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Looks like you just followed exactly what the other guy in front of you was doing the entire flight. You might have had a better chance of finding something if you would split up a little bit and not just follow along in trail of him.

I bounced my first solo. I also managed to avoid developing it into a PIO, much to the relief of the CFI that sent me up. lol

Love the shot of your tongue doing the landing! ;)

I did something similar at Vinon (also in LS4)...stayed airborn for 6-8 seconds though. I came hot, 130, with head wind 20 knots, was landing long, and once settled the first time, I put away the airbrakes completely to roll as far as possible, and started pulling on the stick (kind of used to it because I am close to max weight, so as to avoid nose chafing, I always prefer to give more backpressure). Man I forgot that I had 0 airbrakes... My nick name for the next year was "Michail two landings". And the other comment was "the guy who knows how to go around in a glider"

anyone else anxiously waiting for the fast train to go by... ?

Use the wheel brake before you hit the rabbit hole that you can't see.

Good landing planning and execution although a steeper final would be more safe and controlable with more brakes on. JGM - Gliding instructor.

Some more outlanding advice: th-cam.com/video/CXImj2rGkf8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=nDWsPIAx0oOnZ0VS . Probably one of the best videos on outlandings, flatlands though.

Thanx for commentary and a few points of camera views

I do not like the title. Outlanding with a glider is a normal thing and nothing that has to be „survived“

Germany!

Nicely executed landing. But if you are team flying, take advantage of that. Don't ever just follow the other glider. Split up and cover twice the opportunities. While in general, the day looked very weak, it looked like you had some strong sink on that last ridge. If there is no prevailing winds, and you hit sink on a ridge, it usually means the air is returning to higher altitudes in the center of the valley, so try that before you get too low. Also, once you flew down the ridge and it wasn't working, for sure don't re-fly the same ridge.

It is a good idea not to change the airbrake position if not necessary below lets say 100 meters, and just concentrate on sufficient speed and a nice smooth curve above the ground. Even if that means you do not land short and have a bit way back to the trailer. This is a great video that shows what can happen when moving the brakes in a low height. Thanks a lot.

With that overcast cloud situation, where and how should the thermals develop? That was not really a day for cross country flight, especially in the alps. So there was a high probability for an outlanding when attempting cross country however. As there is always a small chance that a glider gets damaged at outlanding, it might be better to skip such a day and wait patiently for better weather. Or pack the glider into the trailer and drive into better weather the day before.

You should have tried the opposit side of the valley. The small hills NW of the Lofferer Steinberge are often good for a low save. It makes no sense to stay at a slop that doesent work.

Nice landing, I would have gone to St. Johann airfield, 10-15 km down the valley, since the sky did not look very promising I would have left earlier and higher. From there a Towplane would have brought you back to Uw.

You know the thermals go crazy when the vario starts sounding like the targeting computer from Star Wars 😂

I enjoyed this very much. I’m fascinated with gliders and would love to ride in one someday. For now I’ll just have to be content with simulated gliding. This was the first of your videos I’ve seen, and subscribed for more.

I did 35 outlandings during my time x country glider flying. Pilots usually retrieve each other. Once I retrieved a fellow pilot with 2 other fellow pilots. We found our friend's glider, but he was in the farmer's house having tea & sandwiches so we went ahead and put his glider in the trailer & then we went looking for him. We didn't tell him that we already had his glider in the trailer. The fun started when we drove past the field he had landed in and he couldn't see his glider. We then spent some time looking for it, before admitting what we had done 🤣 !

Allways remove the horizontal stabilizer first !

Not sure I'm correctly interpreting, so I'll ask. Do you program your pattern altitude, plus a safety factor, required into your flight computer so that final glide calculation takes that into account? As opposed to your final glide calc getting you a 0 AGL arrival.

Model of plane?

I've seen this kind of visualization before. What app/website generates this?? thanks!

should have installed an engine! 😊 nah, great video on how it gets disassembled for trailer haul!

Don't you usually take the taiplane off before the wings? If the fuselage tips over you're less likely to break the tail.

At the time of this comment, 980 subscribers. Keep up the good work!

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This is actually a great video

980 Subs... getting close... nice video thank you

I’m guessing you left the tailplane until last just for the video as this is not the normal procedure

LS4 is great to fly but due to its extremely efficient brakes sometimes tricky to land... Well done, mate!

I stopped watching when you said 'no kerosene'.

Top Fun!

Gut, vor allem der deutsche Kommentar 😊

Wonderful video Sir! Per your narration, you demonstrated a lot of good advance judgment to hedge your risks as the flight progressed and conditions failed to improve. It's also nice that you're sharing your hard-earned experience with us for free. Respect!

Was it 7 m/s average? Or peak 7m/s? I’ve hit 6 m/s peak but the average of that climb was closer to 4 m/s, this was on a paraglider though.

Killin it!

Thanks for sharing!

One of the gliding clubs I was associated with had a perpetual trophy made from a broken fence post 😂 This trophy was awarded quite often to various club members.

As the old saying goes: If you're going to hit a fence, hit the far fence

Responding to the comment I made on the english version : yeah, a full landig sequence after the video is a good idea, especially with the 3 camera angles. Well done! ( if I should criticize your landing, 120/130kph while you can do like 100 including an extra safety is a little bit too fast for an approach speed (unless you had a strong facewind, I don't have all the details)). My instructors always told me to watch my speed and keep it low when possible so it trains me to outland if I have too. Otherwise, great job and nice average speed :) )

did he say 200 knots??

Great videos!

well done! great graphics. what is the L/D of your sailplane?

Incredible!

Bad weather: an outlanding should be expected. Nothing to "survive". Don´t like the lurid/sensational title :-(

Oh wow, is that you talking in german? Or is it a new feature? It's your voice in an almost perfect german without any dialect, it seems. Awesome! Well... I'm sure it will be helpful for some german audience, but the most of us are able to understand your declarations in english, as I guess. Landing: 10 out of 10 ;-) Best regards Andrea

And again another gorgeous and informative Video! Really like your style. Cheers Andrea