Thrilling Hand-Launched Glider Flights: Battling to Gain Altitude in tight Circles! Explorer NAN

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024
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Комментарии • 147

  • @michaelrichardson-vw4fl
    @michaelrichardson-vw4fl 8 месяцев назад +3

    Rc airplanes saved my life I love this addiction ❤

    • @Roger3362
      @Roger3362 8 месяцев назад

      I like it. So cool!

  • @yksilotaso
    @yksilotaso 9 месяцев назад +15

    I’m amazed how rc gliders have changed within last 20-30 years😮 Thanks guys!

    • @lexloose2112
      @lexloose2112 8 месяцев назад +3

      I was building wood and paper kits back in the 70s as a kid, today's planes are amazing but I still love the old way. this is a beautiful glider though. we had no r back then, sometimes lose your beauty plane.

  • @lewiejones1570
    @lewiejones1570 8 месяцев назад +7

    There is something special about hand launching. It feels like a more pure form of flying

  • @TexRobNC
    @TexRobNC 8 месяцев назад +2

    The strength and what that enables is what amazes me about this. We've all seen light things fly, but to have the strength to maneuver and not flex massively is wild to see.

  • @DG3ACM-Marc
    @DG3ACM-Marc 9 месяцев назад +3

    That was amazing to see. Thanks to that skillful pilot and his model.
    My longest RC soaring flight was 1:47h with a 2m wingspan 2kg somewhere in the early 90`s and I am in RC flying since 1980.
    Cheers
    Marc

  • @JustPlaneChris
    @JustPlaneChris 9 месяцев назад +5

    The energy retention just defies logic! Love it.

  • @drewrodaniche1541
    @drewrodaniche1541 8 месяцев назад +1

    28 years ago i built my first glider, a great planes 2 meter spirit. Launched by high start, I'll never forget the day I realized it wasn't coming down because I had encountered a thermal. This video brought back fond memories of that unforgettable day. Thank you.

  • @reinhardrsuperbikeschreck2307
    @reinhardrsuperbikeschreck2307 9 месяцев назад +4

    Best comment I ever heard to this matter. Finding a thermal out of a handstart, the best ting that can happen to any gliderpilot!

  • @yannickver
    @yannickver 9 месяцев назад +7

    Very nice footage ! It would be nice to make a video to explain how you read the air, and how you keep the glider centered in the thermal.

    • @echassin
      @echassin 9 месяцев назад +1

      This!

  • @bsouthwell65
    @bsouthwell65 9 месяцев назад +5

    The gliders of today are incredible. Watching these videos really makes me want to get back into soaring. Thanks!

    • @sf1203
      @sf1203 8 месяцев назад

      I got back into it after over 30 years. So much has changed.

  • @royhippert6980
    @royhippert6980 9 месяцев назад +1

    Watching Julian fly and build models is an inspiration. I hope to have some flights like this from a hand launch.

  • @hangflyin
    @hangflyin 5 месяцев назад +1

    My longest thermal flight was 4 3/4 hours. Flown from Crestline, just west of Sky Park, in a hang glider. Max altitude was 11, 600 feet ASL.
    I used to hand launch RC planes back in the day. I had a 2 meter balsa glider (Larry Jolly design )that worked pretty well. Nothing like today's gliders. Thinking about getting back into it. Was a member of Pacific Soaring Club in Anaheim. Larry Jolly was a member

    • @nolebotic
      @nolebotic 3 месяца назад

      Larry Jolly the legend!

  • @lexloose2112
    @lexloose2112 8 месяцев назад +2

    what an incredible glider, used to build wood and paper gliders in 70s as kid, no rc then. sometimes come home with no glider

  • @JeanLucCoulon
    @JeanLucCoulon 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love the V-tail, it is always really elegant!

  • @johntisbury
    @johntisbury 8 месяцев назад +1

    Great flying and awareness of conditions, thanks for the narration too.

  • @divyajnana
    @divyajnana 8 месяцев назад +3

    WOW...like WOW! This guy can really fly.

  • @stevenmohr4588
    @stevenmohr4588 9 месяцев назад +2

    Always a pleasure seeing you fly Julian. 👌

  • @KoenvanderKouwe
    @KoenvanderKouwe 9 месяцев назад +1

    That wingspan is just amazing

  • @Corally12
    @Corally12 9 месяцев назад

    Hello Julian, a wonderful demonstration of the outstanding performance of the pilot and the unbelievably good performance of the NAN Explorer F5J aircraft. Thank you, I look forward to further contributions

  • @Silv_rc
    @Silv_rc 5 месяцев назад +1

    The addiction is real and theese Servos would be great for some new Projects

  • @DumfriesDik
    @DumfriesDik 9 месяцев назад

    WOW just wow. Nothing like the balsa wood and dope with no remote that I made as a kid back in the '70s. Beautiful.

