Too Low for the Finish | World Gliding Championships Day 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ส.ค. 2021
- 75 m below the finish line was expensive. But coming back to Montlucon-Gueret airfield was definitely better than an outlanding!
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#WGC2021 - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
O Boy! I am excited to see what happens. I'll watch it on my lunch break 👍 best regards
As a pre solo pilot, watching this was so out of my comfort zone.... OMG, gliders coming in from all directions.... FLARM must have been melting 😁😁.... Well done for getting home.... needs a lot of patience ....
It's not that dramatic, and FLARM doesn't give much warning when all the planes are circling in one direction, warning is only issued when Flarm anticipates a possible collision.
@@hamstermomoco maybe the difference in perspective between limited experience and 00's of hours.... For me the gliders coming in from off centre at 3.58, 4.51, 5.16, and 5.30, show how quickly these things happen if you are looking the wrong way, or distracted in the cockpit.... perhaps the camera lens makes them appear closer than they are though.... as stated I have limited flying experience so it maybe just looks a bit chaotic 👌👌
I noticed that as well. Not an ideal flight path BUT not sure they saw them or not. It's like a swarm isn't it? Haha
@@TheSoaringChannel really fun to watch, but I was leaning in my chair to help them miss just in case 😉😉... nowhere near ready for that yet....
You are right. Absolutely careless and stupid! Not to forget illegal. But glider pilots think they dont have to obey rules a lot of times
Thanks Stefan, nothing as nice as seeing gliders in a thermal. Best wishes for this competition. Greetings!
Thank you!
Nice video, thanks for sharing😘
Wow! That's a llot of gliders flying very close together. You really have to have your head on a swivel and keep a close lookout for others.
Is very beautyfull Stefan!!
I like your vídeos!!
I'm Fábio from Brazil!!
Nice video again Stefan, Danke Sehr!
Sehr gerne!
0:50 Starting late with gliders 500m higher in wave (and no start height limit) is definitely "not good". Felt that Stefan. Good luck.
Thank you!
Nice video Stefan
Wow i think thats the most gliders ive seen in the air in such close proximity. 😀
The safety committee has a special tool to analyse close encounters of less than 15m. But this is very close...
@@SteFly Yes. But you guys are all the best of the best so your skills allow for greater challenges. (not that close flying is intentionally part of the competition) 😊
@@SteFly 15meter encounters? Wait a minute, those are 15m gliders...! That is when wingtips start touching.
@@ronaldglider Haha, i'm more than sure they mean wingtip separation is to be >15m (or vertical); still, that's mighty close when thermaling!
Just came back from my first gliding competition, Nationale Junioren Wedstrijd. Also finished low on the first day, it was safe but also uncomfortable. Better than an outlanding just before making it back to the field indeed, as long as it's safe.
Wow, too stay out of each others way like that........massive kudos to you all.
Hi Stefan. Congratulations on another super video. I also use XCSoar, but only in Condor. Yesterday I spent a decent amount of time adjusting the response of the variometer and its altitude signals. I liked the display of the assistant in the thermal on the digital panel, I must repeat it. Perhaps someone will need my settings: volume 30 % Min Frequency 250 Hz Zero frequency 350 Hz Max frequency 550 Hz min rate of climb -0.0 m/s max rate of climb +0.0 m/s
Nicely done Stefan! Shame about the finish! Sometimes the adage from automotive racing seems to apply: "That's racing!" Anytime a car gets banged up, or run out of fuel on the last lap, that seems to be the resounding statement that's made. I'm sure you could've achieved the other 75m with your skill, but like you said, better to arrive at the desired location and try again the next day, and have extra energy from not needing to setup all over again.
Nice - a day for low wing loading and a good LD! At least with smaller gliders you have a good enough roll rate to get out the way!
Lol your vario sounds like an out of tune flute ahaha. love it!
When I would fly that close in a thermal I would definitely feeling scary. For me it would be no fun.
Succes the next days Stefan.
( und natürlich verstehe ich deine Sprache wie meine eigene. 😉)
Vielen Dank!
your videos motivated me to get a glider license which i finished last month. good luck and keep it up :-)
Thank you. Congrats to your license :-)
I love gliding - however, safety first. After seeing this video, I now understand why my glider insurance company prohibits flying competition...
In Germany it´s not a difference if you fly competitions or not.
My insurance cannot prohibit competition flying here in the US because it's experimental certification is "racing and exhibition" category. It has nothing to do with the danger of competition flying to be honest. Most contests have strict rules for thermaling which Stefan eluded to during his video, and why he wasn't able to optimize his climb. In addition every contest requires FLARM. So I've got Powerflarm Fusion at the recommendation of Stefan and it's incredible. That alone is a massive gain in awareness of traffic around you.
@@SteFly very interesting!
Wow amasing
Versuch mal Teflonspay auf dem Haubenrahmen. (Beide Seiten) - das hilft eine Weile gegen das knarzen. Hat zumindest bei meinem Ventus geklappt. Auf einen Lappen sprühen und drauf reiben. Es nutzt sich nach einer Weile ab. Aber einige Flüge hat man dann Ruhe.
