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NiklasLofgren
Добавлен 28 фев 2017
Happy to have you here on my channel, please subscribe! I create videos about the things that I do and specifically competition gliding.
I've been competing in gliding since 2001 and have flown plenty of competitions, including world championships. I have been doing trial and error for many years and have now found a successful way of flying. On this channel I will openly share the way I fly to boost your own competition flying! Check out the 'how-to XC gliding' playlist. If you want me to cover any topic please send me a message or comment on one of my videos.
I've been competing in gliding since 2001 and have flown plenty of competitions, including world championships. I have been doing trial and error for many years and have now found a successful way of flying. On this channel I will openly share the way I fly to boost your own competition flying! Check out the 'how-to XC gliding' playlist. If you want me to cover any topic please send me a message or comment on one of my videos.
LS8-18 IN THE ALPS | GLIDING
It's been over 10 years since I last flew the Ls8-18. Really nice handling glider and it climbs incredibly good with the long tip.
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50KM COMPETITON FINAL GLIDE | GLIDING
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Marginal final glide starting at MC2 and zero margin thru mostly dead air. English commentary starts at 2:25. This is from a competition day at OstrowGlide 2018. By taking this direct route thru dead air I saved around 5min compared to the gaggle which choose a safer route that was more off-track.
FULL FLIGHT IN FRENCH ALPS | 5H35MIN | GLIDING
Просмотров 7 тыс.6 лет назад
No music and high resolution video(Gopro 5). Come along on a long glider flight in the french alps. Flight starts in St.Auban (the french national gliding center) and goes up to Briançon and back via Col De Vars Barcelonnette. The flight on OLC: www.onlinecontest.org/olc-3.0/gliding/flightinfo.html?dsId=6271201
GLIDERS FLYING IN FORMATION | GLIDING
Просмотров 5036 лет назад
Beautiful formation flying of two Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus gliders over the French alps. View in full screen! Facebook page: GliderRacing
COMPETITION GLIDER | GLIDING
Просмотров 5 тыс.7 лет назад
Forgot to mention weight and balance. A competition glider is almost always tail heavy ( = less drag from elevator). Also, the glider have been optimised to the right mass.
FIND A STRONG THERMAL | GLIDING
Просмотров 17 тыс.7 лет назад
In the end of the video I almost had a bird strike! Next flight I’ll mount the camera more forward so that you don’t need to look up my nose. Music by Joakim Karud soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
MY XCSOAR SETUP | GLIDING
Просмотров 16 тыс.7 лет назад
This is my XCsoar setup using a Samsung note 3 and Nano3 logger. facebook page: GliderRacing/
TAIL DOLLY | GLIDING
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Aussies made me do it W3Racing/videos/1403384873034083/
YAW STRING ERROR | GLIDING
Просмотров 6 тыс.7 лет назад
When thermaling it's important fly efficient to climb better. This is a good test to know where to keep the yaw string. More info on the subject: www.wisoar.org/Documents/Holighaus - Thermalling Efficiency.pdf
GLIDERS IN SLOW MOTION | GLIDING
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In order: Nimbus 4, Ventus 2ax, LS8, Jantar std 3, LS4 First comp day at Pribina Cup
THE FINAL GLIDE | GLIDING
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IMPORTANT: If you are flying towards a finish line at ground level, DO NOT increase speed at 4-3km mark. Instead prepare for landing. GliderRacing/
SPEED TO FLY | GLIDING
Просмотров 8 тыс.7 лет назад
A few times in my gliding career I have had proper ‘Eureka!’ moments, doing this was one of them. And yes, I know I misspelled it, it was on purpose. Music by Joakim Karud soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
Niklas Lofgren's Gliding 2017
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Please subscribe and like my Facebook page: GliderRacing/ music by Dyalla Swain soundcloud.com/dyallas
I gather you are flying a std cirrus? Strange these days to see you check your map!! I find these days that when I go to a competition, I am the ONLY one who draws the task and expected route on a map!!
How could I reach you regarding your Nikon F5 repair page?