  • @EdToml
    @EdToml 8 месяцев назад

    I last built a glider about 50 years back. Things have changed so much. Sure looks like fun!

  • @HighStartAeronautics
    @HighStartAeronautics 8 месяцев назад

    Very impressive flying and glider, that was great!

  • @sonko2010
    @sonko2010 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful. Thanks for the video.

  • @robertcoxon
    @robertcoxon 9 месяцев назад +1

    Always jaw dropping performance with the right materials & design and of course....a good pilot👏

  • @UKMike2009
    @UKMike2009 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing pilot skills and a beautiful model. The intuition to "feel" the thermal is outstanding

  • @markpitts5194
    @markpitts5194 8 месяцев назад +1

    4 hours, but we all had a go! I had lunch and went for a pee while dad had a go, at some point mum had a go to!

  • @ptigptig
    @ptigptig 9 месяцев назад

    its a beautiful thing! Great reading of that lift! I saw the response indicating where the lift was as well.

  • @mille269
    @mille269 2 месяца назад

    Amazing. Just picked up an explorer 5 fitting it out soon.

  • @CyclingMikey
    @CyclingMikey 9 месяцев назад

    Such great flying! We have had such bad weather all winter with rain and strong winds. No chance of fun F3K or F5J.

  • @Benchmark67
    @Benchmark67 8 месяцев назад

    Impressive flying skills and an impressive model. Great content.

  • @luisfilipemachado17
    @luisfilipemachado17 8 месяцев назад

    Beutiful!!! I wish I can do that. I would love to see the radio inputs to better understand how to keep on the thermal. Great flight.

  • @MrPstummer
    @MrPstummer 9 месяцев назад

    Impressive flying skills, always a pleasure to watch!

  • @GaryLaaks1
    @GaryLaaks1 8 месяцев назад

    My first 2 channel build (balsa) was a Sig Riser 2m. Still have it after 25 years. Flew it for close to 2 hours once in very good thermal conditions. Brought it down to land as my neck was getting quite uncomfortable.

  • @Radian327
    @Radian327 9 месяцев назад

    Excellent low level work to keep the turns flat and drifting with the thermal.

  • @RWGresearch
    @RWGresearch 8 месяцев назад

    Wow. Thats fantastic. Those launches are serious. ~ Russ

  • @DM4DS
    @DM4DS 9 месяцев назад

    Great pilot skills - awesome glider - Thanks for sharing

  • @Tom-sp2xs
    @Tom-sp2xs 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful glider and great flying!

  • @TheSzokiRoli
    @TheSzokiRoli 6 месяцев назад

    Amazing flying skills and top performance glider. Thanks for the video!

  • @andyMSH700
    @andyMSH700 6 месяцев назад

    amazing flying...genius flier

  • @mdemed
    @mdemed 9 месяцев назад

    beautiful glider! looks light as a feather.

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus 8 месяцев назад

    Wow! This would be a real challenge - no engines to get you "out of a hole" as it were!
    Wonderful skills being shown here!

    • @toolbaggers
      @toolbaggers 8 месяцев назад +1

      Huh? He used his 4s POWERED glider to get out of a hole.

  • @chucklohre8740
    @chucklohre8740 8 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the great video, you're a real master with that ship.

  • @rogerthat8314
    @rogerthat8314 8 месяцев назад

    Wow. Nice plane and flying

  • @nate1sam
    @nate1sam 8 месяцев назад

    Those Kst servos are awesome

  • @eoinj3929
    @eoinj3929 8 месяцев назад

    Excellent flying skills

  • @serverlan763
    @serverlan763 8 месяцев назад

    I tried a discus RC glider. Alot of the time when there were no thermals around it was like playing frisbee with yourself.

  • @superdeifi
    @superdeifi 9 месяцев назад

    Great model and flying.

  • @tomstil007
    @tomstil007 9 месяцев назад

    I fly Rc planes ,and I have never flown a glider, your videos inspired me to get involved, thank you for what you do and for what you will keep doing , looking forward on all your new videos ,and I love the simplicity you explain it with , very educational, God bless❤

  • @tomtiny
    @tomtiny 9 месяцев назад +1

    Finding thermals with a 1,5m dlg is one thing... But a 4m hlg? Looks surreal hahaha.
    Greetings from Germany :)

  • @paveleroshev5878
    @paveleroshev5878 9 месяцев назад +2

    My recor was 7 hours.
    But, it was a real glier)
    Nice video.
    Thank you.

