Strong Thermal

[cmtalessandro]

Ual !! Strong climber with that angle!! How much mps was that??

[CartraxWolf]

Pretty nice oO

[pilotmaraka]

youtube.com/watch?v=GB6nrVMpMW­c

[bajesus666]

that would have been beautiful if it wasnt for that annoying noise that isnt the variometer

[limavadylad]

the most irritating noise ever is a bit of loose tape :(

[stefankozma]

wow lift!

[CPPA]

oh, what a glorious day! up up and away!

[XXFlyingbombXX]

Nice, nen Duo Discus, so einen ham wir auch, die thermik fehlt aber :(

[wallace84st]

Which glider are you flying?



[gpzb2]

Going up like a homesick angel !

[XandaoTony]

awsome!!! that variometer sound is great

[BroNizzle]

lol sounds retarded .... variometer going ape shit 0.O

[xalaxaska]

there is more strong thermals in tropical countries?

[XandaoTony]

@xalaxaska Yes. The ground heating is excelent for thermals build up.

[darkflier666]

@xalaxaska Yes, have. I'm Fly on Brasil and usually turn up thermals with more than 4m/s or 5m/s

[fpadovano]

well, great video, not necessary going to Australia or USA to get stronger thermals, lets see in my FB where I leave the looger data of 11 and more m/s in Ocaña Spain.

[LSVFlachkurbler]

@fpadovano

or check out the Kiripotib Namibia Video

for a 7.3m integrated thermal we got in Namibia with peaks beyond 9m/s

[SoaringAwayFromItAll]

Ich bin schon jetzt sowas von auf Entzug.. ich bekomme Augenzucken, wenn ich das Vario höre :D Schönes Videoschnipsel..

[hanshund16]

@TheSexyman67

Und es gibt doch nichts schöneres, als einen Bart vollends zentriert zu haben und das daraus folgende hochfrequente piepen im Ohr zu haben .... Da darf ein Duo ruhig mal ein wenig geknechtet werden :)

[hanshund16]

@TheSexyman67

Wenn der Bart enges Kurbeln erfordert, wird eng gekurbelt ... und gerade mit nem Duo kann das echt Spaß machen.

[Obelix6]

Haben sie so gedreht um nicht weiter zu steigen?

[Lufthansa951]

Nice!!:)

[Frosttty]

NICE!!

[jeanorwin]

Kunstflug^^ Das sind an einigen Stellen fast 90° hey^^

[manzar589]

ohh wow oh wow that was like 10 knotts thermal, i had got max about 8.5

[finchpaul]

Probably hit your own wake turbulance doing high level turns at a constant alititude...

[keegan773]

Oh God. I just hate it in the rear seat, pass the sick bag.

[72746855]

fliegt ihr da nen Duo Discus XLT oder nur die Turbo version

[72746855]

Da is aba das fenster auch nich ganz zu xD

[Soaring4ever]

the best!!! great video!

[tadejmarincic]

4.5m/s + ?

[PilleDutt]

Oh Christ.. I love the feeling when a good thermal grabs the plane, the shaking

[mandrewsvideos]

great sound to hear

[danielusss]

goduria



[paolo19681968]

It's a DuoDiscus, the thermal is not so strong... bank is ok. The sound is the variometer instrument, and the glider is definitely rising!!

[Nihsel101]

what is the name of the glider?

[Milamber52]

@Nihsel101

it looks like a Discus because of the wings and cuz it's a 2seater but I'm not sure..

[lucianosato12]

@Nihsel101 Its name is Alejandro LOL

[Nihsel101]

@lucianosato12 lol

[nottywan]

Dang.. that's a very strong thermal.. if a paraglider is inside it.. WOW! Would be very marvelous! Congrats u guys! :)

[papnase2]

cool^^

welcher flugplatz ist das??

[mulymule12]

that beebing and the sound it the stall warning and rate of decent cuz at that angel the wing are producing lift 70degrees from horsontal

[pete2778]

@mulymule12, no, the beeping is the audio variometer, this is an instrument that tells you whether the air outside is going up or down, the higher the pitch and more frequent the beeping, the faster the air outside is rising, the opposite is true of sinking air. The wings are steeply banked because the glider is turning tightly to remain inside the column (for want of a better word) of rising air. This glider is definitely NOT descending, quite the opposite, it's ascending quickly!

[lilataubenei]

sehr guter bart! allerdings ist das panel in der S10 viel cooler!

[djmartinrave]

жесть)))

[Czesio0oo]

LOL

[gummess]

ohhhh loking fwd to spring and summer...........

[305abnormal]

dude take it easy that thing is gona break

[toorben22]

where is ist?

