races/tasks or aerobatic routines and all the pilots attemting/doing this are more then qualified and most likely have more then several years of gliding experience and have licenses

[@mutterschied]

Fuentemilanos is one of the best aeroclub airfield today for gliding. Apart from amusant, it offers a real wild chances to fly those not-so-far snow mountains during full burning Castilla summer.

[@dominiquepilon3980]

THAT DRIVER HE IS 10 ON 10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bobpaule]

The pig squealing in surprise at 0:49 was priceless:)

[@loveplanesandcars]

Best compilation I've ever seen. With original sound!! 🤩🤩

[@MetalMachineShop]

They have a lot more faith in their spindly wings than I would!

[@colt.45rc76]

Metal Machine Shop they are engineered better than any other airplane you will ever see!

[@pilot3016]

Those sailplanes can take a higher G loading than a typical civilian airplane. Trust me.

[@annapiotrowska779]

Watching with a stupid smile on my face :)

[@JimForeman]

You can tell just how fast a glider is going by looking at the shape of the wings. All of them have a certain amount of dihedral, that is sloping upward from where attached to the fuselage and bow upward at the tips in normal soaring flight. At around 100 mph, the wings become perfectly flat, not bowed either way. Above that speed they take a noticeable bend downward at the tips.

[@reubenrobertson8707]

Jim Foreman what causes this, I would have thought it would have been the other way round?

[@JimForeman]

All wings, fixed or rotating as in a helicopter or propeller, are made with a twist from the root to the tip, reducing the angle of attack toward the tip. It's called "wash out". Not only is this for better efficiency over a wide range of speeds but it causes separation of the airflow to begin at the fuselage and move toward the tip as the angle of attack increases or airspeed slows. As the nose is lowered to increase the speed, the angle of attack reduces to the point where there is a negative angle of attack at very high speeds creating negative lift at the tips, causing them to actually bend downward. It also involves Reynolds numbers and tip loss but it's the quick and dirty explanation above. Run the video again and you can see the downward flex in the wings toward the tips.

[@JimForeman]

Naturally they will flex upward when one pulls up and applies more G force load on the wings. In flexing upward moves the center of lift toward the fuselage where the wings are stronger.

[@kevincharlton3450]

Old pilots and Bold pilots!!!!

[@sanfranciscobay]

5:49 Look at the size of the wings on the plane.

[@memestraducidos6622]

O_O

[@pelleban]

There are bold pilots and there are old pilots. There are however very, very few bold, old pilots.

[@jamesbartlett7971]

5:50 damn those wings are LONG

[@Timbert_anthonius]

Nimbus4

[@heyitsmejm4792]

*Landing gear... landing gear... landing gear... landing gear*

[@DB-thats-me]

He’s not landing!

[@nathanbrowne2800]

The stuff that looks like smoke is water ballasts . Anything that flys is dangerous and gravity will teach you that , having said that these guys know what there doing and have a real feel for there gliders .

[@altair7001]

"they're" doing, and "their" gliders.

[@mrlintonious]

Amazing how they can fly that low, and still then still manage to climb again that low without Thermals. All speed I suppose.

[@Defyuse666]

Yes, all about speed. And about the sailplane you're using. If you try to do that with an old one made of wood and "paper" (i don't know the exact worn in english), you won't regain much altitude than with a morden sailplane.

[@flogang6014]

@@Defyuse666 the word is “fabric” :)

[@h8GW]

The unpowered version of a zoom climb, I suppose.

[@JayHeartwing]

3:07 Night fury

[@t-rexstudioproductions781]

GET DOWN!

[@capspik]

Ah memories of region 9 comps.. finishing runs dropping ballast ))

[@6yjjk]

5:47 Pilot's determined to nail that wasp.

[@finntastique3891]

3:08 The hun always comes out of the sun!

[@elmerbuys5915]

some toy once said its not flying, its falling in style

[@ZASADAVS]

Ну понял я , пассажир сходил на толчек и так несколько раз подряд.:)

[@StefanoBorini]

Flick roll with the winglets... mmh...

[@MrBradmon]

Too cool!

[@josephinebennington7247]

Was there a bit of wind shear to enable the German glider to use dynamic soaring? It looked like an albatross doing just that.

[@ThePaulv12]

That aerodrome at 8:40 seems like it is the one from the glider challenge in FSX.

[@marksIItimewarps]

whooooooshhhh!!!

[@fix-and-drive-diy-repairs]

wow! People are having fun. I want a ride too guys, please.