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wrong about the Headwind. The one and only case where you have to change the Speed to fly (increase the MC setting) is in final glide against head wind when you have sufficient altitude and no need to thermal. In every other case you can forget the earth as reference and think only about the surrounding airmass as reference in which you need to fly and thermal. Thus, the MC setting on a cross country flight is independend of wind. If you would do the math, you would see that if you would fly faster against head wind (as you suggest), you would also spend more time in thermaling while beeing pushed packwards against the "earth" reference.
Thanks for your comment, I really enjoy your videos! I had to re-watch my old video what I was saying, it’s 5y since I made it. But, it is correct. All transportation you do in a glider is earth-fixed, waypoints and next thermals. Thermals are generally generated and triggered in the same place, earth-fixed. Flying in mountains this is more obvious than in flat land, but true for both. If flying a task, your waypoints are also earth-fixed. This might be easier to visualise when looking at an extreme case: wind speed same as best glide ratio speed. If you fly at best glide ratio speed and don’t adjust for headwind you will vertically just sink ,and if you start to thermal you will actually move backwards. The general rule of thumb is to add 1/3 of the headwind to your speed. If your headwind is 30km/h you add 10km/h to you MC speed. If you don’t do that you will just fly at a lower MC.
For my theoretical understanding headwind is calculated into MC as done in the video...as long as you are heading for an earth fixed target (target or turn point) MC setting incl. wind supports your speed. Headwind: fly faster - tailwind fly slower but never below min. sink...where doesn't this match your practical experience?
@@stke1689 @Niklas I would rather try to think as flying on long leg where you have several glides and several thermals first. Thermals are not earth fixed in flatlands. You will immediatly see this if you look at your flight tracks. If you have a 30km/h wind, you are moving backwards with the wind with nearly 30km/h. It is maybe slightly less because a thermal offers some inertia and resistance, but thats nearly negligible. And therefore, you only pay a price if you try to outsmart the MC theory in headwinds, because you need to thermal more... There are situations where you have to adjust the MC with windspeed and that is in earth fixed upwinds and that is usually the case in wave conditions. Please read Cochrane: MacCready Theory in Wave for a better understanding. Cochrane says: In classic thermal lift, the thermals drift with the wind, so MacCready theory is unaffected by wind speed. You fly as fast as you can through the air, the fact that the ground is moving a different way is unimportant. This is really such a common misunderstanding, that people try to fly faster against a headwind and its dead wrong in most "normal" cases. Like Cochrane said, MC theory is UNCHANGED in flatfland thermals. In tasks where you have a short leg remaining against the wind and need to arrive above a certain AGL altitude, situation is more complicated. In some cases if you are low, it can even make sense to fly SLOWER against the headwind to avoid at any costs taking a thermal in the headwind leg (which can be extremyl expensive in weak conditions. But this depends on wind and your average thermal and depends on a lot of factors.
@@LSVFlachkurbler Any chance you could take a look at my video I made a couple weeks ago on Glide Distance vs. Glide Ratio vs. Headwind/Tailwind? I independently figured this stuff out because I didn't know the keywords to research and whatever I found doesn't account for Horizontal Headwind/Tailwind. There are time stamps to skip around me "showing my work" explaining my analysis. ruclips.net/video/t9qqtyzWVj4/видео.html
Great video!! More please. Thank you!
Very nice! Where is this? Do you know the name of the tall mountain at 0:19 ?
What type of glider was this? That does matter a lot, why is it not mentioned??
Espetacular vôo .... técnica em alta performance....bons vôos Rio de janeiro Brasil
Brigado, as you say in Rio. I lived in Ipanema for close to 1 year, close to the Lagoa. Beautiful place!
I remember that day, quite interesting all the way with changing conditions. It wasn't safer to go off-track. Because of taking detour I lost final glide and had to search for a climb in a weak airmass somewhere at 10th km 90 deg of track.
Just amazing.👍 I here glider pilots talk about sink and lift but I rarely hear them mention air density is that a concern or are gliders less affected by air density ? Thanks for sharing
We are less affected of it. Since we fly using normal air speed indicators we don't really 'see' the thinner air. We can gain performance from flying in thinner air, it gives the same performance boost as putting water in the wings.
