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.
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."
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.
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.
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👍🏼
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.
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.
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... :-)
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.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
@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
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
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 🤷🏻♀️)
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.
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!!!
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.😋
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
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.
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
🌿اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا إلى يوم الدين 🌿سبحان اللَّه وبحمده سبحان اللَّه العظيم 🌿ماشاء اللَّه تبارك الرحمٰن الرحيم الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه 🌿وكفى باللَّه وكيلا وكفى باللَّه وكيلا وكفى باللَّه وكيلا 🌿لا إله إلا اللَّه محمد رسول اللَّه صلىٰ اللَّه عليه وسلم 🌿لا حول ولا قوة إلا باللَّه 🌿إنَّا للَّه وإنَّا إليه راجعون 🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه 🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه 🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه 🌿أشهد أن لا إله إلا اللَّه وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير يحيي و يميت و هو حي لا يموت وأشهد أن محمداً رسول اللَّه صلىٰ اللَّه عليه وسلم
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.
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
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:th-cam.com/video/eJgQJTkoipQ/w-d-xo.html Winch: th-cam.com/video/uOwOT2_e8-o/w-d-xo.html
@@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
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
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:th-cam.com/video/eJgQJTkoipQ/w-d-xo.html Winch: th-cam.com/video/uOwOT2_e8-o/w-d-xo.html
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.
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
@@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.
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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.
Thanks you
I completely agree with axonnus!
Further clarity is added in following video
th-cam.com/video/JyQ3sQcITT8/w-d-xo.html
Ughh I came here to know about properties of gliders so i can make it with a hard paper🤦
Thank you so much for the comprehensive information. I've been dreaming of gliders since the August 2003.
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."
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.
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.
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👍🏼
Hey brother! 2 years since u posted this .. hope you're doing well and got to get some glider lessons in!!
cool! All the best mate!
Hey! Goodluck, it has been 3 years but i just hope you made it.
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.
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.
I'm in school to be an aviation maintenance technician. Came here out of curiosity while studying. This was perfect. Thank you.
Anyone else see the UFO behind her head on left side @ 4:06..
Aliens also love gliding, but they use cosmic rays and gravitational anomalies for soaring
Yea I saw him, he waved at me. And he said that I was next to get probed.
Lol
This is the best explanation I've ever heard well done!
Good video and helpful explanations about gliding
New to this but love the electric sustainer concept.Seen a guy retrofit a zero motorcycle drive train to a old glider.
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? 😑
I guess we can thank global warming for one thing at least
Very eco friendly
About 2 a year
UK is gonna open their closed coal mine again, and contribute to the global warming.
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... :-)
Funny how ideal gliding conditions sometimes completely contrast ideal powered aviation conditions
Gliding Very well described.
I was looking into gliders to help build and design a more efficient air plane
Straight to the point 👍
This looks sooooo incredibly fun!!
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.
dud just find any mig 21 and fly xD
Join the army and protect your country and they will let you fly what you want...
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.
@@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
@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
Thanks very much. Just started flying a glider in MSFS2020 and this video came in very handy! :-)
Blue thermal!
Like the post-rock vibe towards the end of the video
I was wondering why gliders aren't used for commercial transport? It seems environmentally friendly.
Nice question, I think it might be because of wind
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
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 🤷🏻♀️)
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.
Basic common sense reason, “Weight”..
obviously gliders seem to be operating efficiently due to their lightweight.
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!!!
"We don't use wind, we use lift"
-Proceeds to explain how they use wind to generate lift-
I miss my days flying gliders in northern Micigan.
BEautiful! thank you!
Wow, this is really interesting, the way it works overawes me with simplicity I couldn't think of. Well demonstrated!
This is how I know that you failed GCSE physics. ✌️🤡
King Aragorn II haha
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
Time to try again then. Find your nearest club on the British Gliding Association website.
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!
Thank you for that explanation. well presented.
thanks
@liro gliders who is starting a glider centre check it out
that's it in a nutshell!
Magical
Lovely video! Informative but easy to understand too!
I love gliding planes❤
this is so good
Great explanation! Thank you so much ma’am!
Thank you for this video really enjoyed it!