[@julioenriqueurteagasanchez]

Fantastic, Wonderful, Congratulation my friend Felicitaciones es lo que buscaba, lo encontré DANKE

[@jeroenruigrok3032]

Dat is hel lang geleden dat ik nog wel eens een zoemertje maakte, fun!

[@sanjuansteve]

@5:00 I love the 3-fly-by landing!! And then the 5-fly-by landing after that!

[@danielu2501]

5:22 Aeroclub Ostrów Wielkopolski-Michałków EPOM, my hometown...

[@paulocesardelima1671]

Espetacular!!!

[@jonathanwoodham4165]

....flying headlong into the danger zone.

[@marcoh.3467]

TERRAINE! TERRAINE! PULL UP! PULL UP! 😅

[@piotrsamojluk2846]

First low pass was on EPBK with Puchacz

[@kae4466]

couldnt figure out the whining noise in the last bit of video , then i realized that it was the variometer or something like that .

[@finntastique3891]

That's right. The variometer provides audio too. Therefore you can concentrate on the other vital instruments (mainly speed, altimeter and turn and slip indicator).

[@Synystr7]

R/Whoosh

[@neilgreen007]

Saw someone killed doing this in an RV at Black Forest gliderport in the 90's. They did a high speed low pass and pulled up into a wing over and went in. Also a very young pilot at the old Black Forest gliderport also died doing this in a 1-26. The parents named a gliding scholarship after him. Some of you may remember the Kolstad scholarship. My point is that you really better know what you are doing.

[@mentuemhet]

yeah, they're stressing the airframe too much with those high speeds.

[@Sorarse]

Far more people die in car crashes every year, but it doesn't stop people from driving.

[@randomguyinanglider4090]

Its an common procedure thats how you cross the finish line during races and championships

[@pilot3016]

After executing one of those... usually a tongue lashing by the glider port operator follows. (Bad example for inexperienced students). Always remember... no tow up, no flying.

[@colt.45rc76]

Whaaaaaa???.? Their mainly for competitions

[@pilot3016]

@@colt.45rc76 Competion. Yes. But I don't think you were watching competion finishes.

[@colt.45rc76]

@@pilot3016 yeah some of them were but a lot were not. What do you fly?

[@pilot3016]

@@colt.45rc76 Had a H-301 Libelle. Serial #10. May be looking for another ship soon but not in a soaring envirioment right now. (Ca./ Oregon border). Flew Minden Nevada, Truckee, Calistoga.

[@victorwargnysoaring806]

(INSERT TAIL NUMBER HERE) on final for a windsock inspection

[@samjoshi1812]

Might try this, might be grounded

[@tobiasdunnebeil1921]

ja

[@colt.45rc76]

Naw, nothing illegal about it!

[@marcocustodio8926]

Fantástico!..👏👏👍

[@graemewilce3057]

Must be a bloody good glider pilot all those low passes..................

[@matus5112x]

0:46 over G over G :D

[@anthonycolborne5318]

Brilliant flying.....

[@jowasgehtist]

3:00 was fucking dangerous wtf

[@danyocum7485]

Lack of energy management on that one - he was definitely not going very fast - he barely made it to the field.

[@jowasgehtist]

Dan Yocum yes, plus the fact that he flew about 1.5 m height above a road that civilians literally just walked by

[@keiththompson2172]

Robert B id the adult and child has stopped to look left at incoming aircraftthey could easily have been hit -great footage but massively dangerous in that case . The pilot must’ve checked for cables and fencing etc before flying those loops ?

[@raynic1173]

I guess when the yarn's straight up, things are bad?

[@peterreber7671]

Is there a glider pilot who has tried to use polarizing filters on the cockpit camera to filter out the reflections? Or does it not work?

[@minutewithmitch7609]

Depends on what kind of glider can handle rolls, and flips. Some aren't meant to do rolls at all!!

[@igorkononov4249]

Полёт на планере просто не сравним ни с чем,можно только восхищаться.

[@BlokartS260]

Сравнение всегда сложно, дельтапланеризм был моим видом спорта, меньше техники и еще ближе к природе.

[@onepairofhands]

did i spot Wycombe air park in that montage ?

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

I've seen gliders with "popup" rocket engines that can self-launch. No tow plane! But that added weight. They need to invent one that you can eject the rocket after use and have it parachute back to the ground for reuse later. Better yet, build one like the Space-X Heavy that can RTB and land themselves. Strap that to a glider! FUN! (and maybe death. But only maybe.... it might be worth it). ;-)

[@splinterunitgroup]

Give SpaceX a call

[@theblobfish9614]

The extra weight is often wanted

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@theblobfish9614 Really? Why?

