Epic Elevator - 6 m/s Thermal in a Glider

[@chanel4gamerz403]

The bug vibing on the canopy

[@fromtheloveofjay271]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the first high altitude aphid! Someone call Guinness!

[@bruce2357]

I remember when I first started taking glider lessons in a 2-33 it seemed like most of my lessons were either sled rides or we would find really weak lift. On one of my first solo flights my instructor told me not to stray too far from the airport. I hit an 800 foot per minute thermal and stayed in it for about five minutes. I was so happy and had never seen the airport from that high up before. Suddenly I realized my time slot for the glider was running out and I was forced to relinquish all of my hard earned altitude and land.

[@woutvanthielen5260]

Bruce I know the feeling haha. On my third solo I found some great thermals only to have to put the k13 on the ground because my slot was coming to an end

[@LasseJOugaard]

On my third solo flight (same day as my first) I hit powerful lift just south of our airfield. I could see a very clearly defined cloud-street from the field to the next town. Unfortunately the glider was out of battery so the vario was out but I managed to find the lift using the mechanical gauge anyway. I decided to fly to the next town 10km away and return. I did it at 160km/h and locked at 750 meters to stay below airspace in an ASK21! Once I returned, it turned out my instructor had been yelling at his radio for the last 10 minutes and I didn't hear any of it. I'm pretty sure he was unsure whether to be really pissed or quite impressed! 😂

[@ildart8738]

"one of my first solo flights" - every pilot remembers his first solo flight. Do not bullshit me by saying "one of my first solo flights" You either remember your first solo flight, or you are an imposter.

[@elisski]

@@ildart8738he probably meant it was when he started doing solos so it was one of the first few😊

[@elisski]

I didn’t mean the emoji lol

[@vortex_un]

At first glance I thought the insect inside the cockpit was a drone trying to get a shot while struggling in the tow planes turbulence :)

[@TtoThePowerOf3]

Me too😂😂

[@lasse1436]

I assure you, that would never be a thing at any airport ever

[@TtoThePowerOf3]

I wouldnt be to shure about that😂😂, i have Seen similiar stupid Things before on airfields

[@windshearahead7012]

Utku Okçu imagine being locked up with that thing i would open the canopy and bail out

[@vortex_un]

Pilot Bravo thats why you are wearing a parachute :)

[@charliewilliams924]

Stefan I am from the USA and I am fourteen and I siloed in a SGS-233 and I am now flying the PW-6 and I love watching your videos good luck for the championships. Keep it up with the great videos

[@bigwings1891]

I love how the panel comes out when you pull the release!

[@SteFly]

Haha yes 🤣

[@terjelindtveit8072]

haha, you managed to find an even worse vario!

[@SteFly]

Great achievement 🤣

[@dLoLe]

Very nice of you to take the cricket for a ride of his life

[@Draavo]

I love these videos, they really make me want to go flying more often. I've been subscribed since you had around 20K subscribers and watched these videos since. Keep making them :)

[@dannycochrane4330]

Should open the DV panel

[@martincox4520]

Like a homesick angel!

[@jamesnugent6525]

Nice flight Stefan. Try starting the launch in 0 degrees flap - the aileron deflection is mechanically reduced in the negative flap settings which makes it harder to keep the wings level. Enjoy the LS3, an upgrade on the 29 ;)

[@chrisehmke1651]

That's true! For that reason, I start the launch with +5 Flaps, and go to +10 as soon as airspeed is sufficient.

[@SteFly]

It is an LS3, no LS3a. Flaps and aelerons are not seperated

[@janovetteZR-1]

Wow, 6 m/s it's like 1200 fpm, great climb! and very nice video :)

[@moosesnWoop]

Grasshopper: " I'm flying but i'm not flying WTF IS GOING ON?"

[@cryptout]

I’m an RC Glider pilot, one day I will fly a real one like yours!

[@SteFly]

Best thing you can do 🤙🏼

[@alejandrosaldana1244]

Love your videos! I learn so much! Hope to go to Germany soon and fly there! Beautiful country! Keep’em coming!

[@SteFly]

Thanl you 👍

[@alexandrepoli893]

My record Is 8m/s in French Pyrénées, up to 4000m. Was a good flight

[@kazushi]

1st

[@ilikegliding]

It was in shot for the take-off and the landing. I think it had stories to tell its family...

