There are experienced glider pilots who can travel further with less altitude. There are thermal pockets you can find that will increase your altitude.
Glider pilot here. My instructor was the lead pilot on team USA gliding and his most recent flight was Wichita Kansas to San Antonio Texas from a 2,000 ft tow.
If we can some how use the ground effect on the glider the gliding effect lasts longer it's basically the end of the wings tilt 90⁰ downwards which gives it like mire rake off or longer glide
@@camdenschneider4421 Nice! One of my A&P instructors was a glider pilot. He would always derail off topic and talk about incredible flights and possibilities of a glider lol.
It really drives home how remarkable technology has gotten in the past century or so, doesn’t it? It used to take days to get just a few towns over by foot or even horseback. Now you can drive up and over (or thru) a mountain in minutes, or fly across a continent within hours. Travel is so fast now that the world has practically shrunken down to a fraction of its size as far as travel times are concerned. Shit’s crazy, and we’re only at the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Actually that is not true. You are not looking for air currents but thermals which are rising pockets of air. The pilot tries to spend as much time as possible in a thermal to gain as much height as possible.
@@Project_VideoGame the funny thing is it does exist in real life. Search for glider and wave. It happens in certain conditions when strong winds blow over high mountains and form a giant wind rotor movement on the flat land behind.
@@kaeez the internet is a beautiful thing. Look it up. Basically he is saying for every 1km of altitude you have, you can glide for 46km. That glide ratio is really good where as actual commercial airliners are in the single digits.
What if... We built an autopilot system, from which data can be extracted from our flight decision,remote sensing, and topology mapping.... Dunno i just Uni student in mech eng
@@YAWBAD You still need the right conditions. They wouldn't be able to fly in a straight line. You'd need a mountain range to follow and perfect weather. This means you'd practically only manage to fly in circles as long as the weather allows for it.
Glider pilots are legit amazing.. Imagine telling the wright brothers people will be flying currents for 100s of km for essentially free. The new gliders with small electric/jet engine start up motors are kinda a game changer.
The aerodynamics at that altitude become impossible to support any winged aircraft. There is a glider (Perlman II) designed to fly up to 90,000 feet. At that altitude the air is so thin that you have to go nearly supersonic to have enough airflow over the wings to support it.
Keep in mind that the specific glider you used has a glide ratio of 70:1 (for every meter lost in altitude you gain 70 in length, that’s if the glider you used is the eta, which has a wingspan of 30.9 m) most glider don’t have that glider ratio, the one i use has a glide ratio of 34:0.82, so my glider compared to that it’s like a Cessna 172 compared with an F16, but nice video tho!
It's amazing what you can do with a glider. You can fly very long distances with one, and yes. You can go even longer if you go from an airliner's altitude. Even if you went from a Darkstar's altitude, you'd be flying for a very long time, but in comparison from 35,000 feet in the air, flying from 280,000 feet would take you eight times as long, 16 hours. Still, though, that looks pretty cool. Keep up with the good work.
@@regalblack1503 Gliding is without thrust and flying is with thrust. Not exactly a difficult concept. Do you think pilots just turn off their engines mid flight lmao?
I believe in the original msfx there is a glider training mission. I had the most fun flying those; not the jets and other planes. I remember the "instructor" said "it's like magic, isn't it?" While i was thinking it.
Glider if you have a 60:1 ratio. Every 1’ of altitude you go 60’ forward. So you can do the simple math and find out how high you gotta go to go a given dist. In summer time I always had to wear extra socks, it gets cold!!! Oh, and fill the oxygen tank up. I started gliders at 12 got my rating when I was 14. Soaring is where my heart is at
Try an IFR flight out of a busy airport with VATSim. The radio communications alone will keep everyone busy. Also, the simulation speed can be adjusted.
Paramotor pilot here, I believe a typical glider has a 50:1 glide ratio. They’re all different based on design of the plane but if you were 35000’ up, you could travel 350 miles. Of course it doesn’t work the same way in real life as it does on paper but if you were to find thermals and really search to see how long you could stay up there, it may never end. There’s always rising air somewhere. Next to the rising air is sinking air, there’s a good bit involved but you get the idea
At 35k feet after all for a glider it's worst than an airliner because the air is less dense and having that whole wing span helps but not so much at lower altitudes per exemple at 8000 feet, the glider is going to be more stable and travel at a higher speed. But they can some of them are also pressurised, must of the times it's worst than flying at lower altitudes but if you are at 45 k feet you may have a better chance of encountering some wind thermals that help glider a *lot* .
Mr Nitpicky here...When your glider ran out of altitude 300 miles to the east of Tampa, it splashed into the Atlantic, but not anywhere close to "somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic".
