Flying the South African Nationals with a Junior Pilot
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2023
- Sharing the joy of competition flying with juniors is great fun!
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Video created by Tian du Preez & Stefan Langer
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Enjoying the nice views with friends and topping the day off with a barbeque! This is what gliding is about!
South Africa is a perfect place for this!
Finde ich großartig von dir, dass Du dich als Mentor engagierst und dein Wissen weiter gibst. Von deinen Videos konnte ich schonn sehr viel lernen, aber mit dir als Co einen Wettbewerb zu fliegen ist sicher noch viel besser. Ich freue mich auf mehr davon.
So many amazing memories! Thanks for making a great video stefan
Was great fun!
This is just awesome, I have a goal set to hopefully get into Competition flying there at Potch. But for now alot of training lies ahead. 😁✌🏼
All the best with your training. Perhaps we will meet one time in Potch 🙂
Great Stefan!
Wow, that’s cool!
Well done Stef!!!
Thank you!!
Super! I really miss Africa and the magnificent thunderstorms of the Kalahari Desert
Some thunderstorms would have been nice, or at least some clouds 😂
Omg I fly the Junior too at my local gliding club, it’s an absolute wonder of a glider 🤩🤩
Hahaaa, perhaps the title was a bit misleading 🤣
@@SteFly oh damn… just realised the title 😭😭
Question from someone who knows nothing about gliders:
Why did you put water into the wings, and why were you dumping it at the end of the flight?
Addendum: I should have read all of the comments before writing this ... I see the same question answered concisely below.
What's the purpose of the water in the wings?
Increases the wing loading (weight to wing surface ratio). In a nutshell, the higher the wing loading, the faster the glider (which may sound counterintuitive). It helps with average speed on a circuit on strong lift days and with penetration on windy days (upwind glide ratio is improved). But there're downsides also : manoeuvrability goes down, stall speed goes up and as a consequence so does thermalling speed (and radius).
Thank you! That was just the explanation I was looking for. Would it be fair to compare it to a water slide? A heavy person goes down faster than a light person. @@cledieu