[@theblobfish9614]

@@robertzeurunkl8401 you even see it in this video, in some of the videos they are draining water from the wings. They put the water in there to ballast up the plane, because the plane has a higher base speed when it gets heavier, but it also sinks faster. So when good thermal upwinds are expected they will ballast their planes so they can finish their tasks faster, because they can compensate for the higher sink ratio

[@theblobfish9614]

@@robertzeurunkl8401 basically: heavier plane flies faster, which is wanted sometimes

[@MonacoPoker]

This is the future of airplanes. Glider with powerful electric engine.

[@simonlorlab]

YES! with solar panels!

[@Nico9472_]

The future is now, gliders with electric engines are now being produced. This is great for us because the current combustion ones are extremely unreliable, while the electric ones should be very reliable because of how simple they are. Only downside a the moment may be the range they have, but that will improve overtime. I’m gonna be shocked if by 2030 combustion engines on gliders will still be in production.

[@sanjuansteve]

@3:03 I'm glad those people weren't walking a bit slower...

[@MrJdsenior]

That pass that starts a 5:50 (several actually) are amazing. That thing must be close to 50:1. Makes me wonder how many HP it would take to maintain level 120 MPH flight, not much, I'll bet.

If you pedal hard enough on the rudder that'll keep it up.

[@MrJdsenior]

@ LOL, when I was a kid I had a pulse rudder RC I built. It basically did just that, just constantly "peddling" the rudder full stop side to side, at maybe 3 Hz or so. When you input a rudder control it would "peddle" a shorter stroke to the opposite side, turning the plane. I never calculated it, but I expect even THAT amount of peddling did pretty much nothing to keep it airborne, probably even caused a goodly amount of induced drag, if I had to guess, and actually hurt the glide ratio. If I'd been thinking at the time, I could have done some glide tests with the rudder pegged center, and with it operating to see. Didn't though. Maybe better that way. ;-)

[@Barrawitzkaa]

This is the "EP", a Schempp Hirth Nimbus 4 and ratio is roughly 60:1, top speed 290km/h. The Nimbus 4DM has an engine with roundabout 50HP, to maintain level with about 130 km/h I think. Regards from Germany

[@davidwheatcroft2797]

Very nice. The danger with low flying, is the temptation to go lower and lower till something happens - usually death. Must decide BEFORE to quit at a safe altitude. At very high speeds, glider wingtips bend down due to 'washout'. (Look it up.)

[@jasonharvey1681]

Where is this? Is this by Sutters Buttes in Williams?

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

5:52 - Man, LOOK at that wingspan! What glider model is that?

[@leanderf.4335]

nimbus 4. It has a wingspan of 26.5m

[@robertzeurunkl8401]

@@leanderf.4335 Totally amazing! Would be a dream to fly in one of those.

[@leanderf.4335]

@@robertzeurunkl8401 yeah, for me too

[@kamiltraczyk6735]

With those wings It could probably lift off by standing at a strong headwind 😂

[@jaimeantonio5220]

Nossa. ...as asas são flexíveis !!! No pouso da pra ver elas se mexerem kkk

[@robertodellanegra5505]

Mai visto un aliante così veloce e manovrabile! Ma non vedo il motore, se c'è!

[@Nico9472_]

Non c’è il motore

[@guidostahl2139]

impressive!!!!

[@gernotrieger2338]

What‘s about all that upside down?

[@graemewilce3057]

Looks like they are having heeps of FUN with all those low passes and good on them if they get away with it.......????

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

Can you glide a glider as fast as a boeing 747?

[@Private_Owner]

im an glider they were flying me

[@user-qd6bt9hi5u]

길다 오르다 내리다 얇다 좋다

[@clausmvp]

8:30 how can the camera men track and center so well those videos?

[@doc9939]

thats the skill of editing

[@richardcruz205]

you can stabilize and track footage in a multitude of editing softwares

[@matt25675]

Why do they kind of sound like they have a tiny jet engine

[@schr75]

That´s just the sound of the airflow. It sounds like a jet though.

[@Zamora7]

Looks like a mqr drone

[@Private_Owner]

they sound like a actual aircraft to me

[@ladygardener100]

There is a noise when going fast

[@user-or6nx6io7u]

3:14 hey that's amarican airlines

[@angrygrandpa3631]

Ничего не понял. Когда мне в 76-м довелось подлетнуть на Бланике, всё было не так. Взлёт, набор, отцеп, построение захода, посадка. А тут непонятные кренделя с очевидной тягой...