    • @zyoungson215
      @zyoungson215 8 месяцев назад

      You must have an iron bladder

  • @TL_RC
    @TL_RC 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing flying skills and an impressive aircraft!

  • @angusdenny4422
    @angusdenny4422 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic!! looks like an epic machine.

  • @Jay0neDE
    @Jay0neDE 8 месяцев назад

    I like the ones that you grab by the end of the wing and launch it like a discus. but this plane seems a little too big to do that :D great flying!

  • @pompeymonkey3271
    @pompeymonkey3271 8 месяцев назад

    Fantastic! As a RL glider pilot, I was most concerned about a wing-tip stall when turning near the ground, but I guess the stall speed is pretty low?

  •  9 месяцев назад

    That Explorer is still the king of F5J!

  • @royharaldamundsen7212
    @royharaldamundsen7212 9 месяцев назад

    Nice flying :)

  • @alexmaryondavis
    @alexmaryondavis 8 месяцев назад

    Great video! I have this plane, and I've only ever sloped it, but now I'm going to try and hand launch it off the flat. No backup motor though!

  • @zioeddy3338
    @zioeddy3338 9 месяцев назад

    Straordinario! Che profilo alare?

  • @simitarknut2201
    @simitarknut2201 8 месяцев назад

    My longest thermal flight wasn't with a glider. Believe it or not it was with a Goldberg Eagle 2 with an Astro-Flight geared 25 running on 14 sub C ni-cads. I thermalled for almost 20 minutes with the motor off, and each time I tried to enter a landing pattern to come down, the plane was sucked back up. I had to go far out in the landing pattern and fly 5 feet off the deck to land.

  • @bme7491
    @bme7491 9 месяцев назад

    I built an RC glider in 1978 in Scotland. Hand start off a small hill. Longest flight was 45 minutes. Scotland always has wind.

    • @daviddavids2884
      @daviddavids2884 9 месяцев назад

      well, ridge lift is not thermal lift

    • @bme7491
      @bme7491 9 месяцев назад

      @@daviddavids2884 Did I say it was? My bad.

  • @narnasqueneth
    @narnasqueneth 9 месяцев назад

    Just bought a second hand f5j but this will be very useful tuition so thanks!

  • @philolson679
    @philolson679 9 месяцев назад

    amazing flying !

  • @gxlbiscuit
    @gxlbiscuit 8 месяцев назад

    great video. thank you!

  • @UnravelledMoney
    @UnravelledMoney 8 месяцев назад

    Nice gliding!!! 😊

  • @brandonkolter4719
    @brandonkolter4719 8 месяцев назад

    thats nuts I LOVE THERMALS! I am out here with a pug dlg and have had several flights around 5 minutes! commenting to join the raffle!

  • @Twobarpsi
    @Twobarpsi 9 месяцев назад

    Great flights and comnentary!!

  • @rc_glider_and_more
    @rc_glider_and_more 9 месяцев назад

    Great Video Julian

  • @olivierkancel9830
    @olivierkancel9830 9 месяцев назад

    Hi Julian ! can you tell us more about model (size ; layups) & equipment ?

  • @RibarRanch
    @RibarRanch 9 месяцев назад +1

    do you have a link for where to buy this model in the states? Looks like a lot of variation to the "explorer" line.

  • @billbankes-jones6034
    @billbankes-jones6034 9 месяцев назад

    I have an Exporer BF, been waiting years for me to fit it out. I also fly Paragliders off tow in the flats. Duration hours. Min sink on a PG 1ms. Min sink of F5J I'm guessing 1/10 of that? Climb out from low, really satisfying on a PG too.

  • @hanswindisch
    @hanswindisch 9 месяцев назад

    i own a xplorer version 1 which is flying great. i love to take it to the field !

  • @GraydonTranquilla
    @GraydonTranquilla 8 месяцев назад

    I am the only surviving Alberta 1982 HangGliding champion who then placed 12th of of 60 in the National championships in Mont St. Pierre Quebec Canada. I thermalled from Mount Swansea BC up to cloud base at 9800 feet ASL before flying along a cloud street 19 miles north to Edgewater before landing with a bad case of hypothermia. Those were non-events compared to subsequent years as hang glider l/d ratios rapidly improved.
    But on a final landing approach less than 150 feet from the ground I also thermalled up to the peak of Mount Swansea 2600 feet above the valley. Obviously the variometer provided the feedback needed to help core those thermals.