You could have probably made it out all the way to the Bahamas like the barefoot bandit. He was in a propeller powered Cessna but it's still impressive. I wonder what the longest glider flight is irl?
A better comparison for how far the glider went from beginning to end is If the glider started at Jacksonville, FL, it would have touched down at the Everglades national Park, so it Basically flew the entirety of Florida.
When they use the rising air to stay aloft they can go a long way for a long time. Yesterday, starting off tow at 2000 feet above ground I flew over 200 miles over 4 hours. (Could have stayed up longer). It was an average day.
There are experienced glider pilots who can travel further with less altitude. There are thermal pockets you can find that will increase your altitude.
Glider pilot here. My instructor was the lead pilot on team USA gliding and his most recent flight was Wichita Kansas to San Antonio Texas from a 2,000 ft tow.
If we can some how use the ground effect on the glider the gliding effect lasts longer it's basically the end of the wings tilt 90⁰ downwards which gives it like mire rake off or longer glide
@@camdenschneider4421 Nice! One of my A&P instructors was a glider pilot. He would always derail off topic and talk about incredible flights and possibilities of a glider lol.
@@pratikhyamohapatra2193 ground effect only works within a few feet of the ground. That’s why gliders take off with a very short roll, 200 ft or so
yeah i've seen videos on here of people gliding 900+ km, it's pretty amazing
You should see how fast you can go if you go straight down from 275,000 feet
It caps out at 185 knots. I tested it
HE MADE THE VIDEO BTW🎉😅😮
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@@sadfxces I meant with a glider
*glides what seems like an entire continent*
"And thats just Florida"
Yeah the world is much bigger than we think
Most European countries are
The world is much bigger than you think and he's also moving really slow
It really drives home how remarkable technology has gotten in the past century or so, doesn’t it? It used to take days to get just a few towns over by foot or even horseback. Now you can drive up and over (or thru) a mountain in minutes, or fly across a continent within hours. Travel is so fast now that the world has practically shrunken down to a fraction of its size as far as travel times are concerned. Shit’s crazy, and we’re only at the tip of the proverbial iceberg.
Lol not most people maybe to you but that seemed like the appropriate amount do u know how big a continent is have even ever flown? Anywhere ?
"Gliders are known for gliding..."
Some high level knowledge right there
*_TheMoreYouKnow_*
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In other words, for every foot he went down, he traveled roughly 46ft.
he's got a pretty good glider than. most normal ones go 40 distance for 1 height
And that's called glide ratio!
Well worked out ben
@@Sanyu-Tumusiime the best are up to 70 these days
@@MaximBaranov5 WOW I guess they really improved their tech then.
If you happen to find the right air currents, you can fly indefinitely with gliders.
No, the point of video is without wind
Actually that is not true.
You are not looking for air currents but thermals which are rising pockets of air.
The pilot tries to spend as much time as possible in a thermal to gain as much height as possible.
And not always thermals, any swirl of wind or difference in wind shear can be taken advantage of, as birds well know
Ridge lift is a thing instead of thermals, too. Guys in NZ call it "The Wave", and can get to 20k feet+. I'm in Texas, so stuck with just thermals :(
That was one hell of an updraft.
I think he meant it as a joke about the rise at the start
an updraft that lifts you up to airliner altitude
@@Project_VideoGame That's right.
@@Project_VideoGame the funny thing is it does exist in real life. Search for glider and wave. It happens in certain conditions when strong winds blow over high mountains and form a giant wind rotor movement on the flat land behind.
Wh
Lol I wish we had slew mode irl
Imagine how far you'd go if you actually knew how to use a glider. There are insane endurance records for long term flights in these things.
That wasn't the test he was doing though.
Glide ratio 1:46
Thank you
How you measure that
@@kaeez the internet is a beautiful thing. Look it up. Basically he is saying for every 1km of altitude you have, you can glide for 46km.
That glide ratio is really good where as actual commercial airliners are in the single digits.
@@kaeez distance ÷ altitude and you hot it.
That's not the best out there
With the right conditions and an experienced pilot, gliders can potentially glide endlessly... Or until the pilot gets tired and has to go to sleep.
What if... We built an autopilot system, from which data can be extracted from our flight decision,remote sensing, and topology mapping.... Dunno i just Uni student in mech eng
@@YAWBAD You still need the right conditions. They wouldn't be able to fly in a straight line. You'd need a mountain range to follow and perfect weather. This means you'd practically only manage to fly in circles as long as the weather allows for it.
@@Thor.Jorgensen i need more deep dive in journal to verify if it's viable.
