Nice!!! Man, you really got up there! That makes me really excited! I just started flying this week. I like watching quality content and this battleship blows those sailboaters outta the water. Thanks for sharing.
I went to 16,200 in a thermal like that in my wills wing super sport. No oxygen so I didn't stay up there too long but it's the most amazing feeling to have that bar almost get ripped out of your hands and feel that elevator ride feeling ascending to cloud base. I miss my hang gliding days.
Flying in the high Alps I also experienced a 10 m/s thermal. It was scary but awesome :) But the worst and much mor turbulent thermal I had was with a 4-5 m/s core in the southern mountians of Slovenia. That one seriously testet the stability of my glider :-o
I went for my first glider (sail plane, not hang) ride recently. One thing I wondered about was would I be able to feel it when we were in a thermal. The best thermal we got was at 600 ft / min, went went from 3400 to 4000 at cloud base. I could not feel it, but knew it because the meter was at 6 and I could notice the ground getting farther away. I'm guessing you CAN feel it in a hang glider? The other thing I looked forward to in a sailplane was the view. I was a passenger in the front seat and the pilot was in the back seat. The view was fantastic compared to being on a commercial jet or in the Cessna 172 over wing or Piper Chamache under wing I had been a passenger in. The glider had no obstructions other than the canopy. When we did a steep bank I was looking straight at the ground. I can't even imagine what the view is like using a hang glider. In the sailplane I could estimate our speed by the sound of the wind. Our glide speed was 50 knots.
I've been in a Glider recently, it's cool and the performance sure is better, however even though it tons of fun, the feeling of flying doesn't come close to being in a Hang Glider. In a hang glider you're the bird....not the passenger. In the air you can feel when you hit lift, but once established in lift you can't really tell if you're still in (until you fall out of it) - changes are felt, steady states are harder to do so.
thanks for sharing the experience. I will probably never experience a hang glider...but there is one thing I wonder about... how would I react to the height? I really enjoy being in a commercial jet, small private plane and in a glider... I feel safe " inside " those craft.... but put me on a ledge, high ladder, roof etc... and I don't want to be there.... I'm afraid the exposure on a hang glider would also make me very uncomfortable.
Hanggliding is atm the best sensation of flight available. You can do it all around the world and learn it in quite a few countries. Nothing compares to hanggliding! :)
Not really, I'm always up there in my mind LOL I have since been in much stronger thermals, but being the newbie I was back then it sure seemed like a dream of a thermal. And, for the E coast, it was.
Don’t remember exactly...1100+ feet/minute or so, at the time it was my strongest thermal to date, I’ve since had much stronger 👍 Of course for an E coast site, it was quite impressive.
@@LegendLength heat cameras will at best show where the ground is hotter, which might tell you where trigger spots are, but only to a certain height. But they don’t see hot air otherwise you wouldn’t see objects with them. Meteorological radars of planes can do some of that but they are huge and weight a lot. So no, technology is not there yet.
HI Felix, can you tell me something about the handling of the Aeros Discus? My Bodyweight without any equipment is about 68 kg and I have only to possibility to get the Discus 14. What Do you think about it? Many regards
@hawkairxc guess it is a bit late for my answer, but anyways: my bodyweight is 66 kg and I did testfly a Discus 14C. It's a nice glider but I was a bit on the light side for it. Now I fly a U2-145 and it is the same thing, a few more kg would be better. (Both gliders are good - U2 better for landing) My advice: if you fly turbulent sites (high mountains-desserts) and your harness is not too heavy: get the Disucs 13. Otherwise the 14 or the WW-U2-145.
@@safurian thank you for your answer! I went the opposite direction, after an one hour test flight I chose the Discus. I also had a new U2 145 before, but had to sell it after struggling with it to much...
@@safurian can't really explain it, just felt not comfortable with the U2. Switched to a beginner glider for almost two seasons and tried the Discus. Need a few more flights to compare them exactly
@@hawkairxc hmmm... it is always difficult to compare gliders, because conditions are different every day (and moment). So if the air is very turbulent (or "weird") on the day I try a specific glider, I will feel insecure with it. I had only one flight with the Discus 14C (in calm conditions) and felt comfortable right away. Same on the U2. But in turbulent conditions I did experience the U2 as challenging to handle near ground (but other pilots felt the same on other gliders). When it comes to steering and landing the U2 is a great glider. Thermaling I would say both gliders are equally good. Anyways I too would like to have a few more flights on the Discus to be certain. My guess is that I would be happy with both.
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Nice!!! Man, you really got up there! That makes me really excited! I just started flying this week. I like watching quality content and this battleship blows those sailboaters outta the water. Thanks for sharing.
I got chills watching this
I went to 16,200 in a thermal like that in my wills wing super sport. No oxygen so I didn't stay up there too long but it's the most amazing feeling to have that bar almost get ripped out of your hands and feel that elevator ride feeling ascending to cloud base. I miss my hang gliding days.
Cory Turner some people go higher without oxygen am I wrong about that? Great video.
Cory Turner Why did you stop hang gliding ? Or is it a too personal matter ?
wow and i thought it was cool when i hit a thermal in my schools 172
Woodstock ! Beautiful site. Get to fly hours every time
I got to 12ooo feet from Dickeys in '86 two days in a row.. really unusual weather easter weekend ..flew upwind to Massanutten
My record is 1986ft/minute. I was hanging on for dear life.
