How to cover INCREDIBLE DISTANCES in a very normal glider over the ALPS. Final glide explained!
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- Have you ever wondered how far a standard-class glider can fly? Join me in this cockpitview with commentary on a cross-country-flight and discover the story of a 70 km final glide straight over the Alps. Learn about the impressive glide performance of these technical masterpieces and gain insights into flight tactics to cover hundreds of kilometers along the main ridge of the Alps.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Briefing
00:38 Weather forecast
00:48 Crossing the Inn-valley
01:24 Pilot mistake
02:02 Being low
02:32 Entering Swiss airspace
03:17 Route choice: conservative or challenging?
04:25 Planning a 70 km final glide
04:32 Introduction into glide performance
05:39 Calculations of a final glide
06:46 Final glide initiation
07:30 Lessons learned
Please note:
I am a learning glider pilot, sharing with you my experiences and the magic of soaring, including my mistakes and goodtakes, aiming to make this sport better and safer together.
All calculations, numbers and rules are simplyfied in order to provide an insight into the theory and practice of gliding.
Please do no try this at home!
Check out the flight at: www.weglide.org/flight/300358
Date: 7.7.2023
Departure: DASSU Unterwössen @deutschealpensegelflugschu7668
Pilot: Christoph Wieland Blaas
Glider: LS4
Navigation app: www.xcsoar.org
Music: Tomas Novoa - Geminis (artlist.io)
Animation Pictogram: Pond5
Weather time lapse: www.foto-webcam.eu
Flight analysis apps: www.weglide.org / www.soaringlab.eu
FAILED final glide and outlanding: • Running OUT OF OPTIONS...
LOW final glide: • LOW LEVEL FINAL GLIDE ...
Recommended books in German (some of them have been translated):
The Art of Gliding: www.viento.aero/the-art-of-gl...
Das Stille Abenteuer: amzn.to/41MazLO
Segeln über den Alpen: amzn.to/4aKfMHO
Meteorologie für Segelflieger: amzn.to/3S1CRi2
Thermik im Gebirge: shop.streckenflug.at/bs_produ...
Mental zu Sieg: shop.segelflugbedarf24.de/Zub...
Camera: Insta360 One X2 : amzn.to/3NJ4CJp
Phone/camera holder: amzn.to/3TR5srL
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What a brilliant video of an exciting topic. Keep on going 👍
thanks for your motivating feedback!
Cool video. Great job!
happy you liked it and thanks for commenting!
05:03 "Everytime I realise this insane performance, I get into a state of disbelief..."
Same here. When I calculate my final glide, I can't believe how much distance I can make without thermaling, with a 30 years old airplane. And when I do it and make it to the airfield... I still can't believe it xD
yesss, so true! wondering does not end with a touch down...fortunately!
This is breathtaking! Thank you!
happy that you enjoyed! thanks for your feedback!
Very interesting video, very clear and useful. Many thanks 🙂.
thanks for your feedback! always happy final glides!
Für Gleitschirmflieger wie mich ist immer faszinierend wie ihr unter Wolkenstrassen fliegt bzw. ohne Kreisenn von einer Ridge zu nächsten kommt. Das ist bei uns etwas schwerer mit ungefähr Gleitzahl 10, diskret aber schnell im Talwind etc. auf 3 oder 4 gehen kann. Klasse Video
…ihr gleitschirmflieger habt andere viele tolle Vorteile…ich hab schon oft schwitzend im cockpit gesessen und gewünscht ich könnte auf nem teller landen…
@@flyneur das stimmt allerdings.
Wieder mal ein ganz phantastisch inszeniertes Video, vielen Dank dafür. Deine Sicht der Dinge in Verbindung mit Deiner selbstkritischen Haltung bringen die dargestellten Themen auf ein hohes und lehrreiches Niveau.
Viele Grüße
Andrea
Hi Andrea, danke für dein motivierendes Feedback! Hoffentlich auf bald einmal in Unterwössen, am Boden und in der Luft! Cheers und eine gute Saisonvorbereitung Dir!
@@flyneur Au ja, sehr gerne! Wäre schön, wenn sich mal ein gemeinsamer Flug ergibt. Ansonsten auch gerne auf ein Landebier neben der Halle! ;-)
VG
Andrea
Super Video, Gratulation!
Vielen Dank!
Great video MAN!!!
happy that you like it!
I am from Uruguay. Thanks for your very interesting video. Though I am not a pilot, I find your explanations clear and concise. Gliding is not common in our country, yet it is included in our air force academy training. Best rgds
thanks for sharing! so I hope that gliding becomes available for everyone in your home country. do you know which regions they fly until now?
@@flyneur I don´t know but my guess is that air force academy cadets use gliders for short flights in southern Uruguay.
Great instructive video for everybody who is not yet into gliding - your are really a brilliant ambassador for our great sport!! Regards from Sweden!!
thanks for this compliment, which I really did not expected at all. but it motivates me a lot to think about the next production. I am very happy to share because when I was starting gliding I was looking for content like this. all best from berlin to sweden!
@@flyneur Besten Dank und Grüsse zurück! Man muß einfach wirklich Deine Arbeit anerkennen und loben: Du zeigst die Schönheit unseres Sportes und analytisch die Herausforderungen: es ist eine reine Freude, Deine Videos zu sehen...will dann nur eins: ab ins Cockpit...Besser kann man doch gar nicht Deinen Wirkungsgrad beschreiben!! (Frage: Fliegst Du auch im Berliner Flachland oder "nur" in den Bergen? Nochmal Gruss :-)!
@@TheMkoester Vielen Dank für deine Worte! Ich versuche mein bestes zu geben. Kann die Saison kaum erwarten um weitere Flüge in Videos umzusetzen. Das Berliner Flachland fliege ich auch sehr gerne. Über die Schlösser und Seen von MeckPomm in einer K6 ist immer ein Genuss!
@@flyneur👍😁✊
@@TheMkoester yeah, where is your homebase? in case we meet somewhere under the clouds?
It's amazing. Do you communicate with Austrian ATCin German or English? I'm flying from Hanhweide, but I'm still learning German (had to move because of work) and I always look for airfields that are english-friendly.
thanks for your comment! I communicate in german, but i guess english should work as well.
Where I fly the most - Unterwössen - I can recommend as english friendly.
Cool, would be interested to hear how you work Maccready ring / speed to fly into your flights
Good question. Honestly, I still did not squeeze out the maximum benefits out of McCready theory. But here is my rough procedure, even I do not know if this is the best way to do it: After every thermal I check the average climb. Over 2-4 thermals checking I get a better average. This average climb I set as McCready and I adjust it a little up or down according to the weather ahead and time of the day. In general I think being selective with thermals has much more potential to gain speed and distance. Of course this effects vice-versa the McCready settings. For the final glide I focus more on how "needed" and "actual" glide ratio develop over time adn distance and adjust my speed according to that. Additionally and for safety I try to recalculate final glide manually. Please consider that my flying is not optimized for competitive context but I is more adapted to intensive training but enjoy flying and return safe back home.
I hope I could answer your question? How is your McCready-method?
@@flyneur I'm a dilettante glider pilot, have the license but only about 50 hrs and nothing high performance. I used to tow gliders quite a bit, and now I mostly just fly my RV-8. So it sounds like you use the McCready ring. For a final glide like this are you constantly following the ring? Same for time spent between thermals? Just trying to get an idea of how you mentally work through different phases of a XC. Thanks!
So basically: Don't turn. :D
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