Glider pilots are legit amazing.. Imagine telling the wright brothers people will be flying currents for 100s of km for essentially free. The new gliders with small electric/jet engine start up motors are kinda a game changer.
Motor gliders are pretty cool one at my gliding club is used and they have flown to Germany and back (I'm in uk)
"That's not flying. That's falling... with style."
I have an idea: try gliding from 200,000 ft with 10 knots of headwind all the way from America to Europe or Africa
(any plane allowed)
At that altutude there would be hundred of knots of wind
@@theburningorange3622 that's why he wants only 10
@@theburningorange3622 i mean would there? Atmosphere n all that
The aerodynamics at that altitude become impossible to support any winged aircraft.
There is a glider (Perlman II) designed to fly up to 90,000 feet. At that altitude the air is so thin that you have to go nearly supersonic to have enough airflow over the wings to support it.
If you ride the mountain ranges, you can thermal and ridge lift much farther.
Using wave is okay but thermalling is far safer and more reliable
@@hdwoods3853 The topic here is distance not safety, breaking records leaves many dead bodies along the way.
My very first time in a glider I learned about thermal pockets. That's like lesson one to continue your flight and gain altitude
It's not so much pockets it's more columns and above FL19 you get very few
I just want to take a moment to acknowledge the ABSOLUTELY GODLY amount of patience this man has.
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My dude here spent a few hours to experiment something he could’ve calculated in less than 5 minutes.
Zoomers 🤷🏻♂️ Calculation requires too much 😂
Explain
"Gliders are known for... Well, gliding" You didn't had to cut me off 💀
I’m a glider pilot and love flying them in msfs. Keep on making glider content pls!
Keep in mind that the specific glider you used has a glide ratio of 70:1 (for every meter lost in altitude you gain 70 in length, that’s if the glider you used is the eta, which has a wingspan of 30.9 m) most glider don’t have that glider ratio, the one i use has a glide ratio of 34:0.82, so my glider compared to that it’s like a Cessna 172 compared with an F16, but nice video tho!
i thought max glide ratio was 60:1
That glider was closer to 1:40 and competition gliders are 1:75
Thanks for making this video , i always wanted to know this 😸
congratulations to the camera man 👏
Try and glide from Florida or Maine all the way to UK! Love the Channel
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We need a glider at the edge of space video please.
Perlan 2 does exactly this. Currently flying at 60,000 feet with an ultimate ceiling of 90,000 feet.
@@christianjforbes I think it got to 76 000
Thanks for spending your time for our entertainment
It's amazing what you can do with a glider. You can fly very long distances with one, and yes. You can go even longer if you go from an airliner's altitude. Even if you went from a Darkstar's altitude, you'd be flying for a very long time, but in comparison from 35,000 feet in the air, flying from 280,000 feet would take you eight times as long, 16 hours. Still, though, that looks pretty cool. Keep up with the good work.
Bro thanks for starting at Tampa
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@@kaeez wym
Airplanes glide more than they fly 👍
No they don’t
@@FG-td4vs you think wrong why don't you fly air plane with out wings
@@regalblack1503 Gliding is without thrust and flying is with thrust. Not exactly a difficult concept. Do you think pilots just turn off their engines mid flight lmao?
Next test: "How far can you glide a helicopter?"
"in the middle of the atlantic ocean" **actually just off florida**
Wind is the main factor gliders can fly for more than 4 hours, just gotta stay near the mountains or an updraft from the ocean.
Have you ever heard of thermals?
This is called officially "Lift-to-drag ratio"
That’s pretty cool, Aaron awesome
Something soothing about the Wii music in the background lol
Hello Aaron!
Hi man!
Bro give this man a reward he goes through all this pain for our entertainment
Bro I really love your videos!!!
I love how I knew you were over Cape Canaveral without even having to think lol
bro fr ascended 💀
This dude is pretty chill for someone who landed somewhere in the middle of the ATLANTIC OCEAN!!!
I believe in the original msfx there is a glider training mission. I had the most fun flying those; not the jets and other planes. I remember the "instructor" said "it's like magic, isn't it?" While i was thinking it.
lots of people take gliders all the way across canada on a single tow up.. you can find thermals and go forever
This video has been on my fyp over 16 times for some reason
Glider if you have a 60:1 ratio. Every 1’ of altitude you go 60’ forward. So you can do the simple math and find out how high you gotta go to go a given dist. In summer time I always had to wear extra socks, it gets cold!!! Oh, and fill the oxygen tank up. I started gliders at 12 got my rating when I was 14. Soaring is where my heart is at
How do people have this much patience, I would've gotten board in the first 5 minutes Holy shit💀
Try an IFR flight with VATSim out of a busy airport. Just the radio communications alone will keep everyone busy.
