Magic of Soaring - Flat Field Thermal Soaring

[@robertw8225]

At last, an excellent video without music distracting from the subject !

[@andgate2000]

I agree about the music thing. Music is all over the place now....it seems people are allergic to quiet.

[@ahrimanic7]

Thanks, MTV!

[@hobie1dog]

Love the video, thanks for taking the time to explain things for us newbies.

[@sveinungtorgrimsen2149]

Great video and very nice talking,explaining what happens and what to do :-)

[@microgliders]

what a beast, wingspan seems to stretch across the globe. fantastic

[@Cad1900]

Subbed. This is the video I’ve been looking for. Thank you so much I thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@TheHobbyHubAirVideo]

Thanks for the sub!

[@raymond4191]

Nice .. looking forward to try out thermaling again coming summer. Just learned a bit last summer .. and got hooked.

[@woogieman02]

Have watched this video more than any others. Really enjoy watching to see the techniques and skill. Been working on a winch launch for a bit now, but the bungee is the simplest

[@soliv27]

I longtime believed it is only very high one catch thermals, I did not even try to stay alift, because only 2meters wingspan, less than 30 meters high launch (friend or brother running with a fishing rod.. :-) Actually the biggest glider I had, the more stressed I was, unable to really ''fly the wind'' as it is said here. I really learnt with a 'foamy' (Alula style), side hand launch, able to catch bubbles few meters above the ground while it seemed the end of the flight. Also it allows many more launchs in a same time, a bit less risky to fly slow, change the settings... then suddenly one beautiful day you have to push down nastly in order to still see the glider and not beeing eaten by the cumulus where you would usually meet big gliders, paragliders, etc.. I would be thinking about electric winch if I began to fly FPV, at high levels... which law does not allows for FAI records... ;) It would be cool to see the cloudbase with a r/c glider. ....Again never heavy enough, bigger, further, higher, while keep it simple brings the essential.

[@Your_Average_Joe.]

Very nice video thank you for sharing..

[@lautoka63]

You've got the knack: come gliding!

[@nevillecreativitymentor]

2020 Bump ... Very nice

[@danielburke6536]

Excellent video..

[@petethewrist]

Nice glider,, I only fly polystyreen gliders with elec motors to get up, but unlike your they tend to get thrown around with the air, but this means I can always tell the moment they hit lift.. there is nothing like staying up without that hill,,, Cheers, pete

[@Lagggerengineering]

Very nice, I like it!

[@royramdeen8864]

Amazing..

[@g8rh8r100]

very good video sir.

[@andyMSH700]

beautiful...the bungie thingy scares me so i have a motor on my 3.5M carbon Vulture and it thermals like a vulture. Nice video and great lesson on thermals...thank you

[@c0ntag10n]

Nice!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

THAT'S what I call a proper model airplane!

[@footsy420]

Nice flying! One thing that flying real gliders showed me is just how much adverse yaw the ailerons produce even with heavy differential. I noticed a wee bit of adverse yaw on this model. You need to give pretty much equal aileron and rudder input to do a coordinated turn as you roll in and out. It's easy to do on an rc glider with mixes but has been one of my biggest challenges going into the full size gliders.

[@ChuckPlains]

The Maxa only has rudder and elevator controls. What you saw during landing is the flaps. I think this is for a specific class of competition. Even so it has a lot of wins under it's wing.

[@footsy420]

ChuckPlains now that I look at it again I wonder what I was thinking. I must see adverse yaw under my bed at night. Ive been flying a wing dlg/soap soarer and without rudder control it's got a lot of adverse yaw. With too much differential, it wants to climb as it rolls.

[@ChuckPlains]

Actually, and iroincally, looking at the first few seconds of the vid, maybe this one does have ailerons. I'm not sure, but it deffo has flaps. ;¬)

[@doogle-gf3fi]

+ChuckPlains If it helps, at 0:01 it looks like an aileron servo horn/linkage is visible on the top surface of the outer port wing panel just inboard of the "3.5" decal.