That's a sailplane! (Gliders are Boeing 737s, most of the time.)
good explanation thanks :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
keep this up girl
AMAZING...how do you take of.
With the help of another plane
@@hithere4289 seems counter productive
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.😋
@@hithere4289 ahh ok i see then.. That makes sense... FLY ON
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
If you add a very light and small engine, will your time in the air be increased extensively ? *curious*
Yes
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_glider
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.
Very well explained thanks 😎
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
😂 follow the energy. Or in other words follow the charging stations
I learned earlier today that I will be gliding with the air tranning corp
its still crazy
🌿اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا وحبيبنا ونبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا إلى يوم الدين
🌿سبحان اللَّه وبحمده سبحان اللَّه العظيم
🌿ماشاء اللَّه تبارك الرحمٰن الرحيم الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه
🌿وكفى باللَّه وكيلا وكفى باللَّه وكيلا وكفى باللَّه وكيلا
🌿لا إله إلا اللَّه محمد رسول اللَّه صلىٰ اللَّه عليه وسلم
🌿لا حول ولا قوة إلا باللَّه
🌿إنَّا للَّه وإنَّا إليه راجعون
🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه
🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه
🌹أستغفر اللَّه العظيم الذي لاإله إلا هو الحي القيوم وأتوب إليه
🌿أشهد أن لا إله إلا اللَّه وحده لا شريك له له الملك وله الحمد وهو على كل شيء قدير يحيي و يميت و هو حي لا يموت وأشهد أن محمداً رسول اللَّه صلىٰ اللَّه عليه وسلم
اللهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين في فلسطين
Strange that someone chose to put music on here over the audio making it difficult to clearly understand what the person is saying.
I'm here after watching blue thermal
love the music :)
Add an engine as a back and you could go for day's
But why would you want to?
Until you crash from only being able to pull up due to poor weight distribution.
what happens if they glided in hot dessert areas like in sahara dessert so it would fly infinitely because of thermal heat grounds?
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.
we can go some distance
Yeah, but it all depends on the weather condition!☁️
This is deserved so many likes❤
thanks ms
This brings up my next question, how do gliders take off?
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
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:th-cam.com/video/eJgQJTkoipQ/w-d-xo.html
Winch: th-cam.com/video/uOwOT2_e8-o/w-d-xo.html
The air lits it, but what pushes, instead of engine?
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.
I hope there are gliding club in Malaysia.
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✈️
I'm not here because of that visual novel 😉
گلائیڈر سے مراد بغیر پائلٹ کے طیارہ ہوتا ہے ۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟؟
I'm trying this at the weekend (weather permitting) if it's as much fun as it looks then it could become my hobby.
Its great fun, youll love it, I'm training to go solo at the moment
@@joshbutts6092 what is a realistic time from novice to solo flight?
@@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
@@joshbutts6092 cool, can't wait.
So interesting
Next up: "How a Boeing 747 works"
the forces I get it 1 , 2,3,4
hi
What does the glider cost
What's the song? Why didn't you provide it?
Large raptors do the same thing if you watch them closely.
We regularly share thermals with large birds of prey and often use them as markers of where to find the strongest up-currents
How glider takeoff can you explain plz
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
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:th-cam.com/video/eJgQJTkoipQ/w-d-xo.html
Winch: th-cam.com/video/uOwOT2_e8-o/w-d-xo.html
Fly for fruit in west of Sudan
nice
gliders seem dangerous
For glider pilots it's adventurous
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.
I can tell you from experience that everywhere there is a cumulus cloud there is not always lift.
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
@@taylormade2826 yah. Land outs are always exciting and a bit scary.
Nice mate il look forward to it then haha
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
@@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.
Do you need a license to fly one ?
Yes
Love your accent
"Did the wind stop?"
I could beat the people who ask right in the face... It makes me sooo angryy 😹
It's a pretty reasonable question for someone that doesn't fly gliders. Ya know, like 99.99% of the population.
Why ????
Its fun
sudan land has too much farming and vegetables and wheat so badly need development for business
i did see the UFO
its unfortunate the narrator does not understand how a thermal works- air does not rise because it is heated. Classic myth
1st!