Try an IFR flight out of a busy airport with VATSim. The radio communications alone will keep everyone busy. Also, the simulation speed can be adjusted.
imagine a visual video simulation of what the most unreal experience of walking on tightrope might be like, epic and mesmerizing, the virtual YOLO!
and dream about flying as well
Thank you for putting the distance in kilometers my dude
This is amazing content
Thank you for flying over my city
Paramotor pilot here, I believe a typical glider has a 50:1 glide ratio. They’re all different based on design of the plane but if you were 35000’ up, you could travel 350 miles. Of course it doesn’t work the same way in real life as it does on paper but if you were to find thermals and really search to see how long you could stay up there, it may never end. There’s always rising air somewhere. Next to the rising air is sinking air, there’s a good bit involved but you get the idea
Gliders are known for gliding*-u didnt hv to cut me off 💥
As a Floridian, I've never seen that much mountains before
" No external factors "
Lift effect : Oh really? Then I guess it's a goodbye.
Try following that popular path down the grand canyon. I used to like flight simulator until I started to travel.
0:00 you didn’t have to cut me off (like that)
At 35k feet after all for a glider it's worst than an airliner because the air is less dense and having that whole wing span helps but not so much at lower altitudes per exemple at 8000 feet, the glider is going to be more stable and travel at a higher speed.
But they can some of them are also pressurised, must of the times it's worst than flying at lower altitudes but if you are at 45 k feet you may have a better chance of encountering some wind thermals that help glider a *lot* .
"Hey bro, i messed up. Can you come give me a ride back?"
Bro I really love this vid I’m not gonna lie I’ve wonder how fa gliders can go thanks for entertaining me
Mr Nitpicky here...When your glider ran out of altitude 300 miles to the east of Tampa, it splashed into the Atlantic, but not anywhere close to "somewhere in the middle of the Atlantic".
Bro went right over my house
At first I thought it was a huge updraft, then I realized it was slew mode. Haha
Thanks now I’m gon glide my ass across the states
You could have probably made it out all the way to the Bahamas like the barefoot bandit. He was in a propeller powered Cessna but it's still impressive. I wonder what the longest glider flight is irl?
Dammm that thing can glide from Miami to Jacksonville
My man was on his way to the Bermuda triangle
“Middle of the ocean”
Shows picture of it about 100 miles off shore lol
Nc vid mate
Legit, this is my worst nightmare. Landing in thr middle of the ocean
This is gliding, which gliders are famous for.
@@sidewwinder landing in the ocean? As a glide’ pilot no what wot wut wtf
This man's voice is superb
I Mean Hey, The Space Shuttle Acted Like One Back When They Were Returning From Space, Back When It Was Being Used.
me when I'm out of fireworks in minecraf:
That’s not flying, that’s falling…with style 😂
Try Yucatán to Tijuana in a single glide. With the right headwind, I’m sure it’ll be easy
Bro is in point Nemo
The lift to drag ratio of an airplane will give the amount of distance it can travel vs the amount of altitude it loses.
"Gliders are known for, gliding"
A better comparison for how far the glider went from beginning to end is
If the glider started at Jacksonville, FL, it would have touched down at the Everglades national Park, so it Basically flew the entirety of Florida.
big brained Flys straight into open ocean for a great reference
YESSSSS TYSMM!!!!!
When they use the rising air to stay aloft they can go a long way for a long time.
Yesterday, starting off tow at 2000 feet above ground I flew over 200 miles over 4 hours. (Could have stayed up longer). It was an average day.
falling with style
Started in Tampa...huge mountains in the beginning
😂😂😂😂 what did he just say at the beginning gladders 😂😂😂😂 bro nooo it’s called a glide-der😂😂😂
I just talked about this with the Dragon Lady. She gets *up there*
"No external factorys"
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I’ve personally down a glider up to 28,000’ in Southern California. Good times my friends mart Eiler and Steve fossett both are record holders
I felt like thats a weird space of land bro picked one end of florida and traveled east into the ocean
Coulda went up florida, but yea gliding into the ocean totally makes more sense
I love your vids keep making them pls but can you do a vid abt dog fighting
They’re like man made albatross
Legend says the glider is still descending
People who put metric and imperial in their videos: 💪
Take us to the scene of the crash!
-Ron White
ah yes the great west florida mountain range
Ahhhh love u bro
This is how Australian aborgines got from Indonesia to Australia.
Some glider pilots glide from Reno Nevada to an airport outside Las Vegas Nevada! Then back That's over 400 miles each way!
Tampa lookin' awfully mountainous
That Pokémon Ruby remixed music