Low level thermal hunting, Speedster style
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2025
- Low level thermal hunting/ training with my 3,9 meter Samba Prestige 2 PK F5j glider.
Just when the windspeed increase and maybe change direction, then the thermal has just passed me and the hunt begin. 🦅😀
This was a nice thermal day with many low and small thermals, the funny thing is that the thermal finder page: rasp.skyltdire... was saying that it was a bad thermal day and also the local fullsize glider club did not have thermals. The wind was coming from the sea (only 1 km from here), and normally this should be bad for the thermals, but as you can see there are plenty of small low thermals, but they disappears again in around 100 meters height, but very good conditions for light build F5j and DLG gliders.
In the video below I explains how to find and fly the invisible thermals:
• How to find thermals, ...
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Excellent climb from what looked like 2-3 wing spans above ground.
the amount of thermals is crazy, I don't have the feeling we have that much passing by on our field.
Yes, and the funny thing is that the thermal finder page: rasp.skyltdirect.se/scandinavia/?conf=dk&wind=sw was saying that it was a bad thermal day 😄 and also the local fullsize glider club did not have thermals. The wind was coming from the sea only 1 km from here, and this should bad for the thermals, but as you can see there are plenty of small low thermals, but they disappears again in around 100 meters height. Very good conditions for F5j and DLG😀
@@SpeedsterDEN thx very interesting. I don't think there is a thermal forecast in Belgium, never heard about it.
@@yannickver Here: rasp.skyltdirect.se/scandinavia/showmap.php?conf=benl&wind=sw 😀
Looks like good thermal conditions.
Yes not bad, but still you need to find the thermals 🦅🤓3 thermal flights over 1 hour yesterday and 2 more today 😀
Do you always fly with a vario in your F5J-gliders?
@@LoetWakkerman I have vario in most of my gliders, but I can turn it off any time, for videos like this it is good for the the viewers to hear tha altitude gain :)
@@SpeedsterDEN clever. Thanks
what RX / vario is being used? Thanks.
Spektrum DX9 and AR8020T rx
Hvad bruger du som termik mode ?
Flaps går ca.5 mm ned og krængror det halve, og den er trimmet til langsom flyvning, ellers er resten ca. det samme som i cruise mode.
@@SpeedsterDEN ikke noget med at når du giver højderor går flaps lidt ned og omvendt ved dykror? 😃😃 - styrer du så primært med sideror
@@janfritzjakobsen278 Jeg har snapflaps, hvor flaps går 2 mm ned når jeg jeg giver højderor, som jeg kan afbryde hvis jeg vil. jeg styrer primært med krængror, og kordinerer HELE tiden med sideror. et krængror-siderors mix duer ikke på en termik svæver.
@@SpeedsterDEN tusind tak for fif 😃👍👏