[@FelBladeS]

@D Mark rofl, me too also between 7:26 - 7:27

[@chrisehmke1651]

Hallo Stefan, das freut mich sehr dass du die LS3 fliegst! Ich habe eine LS3-17, die ich aber meist als LS3a mit 15 Metern fliege. Jetzt habe ich die erste LS3-17 mit Winglets! Kürzlich konnte ich in reiner Blauthermik ein 320 km FAI Dreieck fliegen. Damit komme ich nie an deine Leistungen ran, aber es hat Spaß gemacht!

[@Flying2ZC]

Sorry I couldn't hear the vario for the racket the ambulance from Ghost Busters was making.

[@AN2Felllla]

My record is a 15 knot average going to a maximum of 24 knots. I went from 1000 feet to 4500 feet in about 2 minutes. :D

[@MrProfessorNietzsche]

Careful with taxi’ing off I know how the LS3 wheel brakes are like😉

[@namasivayamm9234]

thank you sharing thrilling video, congratulations.

[@lime5851]

Very Nice Congrats!🥳

[@NaBaseVooaVela]

Awesome!!! 🦅🦅🦅🦅

[@j.schr.8478]

Insect in your cockpit is now youtube-superstarinsect :)

[@SuperReasonable]

LS3, my first 300kms and 500kms machine, oh and Diamond Height as well. Fantastic glider...

[@louisvanrijn3964]

In northern Europe thermal updrafts to 5-6 m/s are called good thermals. In Spain thermals to 7 m/s can be found now and then. Deep inside well developed thunderstorms updrafts up to 30m/s are measured. In such clouds hailstones fall down, but are lifted upwards against the stream, and become heavier and heavier until they eventually drop down as tennisballs so big. This is however very seldom.

[@EcoEarthNut]

That murder fly went for a hell of a ride!

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

Love taking the elevator up

[@OK_ACME]

That bug had the time of his life :D

[@u0000-u2x]

that cricket had the ride of his life

[@vittthevecc1390]

0:23 whoa i would have declared emergency with that cricket in the canopy!

[@safetyinstructor]

What's wrong with it?

[@moefly14]

Oh that's Landau! Im from Denmark, i was flying there about 2 weeks ago... Nice airfield, but with a special runway, with the huge hole in the middle. Had some Interesting aerotows because we had zero wind and the runway is only 600 meters, so in a dobbleseater it gets very low at the end, and the other way against the mountain there is only wine yards ... Compared to Denmark the thermals is great. I really hope I can visit it again, awesome club with awesome people!

[@bruchpilot3727]

The most interesting aerotows were the two "500m-500ft" tows🤔

[@moefly14]

@@bruchpilot3727 oh jaer, you saw it... Luckily it wasn't me, but the pilot got a talk with instructors from the club. And I really hope he learnt something. I just can't understand how he couldn't see it out of the window.. But when he did it the second time, it made me a bit scared, what he might else do.

[@dirtroadie4642]

That but would have driven me nuts!

[@56932982]

It seems you flew over the Orensberg at around 2:40. I hope to fly from that hill with a paraglider next year, as I am currently attending flight school. :-)

[@AirJoe]

That's an interesting sounding vario lol

[@jamex7704]

118er Schnitt in der clubclasse ok nennen... 😂😂Respekt wieder schönes Video

[@SteFly]

Wetter war halt gut 😅

[@jamex7704]

@@SteFly naja trotztdem aber schönen flieger hast dir da für die worlds ausgesucht

[@christiannnnnnnnnn]

It was the flight of its life for the bug

[@michelrec5187]

I remember the Day before swiss championships at Shennis 17m/s in wave flight from 1600m tout 5500m whithout oxygène The women altitude record was broken up to 10000m high I participated the contest after and ended 2nd not so bad for a french pilot without knowledge this region

[@henrih3080]

Now its time to find a 20 m/s wave lift because the fastest elevator runs at at a speed of 21/ms !

[@MyUniQ]

Meanwhile me trying to figure out how to fly a glider towed behind a plane after my second lesson

[@eliaskone6082]

Schönes video, hoffe euch hat die Aat Aufgabe gefallen👍

[@SteFly]

War super 👍

[@ZilvinasGrigonis]

Good video 👍

[@BlokartS260]

+6 is nice but the fastest lift (elevator) travels at 75.6 km per hour (21 m/s) and was achieved by Hitachi Building Systems Co., Ltd. (Japan), constructed by Hitachi Elevator (China) Co., Ltd., and installed at Rosewood Guangzhou, Guangzhou Chow Tai Fook Finance Centre, in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, on 10 September 2019. Otherwise, keep those video's coming, I love to watch them.