@@niklaslofgren2889 thanks for replying I’m going to have to read up on this that’s different than a power plane interesting I’ve taken some glider lessons but have lots to learn great vid 👍
Imagine the thermals on planet JUPITER and if there are lifeforms there that would essentially live in these
Hi Niklas, i just bought the nano 3 and i also use xc soar. What is the advantage of associating the 2 devices ? Thanks
The association does (at Least) two things; it gives you an additional GPS source as some phone GPS engines don't work at speeds over some certain speed. It also gives you accurate air data that the phone may not provide such as Vario and altitude.
Awesome hobby! 👌
That was great vid 👍 thank for sharing but where would you land out if you lost lift maybe I’m not seeing it ?
There are airfields and known good farm fields in the valleys. A big part of mountainflying is to always keep track of your safe landing spot in case you get low.
@@niklaslofgren2889 that’s good thanks
Why do you have to speak over stupid music?
And what about the squeaky pen ?
Having the yaw string slightly outside in a turn is a good common practice in spiral with large span gliders like open class and 20 m two seaters. It makes the climb better, more stable and on the safe side.
Thats a how to list without the how to. So essentially a list :D
Amazing flight! I watched all of it. I just got my SPL and I am hoping to start flying at St Auban next year. thanks for sharing this wonderful experience!
Why do you have to avoid the clouds?
He doesn't have instruments to fly without visual reference. Or ATC clearance. He needs both of those.
@@TheSoaringChannel Thank you :D
I'm restoring my 1970 cirrus! And by the way they mean when you are going very high speed. And you may have a really good trim system as well. that may be it.
need more of you videos sir - how come you dont post? I also own a Cirru so find your channel fascinating
How did you get the canopy gab that good ?
hehe smurf poo go weee I will be using super fill because it works best with fiberglass.
Cool stuff man I have been recently getting some solo time in the glider
I became your 400th sub :)
More videos Niklas! Been to long
What color scheme are you using for Map Details? It looks easier to read than mine.
You were flying the glider so I'm very reluctant to say 'impossible' when you say the thermal was from the lake..... But I have always understood 'water does not generate thermals'. Where were you flying, and are thermals from maybe the lakeshore a regular feature of the area?
The thermal(hot/moist air) generator in this case is the terrain on the left of the lake. When the thermal let go from the ground it sucks in enormous amount of air at ground level to replace the air which is going up. This movement of air is what you can spot on the lakes.
@@niklaslofgren2889 Thanks Niklas
Water absolutely does have thermals off of it. Where do you think hurricanes come from? Rising moist air turns to cumulus clouds, then turn to cumulonimbus and eventually tropical storm then hurricane. And it all from hot water. Next time you watch the weather channel look at it like it's a giant convection.. because that's what it is. As a general rule: never cross large bodies of water because it's impossible to tell where the currents are causing warm and cool water to mix and create the thermals.
@@TheSoaringChannel Despite contradicting every gliding book I can recall reading ....... That makes a hell of a lot of sense Thanks
@@Farweasel haha yessir I wouldn't be trying to thermal over water myself, but we do have Lake Okeechobee and I've seen cu build over the shallows of the lake.
Thank you OP, I have a much more simplified idea on this, fly above the line and you stall and sink, fly below and lose altitude though you gain in speed. IMHO this is where the AIR Glide aka Butterfly vario comes in, it can factor in wind. Watching Bruno Vassel's videos I learned a lot. You are right on the MacCready, understanding this concept is fundamental to anything beyond glideport soaring planning, miss a few thermals and ridges and you will outland, or let greed cloud your judgement, like the mavericks at Sugarbush trying to take the shortcut over the forest (gaggle tangle excluded). Disclaimer: Condor 2 simulator seat pilot here, no real experience:(
how many hours in a plane is considered fairly young. like to me 50000km in a car is basically an infant to me.
0-250 would be an infant
Didnt know Raoul Duke flew gliders.
Thank you for uploading and annotating this!
Hi Niklas ! What is the process to switch the info boxes in black ? Thanks for your help!
If you go to 'look>screen layout' there is a setting 'Inverse InfoBoxes' which does this.
@@niklaslofgren2889 Thanks you !
Trim it forward then let go LOL. Cirrus is beautiful !!!. Has a strange quirk , in a full slip nose down the stabulator control goes away . Full forward and back with no response.
Nice. Where do you fly?
This is just north(50km) of the town Karlstad in Sweden.