[@blasterr234]

0:04 EPBK Puchacz

[@duos1204]

В крылья установлены малогабаритные авиамодельные двигатели, или он сбрасывает много балласта (воды) и за счет этого не теряет скорость?

[@angrygrandpa3631]

Похоже у него тяга есть не от термиков, а от реактивных движков. Шум в кабине не соответствует. Летал я на планере в 70-х. И снаружи звук маленьких реактивчиков. Что-то тут не чисто...

[@hugocarrozza]

ESO ES VOLAR¡¡¡¡

[@wingnutzster]

Engines are overrated! 2:50 I believe is the everpresent Mark Holliday at Orient in South Africa in his ASW27?

[@davalleyguy5020]

Now even gliders are laying down Chem trails! I guess with the price of fuel this is a greener alternative when dumping chemicals. And the earth is also flat haha

[@omar619kamis]

why are you upset? wtf

[@DB-thats-me]

Mmmmmm....I love the smell of chemtrails in the morning! 🖖

[@sladek22]

Guys, this is watter balast in the wings... To make gliders heavier in longer cross-flying tours...

[@DB-thats-me]

klemen .flo nah. It’s propellant for the jet powered gliders. You can hear the jet at full noise as it passes over. 🙀

[@sladek22]

@@DB-thats-me That sound is the wind Jesus.. Where the f**k do you have your brains??? Jet powered gliders havve jet fuel inside the cockpit... In the wings you have ONLY watter balast... Sorry but you clearly do not know ANYTHING about gliders!!!

[@stein1385]

Balls

[@dreamdiction]

Do not ever include clips with music.

[@peterbrinck9169]

Dream Diction Why?

[@swupel3622]

Maybe copyright?

[@craiggamez1713]

Peter Brinck Good question

[@MarcAntoine01]

Because it's annoying, it ruins the sound of the video

[@Paiadakine]

Yes I would rather hear the sound of the glider cutting through the wind that some cheesy song.

[@Andyfun2010]

6:30 👍🏻☺️

[@user-uw9bp4qz7k]

저공비행 좋아하다가 죽는수가 있다.

[@MrPasselaigue]

Peintures sur tablette graphique

[@iamnoone9498]

Was that George Jettson going past in his space car at 2:25?

[@Greggspies]

Whats the little lever he keeps adjusting?

[@Pete-jo2nb]

Air brakes

[@pilot3016]

Flap setting most likely. Sailplane flaps can go negative for high speed flight.

[@flashplayz123]

Its probably the little lever 🤫

[@colt.45rc76]

It looks like the flaps, he probably has them in the negative for the pass then switches them back. It could be airbrakes though.

[@josephfreeman5289]

Its the throttle

[@MerlynAStern]

What is that thing you control with your left hand?

[@mauritsgeerligs8596]

Flaps

[@deinemt]

Blue= airbreaks

[@windowsxseven]

your mom

[@toddprifogle7381]

Wish they would have shown the speeds

[@gorgonbert]

Got to be over 200km/h … otherwise it would be kinda hard to make a proper landing afterward 😋

[@thecheebra7655]

0:10 is that Bruno Vassel's Glider?

[@BlokartS260]

Yes it is.

[@brucebaxter6923]

You should at least give credit if not permission.

[@darringoodbrand6603]

What's the average speed & top speed of one of these gliders

[@aviationforlive7434]

The maneuvering speed is between 180 and 270 km/h the top speed is usually around 280

[@preformme3640]

aviation for live maneuvering speed 180? Lmao

[@DB-thats-me]

LS6. Vne = 270kmh, 150kn. Ventus 3 = 280kmh and even a Ka-6 (1960’s wood and fabric) has a Vne of 200kmh!

[@mirekjaneczekpl]

SP Poland

[@mpingo91]

What's the glider @5:52?

[@BlokartS260]

See original video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqWch5mlg5eeiqM

[@infidel169]

I wish you would also show the approach and landing after the pass

[@rosmaru9256]

Termos tantos

[@rosmaru9256]

Lo

[@kenwilliams3208]

What's the airspeed on some of those low passes? 200MPH?

[@germanstorms2785]

180 KMH is max there

[@kenwilliams3208]

@@germanstorms2785 Ah, great- thanks.

[@germanstorms2785]

@@kenwilliams3208 np

[@otsokivivuori7726]

@@germanstorms2785 Many gliders have Vne (never exceed) up to 280 or 300km/h, they could be going that fast.

[@germanstorms2785]

@@otsokivivuori7726 oh sorry for the missinfo your right here.

[@nms5851]

Это что за модель планера?