[@dannycochrane4330]

Good wave lift can be very quick

[@louisvanrijn3964]

In northern Europe thermal updrafts to 5-6 m/s are called good thermals. In Spain thermals to 7 m/s can be found now and then. Deep inside well developed thunderstorms updrafts up to 30m/s are measured. In such clouds hailstones fall down, but are lifted upwards against the stream, and become heavier and heavier until they eventually drop down as tennisballs so big. This is however very seldom.

[@BlokartS260]

@@louisvanrijn3964 As a former hang glider pilot I once entered a +12 thermal in the Owens Valley, California, spectactular and almost sickening.

[@grove.thomas]

A standard lift/elevator travels at 1,6 m/s ;)

[@malibu188]

And the faster ones at about 17 m/s www.archdaily.com/879757/which-building-has-the-worlds-fastest-moving-elevator

[@abflyer5310]

How does the glider take off and becomes stable in the air without engines or propellers

[@sneekmatrix]

The glider has a very good aerodynamic coefficient. It has very little drag and is very lightweight. It also has very long slender wings and body. The plane in front tows the glider to a safe altitude via a tow rope. Once the pilot of the glider disengages the tow line the glider has sufficient forward momentum to glide at a predetermined rate of descent. This is typically 26-29 to one. I.e it travels a distance of 28 feet or so horizontally in the forward direction and loses one foot in altitude. On a warm day the heat off the ground creates whats called thermals. These thermals are upward rising air and the glider is lofted by these thermals to higher altitudes. In this example the pilot was able to achieve a rate of climb of 6 meters per second using these thermals. The thermals are localised regions of rising air so the pilot uses the instruments to fly into these thermals and circles around and around to maximise the rate of ascent. Another use of getting altitude is terrain and wind direction. If the wind is sufficiently strong the glider can go into a head wind and pick up altitude and then circle around and pick up a tailwind to get forward momentum.

[@abflyer5310]

@@sneekmatrix thanks. I get it now

[@GuilhermeFerreira-nj4ok]

How airfoil are you using?

[@noaha.1539]

With the Ka6 every thermal has 6m/s

[@lennardrau2089]

😂 😂 Definitely

[@CAlborghete]

What is this sound that keeps beeping all the time?

[@briangarcia8986]

Hi Stefan nice climb for sure. Wasn't sure what ship you where in until I seen that crazy gear handle. Do you still use the plastic fillet at the flap roots? And how does it run against the 20 and mini nimbus these days.

[@Dmitri4e]

if it were possible not to take off without a plane?

[@DavidAlder-h3e]

What is the name of the song and who plays it?

[@archivist17]

Wow!

[@marcoscorreia2168]

0:10 a bug in cockpit. 🤣🤣🤣

[@turbowaterslide111]

Diese Heuschrecke im cockpit haha

[@disculpateurdifferentiel4416]

you can see the altimeter moving...

[@ZCHRL4]

What audio vario were you using???

[@dage-vr]

What does the blue handle do?

[@randomguyinanglider]

Its a airbrake, gliders are so efficient that you need to decrease your glide ratio to land

[@Rommy456]

I feel bad for the insect at 0:31

[@Rommy456]

It'd die eventually

[@Rommy456]

And that's why i feel bad for the insect

[@kaihorstmann2783]

No insects were harmed while making this video :D

[@Rommy456]

@@kaihorstmann2783 i bet

[@patrickmaartense7772]

how to differentiate a glide pilot from a motor power pilot : turn angle ;) whenm i did my ppl my examner asked: you a glide pilot I guess ;) 45 degrees turn ...

[@soaringhal]

I once had a PPL pilot riding the backseat of the K21 I was flying, he felt he was on an aerobatic flight when I circled the thermals ;)

[@patrickmaartense7772]

@@soaringhal my first gliderflight at 13 yo was arobatic I was solo at 14 Yo :)

[@WAVEGURU]

I climbed 10,000" in 4 minutes in a thermal in Nevada.