[@ChuckPlains]

Yes that's what I've ended up thinking, ailerons AND flaps!

[@bradsgold345]

Great vid..... Question from a wana-b-pilot. In the vid it is stated he is flying 1/2 mile down wind. How the flip do you see your plane that far away?

[@Kombivar]

Big wingspan, you can easily see it as long as you have a good sight. I remember my first RC plane, she has electric motor with collapsible propeller, so I modified wings to almost double the wingspan, than on the hot summer day I was amazed how high it goes so quick, then I realised that was thermal, I switched off the engine and had almost an hour of lift. remember to take your comfy sun baiting kit to lay and relax - otherwise you will have a "soar" neck :D

[@Colombiamusicalacade]

Que bien 👍🇨🇴

[@ademolajimoh2993]

Nice tutorial.

[@elliothuh669]

Great! Fly the air!

[@spruceguitar]

Very nice aeromodelling. How much is an RC glider like yours? How about a smaller one?

[@TheHobbyHubAirVideo]

+spruceguitar I've posted you question on The Hobby Hub RC Guru (thehobbyhub.com/the-rc-guru). One of our RC experts will reply soon!

[@TheHobbyHubAirVideo]

+spruceguitar Gliders range in price depending upon their construction and level of performance. Nowadays there are many excellent foam gliders that have reasonably good performance such as the Multiplex Easy Glider, which runs around £70 to £80. These are crash-resistant, easily repairable and good for learning on. Better performance can be achieved through inexpensive balsa wood kits, such as the Cambrian Elan 100. Gliders such as this will have a very good soaring performance after being launched by a bungee (around £20 to £30), but must be built by someone with experience in constructing balsa models. At the top end of the scale are fully composite gliders, such as those sold by www.hyperflight.co.uk. These range from relatively inexpensive hand launch gliders for around £200, all the way up to super-sophisticated three and four metre wingspan gliders costing up to £1,700. That said, one can have great fun and learn about soaring just as well from the Cambrian Elan as well as the £1,700 super glider. Often, used gliders can be picked up cheaply used from sites such as the BMFA classifieds. You'll find adverts by all the leading manufacturers and suppliers in our RC modelling magazines, RC Model World and Quiet & Electric Flight International. For details go to www.thehobbyhub.com

[@DownhillAllTheWay]

Do you have any telemetry?- Speed and rate of climb would certainly help a lot.

[@TheErilaz]

How high does the thermals go?

[@Alex-dr6sv]

Erilen depends on the country and environment, on a good day in my country you can get 6,000 feet

[@tempest411]

Full size gliders follow them up to the cloud base.

[@Captain_Bartolo]

Great!

[@sachidanandbogra6693]

that was great

[@ziggylovebird112]

if I want to buy, how much is the price ??

[@jazldazl9193]

About $1600

[@jasmijnariel]

The best plane i own is the *super ava pro 4flaps* (6servos) 3.7m wingspan, weight only 1.23kg Man , the climbing rate that plane has is extreme... i do hand launches and i start just from around 4m high in a thermal. Crazy to do that. No elastic or winch needed 😊

[@fireantsarestrange]

Most all other soaring vids are all guys doing mach 20 and inverted. hahahahha this is pretty much what it actually looks like when your just trying to stay afloat.

[@jma5177]

Maravilhoso.

[@javieruriel]

Where could I get one of those?

[@Justwantahover]

Build the fucker. Get a plan and some balsa.

[@tempest411]

@@Justwantahover That plane isn't something the average hobbyist is going to build. I've built plenty of built-up planes, and owned a few down-range composites and can tell you those more expensive composite (vacuum bagged wing, or hollow molded glass and carbon) planes will fly rings around balsa/ply built-ups. My absolute favorite plane I still have is a design called the 'Edge Lite' sold through Northeast Sailplane Products. I think it was designed by a man named Phil Barnes.