Wow, you must have nerves of steel to fly with so many other gliders in the same thermal!
Some are even circling in the opposite direction or cutting in front of you! 😬
Amazing
Owesome
Inspiring
amazing
Nice! The week before the championship I was flying aerobatics at the same airfield 😃
Wow, great! Which plane did you fly?
@@SteFly I am a beginner so still learning on the Cap-10! Amazing plane, I am so lucky!
@@SteFly congrats for the championship too! Gliders are not easy to fly!
nice view
wowwww amazing
Amazing..
I whish there was this much Gliding at LOAD völtendorf
re the creaking canopy - add a bit of Vaseline or similar and it might stop it!
WORLD BEST CHAMPION 🏆 YOU'RE THE BEST❤ KEEP GOING WELL🛩️BEST OF LUCK 🏅
Ich hab im OGN schon den Pulk gesehen und dachte mir da ist ja viel los, aber mit den Bildern jetzt…. Meine Fresse ist da viel Plastik in der Luft…
fly safe ❤❤
Nice
Nice video, thanks for sharing. However, that machine on the right bottom at 1:58... it might be just the effect of the camera but I would say, she/he is well on its way for coming too close. Take care mate!
I have flown with another 3 aircraft in a thermal and felt uncomfortable. This would do my head in. Nope
In a championship you can fly with 20 gliders in the same thermal .
wait until you have to fly with 30 plus sailplanes with a 2000ft AGL base..........
@@soaruk3697 I'll give that miss! I do enjoy a challenge and sail competitively but fly when I have the chance to enjoy the peace and serenity.
Nice video,
Is the cracking noise normal for the ls3 ?
I hate the cracking sound of our clubs ls4 and it is not nearly as extreme.
It's all the joints of the seat . After 1000 hours you're used to that .
@@jme104 is it possible to "repair"/modify it ?
It's also the canopy frame which makes noises.
@@jme104 1000? I needed one flight…😂😅
Good
Love from India
Wow
nice
Do all LS3's creak that much? Gliders landing in opposite directions??
That's "normal" here....
@@SteFly hmmm. this is asking for trouble
@@ronaldglider well to be fair they are landing in one direction on the hard runway and in the other on the grass - so some degree of separation - not completely sure why though?
wär echt wild wenn du direkt an Anfang kurz das anteaserst was im Thumbnail zusehen ist sonst Top Video :D
warum knarst dein Flieger so?
How is the song at the end of the video called? :)
The canopy is creaking...
The Klangers in the background there..
Bad luck; better luck today.
can someone please explain the rule about finish altitude - thank you
We have a finish cylinder with 5 km radius around the airfield. At the beginning of the competition the minimum finish altitude was 750 m MSL, which is about 330 m above the airfield. If you are below this minimum altititude, you will get one panelty point per meter. The maximum panelty points can only be as high as the speed points, so it´s the same as an outlanding just befor the finish cylinder.
With these conditions probably will be a lot of finish line penalties for low altitude!
What were you flying
LS3
👍👍
man this sky is crowded...
When is this sport olympic?
Would be awesome! Sailing is also olympic :D
was olympic before WW2 - there was a special glider built for it too: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFS_Olympia_Meise
@@ronaldglider Nope it never was - it was a 'demonstration sport' at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but not a fully accepted sport until 1938, then they had a design contest which the Meise won - unfortunately the 1940 Games which would have been the first Olympic competition got a bit interrupted by world events - there are pluses and minuses to the sport being an Olympic event though and FAI has tried to set up its own event with the 'World Air Games' which TBH has had very limited success. Ex Olympia2b owner.......
Why do so many people spell "definitely" incorrectly? Including native speakers. Puzzles me. It seems so obvious: finite -> in-finite; de-finite; etc. (Sorry, but former English teacher as well as former glider pilot.)
Thank you!
Wow give me a shout out
Nope
I love your videos. However this one illustrates just how crazy competition pilots are when they are bunched up in a thermal. The glider very close and barely 20 metres below you puts you both in extreme danger, and he probably could not see you. It is simply not worth the risk of doing this kind of close flying. It only needs a quick updraft or sudden shift of position to have a catastrophic collision. Surely there were other thermals to find. Please stay safe and be sensible.
The risk of a collision in a competition is higher than the normal flying at your club. That´s true. However we try to fly as safe as possible with these conditions. In huge gaggles you can´t have a separation of 100 m or so. Always looking for a different thermal is not an option when you want to fly a competition. Most of the pilots fly safe and the relative speed between the gliders are low.
1:29 to 1:30 that is a bit dodgy, blind underneath and he probably isn't looking backwards and up.
There is "enough" vertical separation... otherwis it is not possible to fly with so many other gliders in a gaggle.
@@SteFly Camera maybe makes it look closer! Great videos, 30 years since I done any gliding. Greetings from Birrfeld Switzerland.
Ich finde es schade das du keine deutschen Videos machst
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