[Pipifachs]

hehe, Hausbad, gelle (:

[stainless1911]

Id throw that variometer right out the vent

[DiscusKT]

ist ein xT, oder?

[cyberhuninvan]

I think the beeping noise is made by a rate-of-climb instrument? Yeah, nice video. I'm looking into an introductory flight near where I live (Vancouver) but its expensive. Still, you get a once in a lifetime experience so its worth the cost.

[tardifnk]

The beeping noise is the Variometer. This instrument measures the rate-of-climb. Gliders use electric variometers that beep, so you do not have to look at the instrument to know how fast you are climbing or singing. In this glider the beeping "vario" is the top-left instrument (to the left of the air speed indicator). Being able to keep your eyes outside of the cockpit is very important, because we usually thermal in close formation with other gliders.

[tardifnk]

"sinking" not "singing"

[tardifnk]

not sure what the buzzing sound is, sounds like an air leak of some sort, maybe the nose vent, or some loose tape.

[AirCargoHeavy]

What's the beeping sound? I want to try flying gliders someday soon.

[justanotherfreak2008]

such sound takes all pleasure of flying away...

[Timmey9M]

yeah ich steh voll auf das geile pfeifen wenn man die diskette so richtig reinlegt ;)

hab dies jahr knapp 80 stunden auf dem ding und er rockt einfach ;)

[iflydplane]

I haven't piloted gliders, so just curious: is the steep angle of turn to stay in the thermal or to minimize altitude increase?

[retardedband]

...to stay in the thermal...

[cncryp]

Great! 70~ notice the canopy? It's so clear and clean! hats off to the polisher!

[xratzix]

Compared to your angle of turn, that was a nice thermal

[trolli3456]

vlt einfach mal richtig zentrieren.. dann muss man nämlich sicher nicht 70° steil fliegen..

[Isonny21]

Mehr am Knüppel ziehen, wäre auch gut.

[pm1248]

flieg mal in den Alpen, dann weisst Du was eine starke Thermik ist ...

[Jangle2007]

Yeah...I was going to say that 3.9 m/s max is fun, but nothing great. What is that, about 750 fpm? Out in the high plains (US) I've soared enormous thermals under towering cu / cu-nim with 15knot+ lift to cloudbases at 16,000 feet or more. Mind you, those are extraordinary days, but 10knot lift is practically standard on any decent dry afternoon in western Dakotas / Wyoming

[Squirrel9901]

try outback Australia :P 10 knots is the lowest in winter.... 15 is standard in summer

[bybyhelmut]

Das ist echt kein unglaublich starker Bart.

4 m-Werte hat man an normal guten Thermiktagen ziemlich häufig.

Und was die Beschreibung angeht...kurzzeitig mal 70° Schräglage ist auch nicht ungewöhnlich, bei zerissener Thermik.

Generell hat die benötigte Schräglage aber nichts mit der Stärke des Bartes zu tun.

Hatte schon extrem weiträumige Bärte mit Werten bis zum Anschlag (integriert) auf dem guten alten Winter Vario.

Nichts für ungut aber das Video hier ist extrem lahm.

[crime25]

Thats just not very strong:P.

bud nice vid

[freeman444]

nice! ;)

[Nimbusflyer22]

the pipip is the vario get it high is goes up get it down it goes down.

[MagicMiura]

whats mean the pi pippi sound?

[lhangard]

it is the variometer. it gives the climbing speed

[JakeRlds]

today i got +11 knots, needless to say i got a much longer flight

[xsoburg]

Is that the same glider used in The Thomas Crown Affair?

[Vitharr1]

yes, except the one used in that movie doesn't have an engine.

[bhv9387]

and no winglets and flaps by the way ;).

[dirtydannyv2]

oh.. ein Duo Discus XT :)

[Rhoenhabicht]

ja so macht das spass!

[omarbadr36]

does it climb well with that kind of bank ?? nice vid

[dynamicz108]

when climbing a powerful thermal you have to turn tighter therfore giving a higher bank. When a thermal is weak you should have less bank

[control0alt0delete]

what does thermal mean? is when you hit a patch of hot air and it raises you up?

[LegendLength]

Yep. Each cloud has a spiral of hot air rising underneath it. When the hot air hits a certain height it stops rising and forms a cloud.

[lllahstg001]

@control0alt0delete yes^^

[pete2778]

@control0alt0delete, absolutely that, you can often identify thermic air by the presence of tight, fluffy cumulus clouds with dark, flattish undersides. There are other types of rising air that glider pilots exploit too; wave lift that occurs downwind of hills and mountain ranges (like the bumps you get in a stream with a pebble bottom), that can be identified by smooth, saucer shaped clouds. There's also ridge lift which, as the name suggests, is created when wind blows up a hill or cliff.