[@tatangpurnama129]

Hi, you great.. What kind thermal you used during soaring ? Or you set the abnormal angle of attack so the plane can soaring itself ?

[@forton615]

Here it's called a blue thermal, ever seen a dust devil on a perfect clear day? You don't need clouds to have thermals.

[@tatangpurnama129]

@@forton615 I just know something like ground effect force to lift the a/c still in air.

[@eehub6710]

How can I make it ,please tell

[@jazldazl9193]

cut out pieces and glue together

[@hobie1613]

Good tips! I don’t have over 2k dollars to spend on a glider but I do have a Gentle Lady glider an a Top Flite Metrik to thermal. What radio system do you use to fly comfortably up to 1/2 of a mile away? I use a Spektrum DX6 with AR610s and it is a bit dodgy to fly that far away.

[@Tsnafu]

My FrSky Taranis will go comfortably well beyond line of sight (I also fly FPV) - your DX6/AR610 should be good for at least 1km (0.6 of a mile) as it claims to be full range - probably good for double that if you are careful with antenna positioning.

[@tempest411]

I never had any trouble with those ranges with my old FM equipment.

[@waleswideman1]

What's a model that's a little more affordable.. around 150 300 price

[@ChuckPlains]

It's frustrating isn't it? Just the fuselage and fin set for the Maxa 3.5 is £335!

[@thatwontwork9046]

Wales Wideman the Great Planes "Fling" is an awesome starter

[@garymitchell9859]

I see you do 2 launches but i'm still none the wiser how you did it. I could see no bungee nor how you hooked it onto the plane, how you held it, how much tension etc..

[@davidshaw7505]

Tubing is about 100 ft. Line about 500.. Usually we pull back about 100 paces or about 10 to 12 lbs. tension. Hope this helps. With a bungee you pull it back as much as it will let you. I use a 3 to 4 meter high start as well as a winch.

[@channelfunny6764]

How many kilograms?

[@jazldazl9193]

1.9

[@kai0297]

with witch rubber do you launch the glider?

[@wordreet]

I think you'll find that the bungee is surgical tubing. A lot of places selling it add the word 'rubber' to the sale page, but rubber tubing is not suitable as it does not stretch far enough. Good quality silicone will stretch to 5 or 6 times it's length and retract back it's original size hundreds of times without problems. You will also need something like pre-stretched kite line (Dyneema) or fishing line (not monofilament) for the last part that attaches to the glider.

[@g8rh8r100]

Kai02 i think its a high-start . 1/2" surgical tubing a length of braided nylon staging and a parachute with a split-ring above the canopy.

[@wordreet]

1/2" ?! That seems pretty big. I was thinking more like 6 or 8mm. I'll be using 6mm to launch my 1.5mtr glider this weekend.

[@AdityaRaj-rr3ij]

String is attached to glider

[@ดําคนถ่ง]

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[@aldoyosbel1728397263]

do you know the wing loading weight 3 meter wingspan rc aircraft, i hope somebody here can help me

[@TheHobbyHubAirVideo]

+Aldo Allende Oliva Hi May I suggest that you post your question on thehobbyhub.com/the-rc-guru where our team of RC experts will do their best to answer.

[@jazldazl9193]

Wing loading is the total mass of a flying entity divided by the area of its wing. The stalling speed is partly determined by its wing loading

[@justeauanka6017]

Great. It would have to be for £1900 ! Yeah.

[@johnw5734]

Please stop with the hand catches. It looks great until you miss and damage the plane. Every approach should be a practice attempt at 100 points on the landing tape. The only time I'll do a hand catch is when a dog is chasing the plane. Nice video.

[@antok.juni.beonehousehotel5249]

I am like see your glider Flying in the Air , hecker computer

[@Abderrahmane_Aitouche]

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