Flying in the high Alps I also experienced a 10 m/s thermal. It was scary but awesome :)
But the worst and much mor turbulent thermal I had was with a 4-5 m/s core in the southern mountians of Slovenia. That one seriously testet the stability of my glider :-o
I went for my first glider (sail plane, not hang) ride recently.
One thing I wondered about was
would I be able to feel it when we were in a thermal.
The best thermal we got was at 600 ft / min, went went from 3400 to 4000 at cloud base.
I could not feel it, but knew it because the meter was at 6
and I could notice the ground getting farther away.
I'm guessing you CAN feel it in a hang glider?
The other thing I looked forward to in a sailplane was the view.
I was a passenger in the front seat and the pilot was in the back seat.
The view was fantastic compared to being on a commercial jet
or in the Cessna 172 over wing or Piper Chamache under wing I had been a
passenger in.
The glider had no obstructions other than the canopy.
When we did a steep bank I was looking straight at the ground.
I can't even imagine what the view is like using a hang glider.
In the sailplane I could estimate our speed by the sound of the wind.
Our glide speed was 50 knots.
I've been in a Glider recently, it's cool and the performance sure is better, however even though it tons of fun, the feeling of flying doesn't come close to being in a Hang Glider. In a hang glider you're the bird....not the passenger. In the air you can feel when you hit lift, but once established in lift you can't really tell if you're still in (until you fall out of it) - changes are felt, steady states are harder to do so.
thanks for sharing the experience.
I will probably never experience a hang glider...but there is one thing I wonder about...
how would I react to the height?
I really enjoy being in a commercial jet, small private plane and in a glider...
I feel safe " inside " those craft....
but put me on a ledge, high ladder, roof etc...
and I don't want to be there....
I'm afraid the exposure on a hang glider would also make me very uncomfortable.
Hanggliding is atm the best sensation of flight available. You can do it all around the world and learn it in quite a few countries.
Nothing compares to hanggliding! :)
Rapid, awesome climb!) Hope i'll teach someday a hangliding and get some fun too
Have you made it back down yet? LOL
Not really, I'm always up there in my mind LOL
I have since been in much stronger thermals, but being the newbie I was back then it sure seemed like a dream of a thermal. And, for the E coast, it was.
Wow, what altitude do you guess?
Italian helmet, Ucranian hangglider, brazilian harness. US pilot.
romanian living in US
Thats globalization! Cool, right?
What an elevator! How many m/s?
Don’t remember exactly...1100+ feet/minute or so, at the time it was my strongest thermal to date, I’ve since had much stronger 👍
Of course for an E coast site, it was quite impressive.
@@FlyingFelix1 The video makes it look twice that much!
Woodstock Northern VA? I fly here all the time. Where you based mate?
I learned on the E coast, Woodstock was my favorite mountain site :)
Moved to Utah from there, now I live in Canada…great white north!! 😢
@@FlyingFelix1 neat. I see you've flown the cliff/Gary's beach. I was planning to fly there today. Saw your video and getting to 2K
sweet ride
There is no technology to see thermals as of yet?
I believe actually seeing the thermals would take away from the magic of the sport...I much prefer it this way
@@LegendLength heat cameras will at best show where the ground is hotter, which might tell you where trigger spots are, but only to a certain height. But they don’t see hot air otherwise you wouldn’t see objects with them. Meteorological radars of planes can do some of that but they are huge and weight a lot.
So no, technology is not there yet.
Wow! That was great! I've never heard MY vario stay maxed out for that long!
Yeah, me neither - this one took me by surprise, we are on the East Coast after all... quite the ride :)
HI Felix, can you tell me something about the handling of the Aeros Discus? My Bodyweight without any equipment is about 68 kg and I have only to possibility to get the Discus 14. What Do you think about it? Many regards
@hawkairxc guess it is a bit late for my answer, but anyways: my bodyweight is 66 kg and I did testfly a Discus 14C. It's a nice glider but I was a bit on the light side for it. Now I fly a U2-145 and it is the same thing, a few more kg would be better. (Both gliders are good - U2 better for landing)
My advice: if you fly turbulent sites (high mountains-desserts) and your harness is not too heavy: get the Disucs 13. Otherwise the 14 or the WW-U2-145.
@@safurian thank you for your answer! I went the opposite direction, after an one hour test flight I chose the Discus. I also had a new U2 145 before, but had to sell it after struggling with it to much...
@@hawkairxc what are your impressions from both gliders? How would you compare them? And with what did you struggle?
@@safurian can't really explain it, just felt not comfortable with the U2. Switched to a beginner glider for almost two seasons and tried the Discus. Need a few more flights to compare them exactly
@@hawkairxc hmmm... it is always difficult to compare gliders, because conditions are different every day (and moment). So if the air is very turbulent (or "weird") on the day I try a specific glider, I will feel insecure with it.
I had only one flight with the Discus 14C (in calm conditions) and felt comfortable right away. Same on the U2. But in turbulent conditions I did experience the U2 as challenging to handle near ground (but other pilots felt the same on other gliders).
When it comes to steering and landing the U2 is a great glider. Thermaling I would say both gliders are equally good.
Anyways I too would like to have a few more flights on the Discus to be certain. My guess is that I would be happy with both.
your should try thermalling with more v.g as you get in stronger higher lift.
Smoother ride and better climbrate
That and let the bar out a little more....not to much though!!
sweeeeeeeeet !