[@iceclub9362]

I am new to Gliders.Can anyone pls say what is the knob he is moving forward at 4:00

[@IsleofMull2011]

It is the flap lever. The flaps are in the rear edge of the wing, and by adjusting them you can create lift, to climb faster in thermals, or to go faster when on a straight line of flight. Lever to the back increases lift, and pushing it forward allows the wing aero dynamics to make the glider go faster ...

[@rascasplascas]

One like for that huge bug inside the cabin at the beginning of the video

[@davidalhoff7190]

Hi Stefan, Nice views nice Video! Though the vario sound is so horrible! Normally vario tunes are like musik to my ears though it looks like all the LS3 you fly have nightmare varios. The climb sounds more like a sink-alarm. Happie Landings!

[@retrix9910]

i thought the bug was a crazy helicopter

[@javieronaco]

Did someone else see an insect repellent ?? 0:20 😅😅

[@erichwustner858]

Hatte gestern 6'5 über Steigerwald

[@nob0dy27_]

Wie hast du es den fertigbekommen ein noch schlimmeres Vario zu finden als bei der letzten LS3? 😅

[@ricardomarata6043]

👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@Simon-ue4wf]

could you maybe make a video showing your xcsoar setup? :D could be really interesting!

[@tinchote]

Did I get it right that you were flying with no ballast?

[@SteFly]

Yes, without water ballast

[@filippiskorz6109]

what is the name of the phone's application?

[@SteFly]

XCSoar

[@jamesbartlettt]

Bass boosted takeoff noises

[@mrjoepietube]

your variometer indeed sounds specially annoying but in general they shoud try to let them sound more appealing

[@CalebNorthNorman]

There was a bug inside with you during takeoff.

[@jadk1180]

Wo bist du denn geflogen, wir hatten im Sauerland am Samstag nur Blaues und cb am Sonntag

[@blackm7924]

Landau

[@梁朝伟-d3u]

那只小虫子从起飞到降落一直都在哈哈。

[@741741]

whats the blue lever for?

[@chrisehmke1651]

That's the air brake (spoiler). Normally it is only used for landing. When it looks like a ski stick grip, that's because it is exactly that! I have the same grip in my glider.

[@741741]

@@chrisehmke1651 and what is the other one? when circling in a thermal

[@chrisehmke1651]

@@741741 The black handle beside the blue one is for the flaps. They are used for thermaling and landing when positive (handle is pulled back) and for high speed flight when negative (handle pushed forward)

[@741741]

@@chrisehmke1651i thought segelflugzeuge haben keine flaps. oder nur some of them?

[@chrisehmke1651]

@@741741 Standard class gliders don't have flaps. 15m and 18m class gliders have, open class as well. By using flaps, the glider can fly optimal in a wide speed range.

[@lukabevk4276]

Name of your glider and towing plane🤔

[@lime5851]

Ls3

[@lime5851]

And a fk9

[@JohnTosti]

Wait 6m/s is a strong climb in a sail plane?? I fly paragliders and have climbed at 8m/s. obviously very strong but i figured sail planes could handle much more

[@otsokivivuori7726]

For a thermal that is really good. I've heard that wave lift can get way better though.

[@louisvanrijn3964]

Gliders fly larger circles compared to paragliders. The strongest thermals are in the centre of the lift bubble, where the glider fly around it. But the glide-ratio of 40 makes it more than good.

[@albertoskytwins3527]

Is that a cockroach? 🤣

[@Anonymous-vh9tc]

When your pc is too crap to run flight sim 2020

[@planespeaking]

Dental drill climbing.

[@ProdriveGT]

Da heck is a thermal?

[@EugenMutabor]

Super video, leider Instrumenten nicht lesbar

[@wojtekgall4766]

😊♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️👍⚜⚜⚜

Your R2D2 unit is dying :- º

[@j.schr.8478]

6m/s = 21600m/h = in ca. 1,7 Jahren bist du beim Mond...

[@ethicseo]

Jesus can change your mind bro

[@Yasiir9]

Can I ask you is the Earth flat or not?

[@leontrepesch2875]

1st

[@SteFly]

Congrats! :D

[@mitchd434]

That stupid fly!!

[@Yasiir9]

Can I ask you is the Earth flat or not?

[@Yasiir9]

Can I ask you is the Earth flat or not?

[@commentatron]

Do not speak of such things! Landru will be displeased.

[@Yasiir9]

Can I ask you is the Earth flat or not?

[@chrisehmke1651]

No you can't. Bullshit questions are not answered in a serious channel.