Centering a Thermal

A short clip demonstrating the centering of a thermal in an ASW-19 sailplane. This cockpit view shows the pilot narrating his efforts to locate the center of a column of rising air whilst piloting a sailplane. The clip starts at 5,000 feet. The clicking sound that you hear is an aural indication of rising air currents. This sound is produced by a very sensitive instrument known as a variometer. Most variometers emits a series of beeps, the instrument in this aircraft was made by the Redwood Instrument Company "RICO" in the 1980s and uses a series of clicks to indicate rising air. The more rapid the clicks the faster one is ascending. Shot over Brownsburg Quebec Canada in the spring of 2009, pilot Yves Bastien of the Montreal Soaring Council, aircraft is a Schleicher ASW-19 registration C-GBYR

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Sailplane
• glider
• thermal
• centering
• ASW-19
• Montreal Soaring Council

[saildapper2001]

Thanks for sharing.

[helipilot727]

Hi, would you happen to have the manual for this vario? I have one in my glider and can't figure out how to set it up.

Thanks!