  • @Sharpwind1
    @Sharpwind1 8 месяцев назад

    Super cooler Flug Julian

  • @44SirLoopalot
    @44SirLoopalot 9 месяцев назад

    I am thinking about building a F5J, looks nice for none windy days when the slope doesn't work

  • @eli4900
    @eli4900 9 месяцев назад

    totally beautiful flying

  • @emmanuelsab1095
    @emmanuelsab1095 9 месяцев назад

    INCREDIBLE! What a skill!

  • @DM2P
    @DM2P 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing glider and pilot 👍👍👍

  • @briansanders8014
    @briansanders8014 8 месяцев назад

    Clicked because that thumbnail is amazing, commenting because of the raffle: I would love these servos for my f22 I am designing and building from scratch! The thin profile is perfect to fit in the wings. Thanks for the opportunity 😌

  • @commanderx1722
    @commanderx1722 9 месяцев назад

    Cool. Thermaling straight out of the hand. Can‘t compete with that. Just ridge/mountain flying with much heavier FS (Flying Special) gliders.

  • @haraldmoritz747
    @haraldmoritz747 9 месяцев назад

    Wie immer, ein sehr gelungener Beitrag👏👍

  • @nonsequitor
    @nonsequitor 8 месяцев назад

    You are correct! Things really have changed 🙌.... you can still build balsa if you want but now we also have this insanity and it's amazing😮

  • @TamponTea
    @TamponTea 8 месяцев назад

    i stayed up over 30 min with a umx radian years ago at a sand mine with water at the botom

  • @marhar2
    @marhar2 4 месяца назад

    What indicates that you are "falling out" of the thermal?

  • @Haveblue777
    @Haveblue777 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful!

  • @Walt1119
    @Walt1119 9 месяцев назад

    What an amazing plane!

  • @paalmiso
    @paalmiso 8 месяцев назад

    its interesting that person so much used to fly as you get sick in the glider, makes me feel less bad about when i do :D

  • @marchewkavini
    @marchewkavini 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing video! I'm in!

  • @c_schelli96
    @c_schelli96 9 месяцев назад

    Very impressive! What's the weight of this model?

  • @Piereder1
    @Piereder1 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hallo Julian, könntest du mal ein Video zur Knüppelbelegung bei F5j machen!?

  • @toolbaggers
    @toolbaggers 8 месяцев назад

    Those servos would look good in my plane. 🤗

  • @mydogworriesalot1840
    @mydogworriesalot1840 8 месяцев назад

    Ahh...it's powered,is there a 3-D plan for a glider like this a DIY version :)

  • @DanielKesslerer
    @DanielKesslerer 9 месяцев назад

    Bucket list model!

  • @gliderrider
    @gliderrider 8 месяцев назад

    Enjoyed that!

  • @ovalwingnut
    @ovalwingnut 8 месяцев назад

    Send that man straight to the Major Leagues!

  • @wayneschenk5512
    @wayneschenk5512 9 месяцев назад

    A better glider then my old clunker.

  • @calmarcalmar
    @calmarcalmar 2 месяца назад

    yeah well, but those old models with balsa-wood and foil - are they so much worse or heavier?

  • @nonotrasher
    @nonotrasher 9 месяцев назад

    just amazing !

  • @Maximum_777
    @Maximum_777 8 месяцев назад

    I got a beat up (literally in pieces) balsa 2 channel glider for free, ripped out the 30 year old electronics, rebuilt the broken parts, and upon putting modern electronics in it, it decreased the weight so much the main wing mount had to be moved about 1 foot back on the fuselage. This meant other bits on the design had to change, had to add strength to some places, change the rudder since it had less leverage, but after months of fixing things as they broke, I've managed to come out of it with a stellar glider. I've managed several 10 minute plus flights using a 150ft high start bungee, with my best time being roughly 11 minutes 48 seconds, starting the timer after the bungee dropped off the plane. I've yet to experience a modern composite glider like this one, but to anyone wishing they could get their hands on a better glider, go build one yourself with like 30$ worth of balsa, glue, and wing covering, 60$ worth of electronics, launch it with some medical tubing with a 150ft string attached to it, and just have fun, a 300mah 2s goes for over 5 hours while running two cheap 9 gram servos, and while frustrating at times, there's truly nothing like it.

  • @peterschmalenbach1222
    @peterschmalenbach1222 9 месяцев назад

    Super modell ,sehr gut haben will, wo kaufen ? Preis ?