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RC glider winch launch and thermal flight

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Uploaded by on Aug 18, 2008

In this video a friend of mine launches his Musger MG-19 vintage glider into the air with his custom made winch powered by a chainsaw engine. Then he catches some thermals and flies several minutes. You can enjoy the landscape from a beautiful onboard view!

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  • interested in how you made the chainsaw winch,,got some pics?,,thanks, ole fart Jim

  • @jimbo4261 Watch this:

    *ww.rcmovie.de/video/80acd699c­8287ec363e1/Motorwinde-Eigenba­u

  • How do you know where the thermals are? Or otherwise when you've caught one?

  • @AwesomeCoasters Thats very hard to find out. You need some years of practice.

  • Most videos like this have some sort of soundtrack. I'm glad this didn't. The wind speaks for itself.

  • @Wargoat6 Exactly ;)

    Please also watch my vid "Onboard Scale aerotowing Piper Pawnee and Musger MG19". Its the same glider there towed by a motor plane.

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  • where is this? Looks a bit like Denmark

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  • Thermals are completely random and move with the wind. You know you are in one if your plane suddenly rises. If your plane gets pushed and rolled a little bit it means you are close to one.

  • Hey guys!

    got my apollo glider today!!

    I will post videos of flight like this i a few months/weeks!!

    this is a really nice vid!!5 stars!

  • @Wargoat6 well said mate

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