[Fallen11000]

@control0alt0delete Thats right..

[fabiofloripa159]

@control0alt0delete yes!

[jeanorwin]

@control0alt0delete

Exactly! 

[thibaud1300]

@control0alt0delete

exactly

[krb944]

@control0alt0delete Yes!

[p0wer5000]

@control0alt0delete ya thermal means heat but i dont know if he hit a hot patch of air or wind stream but thermal means heat so he hit a heat (blank)

[MrLarssen21]

@control0alt0delete

yeah thats it

[5dviewer]

love that sound:pieppieppieppieppieppiep­pieppiep....

[soukupb]

believe me it gets annoying after awhile lol.

[charlesw211]

@5dviewer it does get annoying after a while though

[TheDrsw]

@5dviewer the guy whining in the back is more annoying.

[quest576]

Keep that speed on in that angle of bank :-)

Great thermal.

[infestedfrank]

I shit myself just watching that!

[VigilantSRB]

yep, you've hit a very good one :) where's it taken?

Germany is a motherland of gliders.

[GlidingAbove]

yo genau...das nächste mal den flieger abkleben :P...aber sonst ganz nett :D

[FricorithSnicket]

Cool!

[onkelise]

Wo ist das ?? Duo xt einfach geil!!

[illefille]

It's about 3.9G... nice video!

[d1rcwill]

3.9g would be 3.9*9.81ms^-2.

3.9ms-1 is nothing like 3.9g.

[illefille]

I don't mean the climb velocity but the force where the pilots are subjected to. With a little calculation you know the G-force related to the bank angle of 70°. For the calculation I have to correct myself. It's about 2,9G force.

[evensmaller]

You gotta know the speed too, dont ya?

[mathilde83]

nächstes mal ein bissl besser abkleben oder meinte net :D

[CaseyCA2008]

Echt geil. Aber nervt euch das gejaule net en bissle?^^

[ST1GU]

Is that a DuoDiscus? The cockpit and wings look like it would be.

[ST1GU]

Is that a DuoDiscus? The cockpit and wings look like it would be

[gallonchris]

an up-flowing current of air

[addew2]

this maybe a dumb question but what is thermal?

[JagV12]

A thermal is a column of hot air rising the atmosphere. When the glider passes through it, it goes up as well. It's sort of taking a natural elevator...

wikipedia will tell you more.

[Bruchpilot89]

the power of nature echt cool wo wurde das video geamacht?

[Buttons2401]

Hi,

dass ist ein schönes Vid.

Blue Sky

[sdfkjqweoiusd]

where are you guys flying?

[DiscusKT]

schöner duo...mit kilo-zulassung...xt, x oder ´´nur T

[reggiepudding]

that looked good flying to me, the yaw string was always centred.you want plenty of bank on in a strong thermal, although you need a lot of back stick,the higher sink rate is more than made up for in the better lift.

[benmerkenhof]

is that a duo discus?

[mangos022]

Guuuaaauuu!!!

[tfraoz]

They have to learn to canter a thermal!!! This is bullshit flying! Thewy are even proud of to much bank in a thermal. Read the basics in thermal centering!

[stevecoterell9]

great ride.

[paraglenner]

That would just be lovely on a paraglider. Though I have to say, it ain't that strong, nice though

[keegan773]

Hear that vario, rig that glider and GO

[dcfocs]

you call 3.9 m\s a strong thermal?

did you ever find something more????

where I fly is normal to find 7 m\s, and sometimes more than 10 m\s.....

[mrbulencia]

7 or 10 normaly?? where do live i have to move to your place of living.

[dcfocs]

I live in north eastern italy. We fly in the alps between italy, slovenia and austria.

cu ;)

[68Elko]

its not about you .............. stop the negative hate comments already

[airedaledk]

That variometer beeping like a maniac... Best sound ever.  :-)

[theflyer1985]

mir macht auch immer irre spass steil zu kreisen!!

obwohl man noch besser mit 50 grad oder so steigen würde

[Eurostar2000]

das letzte mal als ich soooo eng gekreist habe war mir nach gut 20min sau schlecht. dank der tollen luftraumbeobachtung

[winni555]

10 - 20 grad weniger, je nachdem, und du bekommst mit deinem duo da wahrscheinlich auchnoch mehr raus..

aber ich kurbel auch lieber steiler als zu flach ;)

[aaron8862006]

nice thermal! where is this??

[H38D5H0T]

in der thermik würd ich nicht so eng kreisen

[smad333]

Thats extreme! Now i rly want to learn to fly!