Does your Cirrus have an "all-flying " tailplane?
Yes it does. I sold the Cirrus this fall and now it's flying in north Italy.
Hi Niklas, thanks for your nice videos. I agree that instruments have a delay. What do you think of the modern flight computers like ERA or S100? they calculate the wind quite accurately even in straight flight so they are able to estimate the head wind. I assume that their speed to fly command should consider the wind
I know this one very well, Iflew it many times with big pleasure !
Thanks for sharing! Love the entire flight videos.
Would love to see you expand on this video by showing your whole XCSoar configuration. What info boxes do you use on your main screen, cruise screen, any particular configuration options you like for the maps display, etc.
Nice flight. I like full flight videos and can't wait for another. That will be great if you could mount camera on left side of cockpit then we could see your phone's screen as well. Please consider it.
Why not make a long video about Mcready theory? Like very thorough. It will be useful I trust.
Thanks for the idea, I will consider it!
Nice! Spectacular scenery! But I think I would test if that little penguin could fly :-D
Thanks! The little mole can't fly but he knows where the good thermals are ;)
What phone & software are you flying with?
That's a Samsung Note 3 and XCsoar. I have video about it: ruclips.net/video/dinjwEOu2K4/видео.html
so thanks for this.
This Discus driver will have his first contest later this year (southern hemisphere):
And wondering why do you need to have the Nano ? The note 3 has GPS. What is the Nano doing for the x-c soar?
The Nano serves as my IGC logger (the Note is not an approved device for this). Some phones also don't have pressure sensors to measure altitude...and even if they do I believe the IGC logger is more accurate. The pressure altitud I only use for seeing my altitude to avoid airspace, not for variometer as it's not compensated.
You should explain details of the LX NAV Nano. I didn't know what the device was at first - New to glider tech devices....thx for the other info.
I like these long flight videos please make more of them!!!
Mc=2, 1860m height, 50Km to go, flying a Cirrus.... That is NOT a marginal final glide :-)... I fly a Mini Nimbus (basicly a Cirrus with Flaps :-) ) and me too try to climb untill Mc=2 and then step on it.. If you initially keep the speed a bit below the Mc=2 speed, you will make it. As soon as I can see the airport, I fly on my visual inputs and only use the instruments to check if my visual estimates are correct. IMHO you could have gone a bit faster in the beginning.. And if you have sink on the way you have the Mc margin to reduce the speed and still make it to the airport... Only at Mc = 0 you should get nervous, and pick up every bit of lift you can to increase the Mc and with that your margin. I use LK8000 navigation/final glide software on my (brand new) Nokia 8 Android phone, it has the nice feature to calculate the required Mc automatically, to finish at the safety altitude (or minimum finish altitude set by the competition manager) so when hitting sink it will reduce, and when hitting lift it will increase... Many times the Mc value increases so much (Mc=4 up to even Mc=7) I can finish with the speed needle on the red stripe. My 30km final glide during the Sallandse 2 daagse, I started here at Mc=1, because, as you can see in the video, there were plenty of thermals on the way home, picked up so much lift, Mc was in the end at 7! Finished with a nice speedfinish. 8th place in the end. ruclips.net/video/FebgSLlpvhg/видео.htmlm50s A recreational 30Km final glide, complete without cuts or speed ups, here I start at Mc=2 with a safety altitude of 150m.. Almost no lift on the way.. with a straight in landing in the end... enjoy! ruclips.net/video/88b8wTATniA/видео.html
Very nice flight. I'm not usually one of those fans of full-duration flight videos, and I didn't expect to last through the 5+ hours, but I did (in a few days span!). I have to agree with your "immersive" comment: the flight through the Briançon valley and then Col de Vars and Siguret is stunningly beautiful, even "only" on video, and the return from Barcelonnette technically interesting (I hadn't expected it to feel so tense just watching). Of course, having flown in the area helps with the immersion.
It looks very nice, but might you make a condensed version, please?
Thank you! No condensed version is planned. This is a video for those who like long unedited videos. Run it in full screen and with head phones, it's quite immersive.
You can just advance it quickly 👍 some people don’t like music on vids and I’m like just turn the volume down your in control lol
Nice to see good steeply banked thermalling.