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I think they do make it without the jet. But I'm not sure on the price sorry. It's a pretty niche little industry so I think buyers negotiate with the manufacturer directly about details, but it's hard to find prices online

@@GlidewithTom Do you know how much fuel is burned per hour?

@sanfranciscobay I think it's about 60 litres per hour at max power. But the fuel tank is only 20 litres

@@GlidewithTom 60 Liters = 16 Gallons. 1/3 of that is 5 gallons per hour or 1 gallon every 12 minutes.

A lot of people have asked about the hot gases on the tail but they disparate really quickly so the tail is okay. And good point about it being a good back-up option. These jets aren't designed for self launching so the pilots are still lined up for an aero tow or winch each day, which helps keep gliding social, rather than a one person activity

Hey good point! In my other video on gliders in romance films I actually looked at that film. It's great!

the exaust is relatively cool, the temperature is only abaut 10 degrees celcius hotter than the normal air at the tail

Surprisingly the hit gases as disappear quite quickly so it doesn't affect the tail at all

Thanks! They are cool little machines

G00gl3, Choppergirl Variometer, now!

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But I reckon you get more wind in your hair in the VJ-24w than a 747. That is a rough glide ratio. All those struts and parts adding drag. But I bet it's fun to fly?

Hahah it does look like that. There is a bit more of a solid connection inside the body of the aircraft

Has the title that still says glider on it so apparently it is.

The jet engine can pop up or fold away. These gliders spend 90% of their time in the air riding rising air currents. But it's nice to have the jet engine as a back-up in case you run out of height and are going to have to land in a paddock

Thanks very much! I'm glad you enjoy it

I reckon it makes it really handy. You can glide all day and push further from the airfield knowing you can make it back with the jet if you need.

Hey good question, it's just a bit of oil from the engine.

Great point! I was surprised by how little heat there was when I was standing behind the glider.

Good point! We could have been doing a more coordinated turn

Ok in other vids I can see it IS attached to the glider. I thought it was but in this video it seems like it's floating out in front of the plane somehow. Transparent(and: very clean I'm sure) plexiglass?

Hey good question. I'm filming using a 360 camera on a stick. The camera removes the stick from the shot so it looks like it is floating in the air. The other thing you might see stick is the silver pole in front of the tail. That is a total energy probe which detects if the glider is going up or down

Ha yes good spotting. Bit lazy of us. Should have checked all points verbally

Good spotting, it was lit of fiddling with the controls, adding little bits of unnecessary drag.

Hey it's a DG1001S at Canberra Gliding Club

Great to hear! You should definitely give it a go. It's cheaper than aerobatics in a powered aircraft

Hahah for sure. Next minute: *wings break off*

It can be a bit of both. Pilots in powered gliders usually spend 90% of their time with the engine off and only use it if they are running out of lift in the atmosphere and need the engine to gain height to make it home

It can be a bit of both. Pilots in these aircraft spend 90% of their time using it as a glider. The engine is only needed if they are running out of height and need to climb quickly to make it home

турбина на самом деле выдвижная. Если пилот нажимает кнопку, двигатель убирается примерно через 30 секунд.

Haha fair point but it designed carefully around the jet engine. Whe standing behind the jet exhaust it loses its heat surprising quickly

Thamks for the kind words! And nah Australia actually. An ASK-21 at Alpine Soaring Mt Beauty near Melbourne. Great to hear you've got to fly so many different gliders. You should get back into it if you can. I've had 4 months away from flying and ,really miss it. I got to fly a Duo Discus in January - brilliant glider! I'd love to try some vintage gliders though. I'm spoilt as I have always trained in modern gliders.

@@GlidewithTom Have fun!

Hey good question. The blue handle on the gliders is always the airbrake (spoiler that pops out of the wings to add drag and reduce lift). Flaps are usually a black handle. But some flaps also work as an airbrake

@@GlidewithTom thats very interesting cheers - when you came into land you pulled back on the handle - so i was really curious as to what it does!

@Hizpwa yeah you pull on the handke to help you descend and land. Gliders are so efficient at flying that if you don't open the air brakes they would keep floating over the runway for a couple kilometres

@@GlidewithTom So when your soaring - you wouldnt pull on that handle? its only used for landings or maintaining positi on on an updraft?

You can pull the airbrakes open in flight if you need to descend. If you were up high and using an oxygen mask and it stopped working you'd definitely be opening those air brakes to get down quickly. With the airbrakes open and aiming the nose down you can descend really fast

Hey that's right! An ASK-21. I was flying with Mark Bland from Alpine Soaring Mount Beauty. An awesome location

@@GlidewithTom awesome, I do need to get some ridge soaring under my belt, maybe when I get the chance!

Hey Geoff good points on the odd location. It's because there's really no where else to stick it on a glider. I didn't design the glider or jet but I reckon their engineers would have done a whole lot of testing. Haha I'd hope so if I paid a few hundred thousand $ for one. When I've been standing behind these small glider jets on the ground their heat does seem to dissipate surprisingly fast. Even more so when the glider is zooming alone about 60 knots. Here's an article from a jet retrofitter: md-flugzeugbau.de/en/blog/2023/03/09/news-from-the-jet-factory/

Ha yes good point, but why can't it be both? These powered gliders spent 90% of their time in the air catching lift in the atmosphere. They only fire up the jet when they really need it. When I'm a long way from home sinking liking a brick in a pure glider I definitely wished I had a jet as a backup

You definitely should! It's brilliant fun. And gliding is a relatively cheap and easy way to learn. There's lots of clubs around

Haha ejecting the engine would be a good trick! It'd be sad to have to pay for a new one! Even with the jet but not running it doesn't produce much drag.

Hey, nice to hear! I'm jealous, that AS10 would be great fun. I would think it's quite doable and would get you going. The JS3 is much heavier, especially with water ballast in the wings. But I'm not an engineer so not exactly sure. Here's an article about retrofitting jets md-flugzeugbau.de/en/blog/2023/03/09/news-from-the-jet-factory/

Oh nice, I'll see if I can find some videos. I wonder how much the jet turbine tech has improved since then

Haha light speed definitely exceeds VNE!