Your sailplane looks great, I’m glad the LBA recertified it for flight! Also, a big thank you for all of your videos. I started following you in January of this past year, and you inspired me to return to this wonderful sport after a 40 year hiatus. I made a career in aviation, and now have restarted in soaring. 4 training flights and a checkride in an ASK-21 and I am now solo to resume my first flying passion. Keep up the great videos!
The great LS3 , my glider for 30 years . In fact it's a LS3 A .I can see you're pulling the rudder pedals back so you can use the wheel brake, a little defect of the glider .
There is something bigger in the making for next year. Here in the northern hemisphere, the soaring season is getting to an end now. But in one month I will fly to Namibia (in a big plane) to coach other pilots and test some gliders 🤙🏼
Darf man fragen wie groß du bist, du scheinst ja recht viel Platz mit deinen Beinen in der LS3 zu haben. Mach weiter so mit dem tollen Content, macht richtig Spaß zuzuschauen.
So ein geiles Hobby. Leider wird mir beim Thermik kreisen immer schlecht. Normales geradeaus fliegen, starten und landen ist allerdings kein Problem. Scheinbar mag ich keine Kreise :)
Schon einmal die Reisekaugummis oder Reisetabletten ausprobiert? Haben einem Kollegen sehr geholfen. Selber fliegen ist auf bekömmlicher als hinten drinnen mitzufliegen. Für viele Passagiere ist das Problem, dass sie beim Kreisen auf die Flügel schauen. Dabei ergibt sich ein komisches Bild bei dem sich der Flügel scheinbar rückwärts zur Landschaft bewegt. Das halten viele nicht aus. Natürlich kann man auch über die Ernährung viel steuern wie sensibel der Magen reagiert.
@@SoaringExperience Probier mal 1:1 „Modelle“ selbst zu fliegen. Die meisten Vereine bieten Schnupperkurse an, bei denen Du die Ausbildung beginnst und vom ersten Start an wenigstens teilweise selbst steuerst.
Looks like a wonderful day for "maidening" a new glider, with beautiful weather and glorious sunshine. The "bug wiper" seemed to work really well. Please can I ask if that was after the wingless were fitted, or modernised afterwards ? Wishing you great flying, DaveW 😊
Looks like you are landing on the main and tail wheel. Is it not better to land on main and keep tail wheel up? Just in case ground loop. Heard that if tailwheel is on the ground and wing catches something that may breakoff the tail. Am I right?
Modern Gliders always land with the main wheel and the tail wheel/skid simultaneously. If there is a chance of ground loop (which is very uncommon), the standard maneuver is to pull the wheelbrake and push the stick forward to get the tail up.
@@lvubremerhaven The reason I'm asking is because it might be better to land on the main wheel just to get used to it. In fact, why is a two-point landing preferred?
@@jacekpiterow900 sailplane are landed flaring just above the ground, as this allows for the lowest contact speeds and thus least amount of kinetic energy. They are designed this way. If you want to land only on the main wheel, there has to be a significantly higher airspeed, which results in a stronger ground effect and more energy so the needed landing strip has to be longer. This would be a major disadvantage in an outlanding situation.
Hey Stefan! I know that your endurance is limited to the amount of lift you can find while flying, but have you ever had any issues with power usage? How long does a battery usually last you? Thanks for sharing with us :)
A bug wiper, cleaning the wing leading edge of insects smashed onto it during flight. It was pulled against the side of fuselage for stowage (it folds flat to minimise drag). It can be seen in the stowed position at timestamp 0:48.
As addition to @Pasi_Pulkkinen: Some gliders have a pee funnel and tube installed. But if you use them you have to be sure that it doesn't freeze outside.
Please do not skip downwind and base part of the landing. Turns in glider at low level look spectacular.
Your sailplane looks great, I’m glad the LBA recertified it for flight!
Also, a big thank you for all of your videos. I started following you in January of this past year, and you inspired me to return to this wonderful sport after a 40 year hiatus. I made a career in aviation, and now have restarted in soaring. 4 training flights and a checkride in an ASK-21 and I am now solo to resume my first flying passion.
Keep up the great videos!
Wow, awesome to hear this! I wish you many great flights and safe landings 😀
You are living the life I can only dream about! Thank you for sharing your videos!
I'm very fortunate to do this. Thank you so much!
Cool, die D-EAAN war zusammen mit der D-EAAM mal bei uns am Flugplatz in Kulmbach.
Mein Vater und ein Freund 👍
EVERYTHING BETTER LOOKING WITH YOUR EYES🏆🛩️❤WORLD BEST❤️
Good luck in France Stefan. Looking forward to the video logs
This video was a rewind from the preparations for the worlds.
Great thinking.
Geiles Flugzeug.. Die 30 Jahre sieht man der LS3 nicht an. Deutsche Wertarbeit, gell ✊
Das sind sogar schon 44 Jahre!
@@SteFly Aha, erste Serie. Keine LS3a also…
@@r.p.3192 Die original LS3 - nicht a ist besser 😉
The great LS3 , my glider for 30 years . In fact it's a LS3 A .I can see you're pulling the rudder pedals back so you can use the wheel brake, a little defect of the glider .
Funny how gliders have a certain sound, my LS1F would creak in exactly the same way.
What causes the creaking? Is it the wing spar stubs rubbing together?
Your Videos motivate me It's my Dream to fly with gliders And I'm sure In Near future I will live my Dream life
You just need to get your Mom into gliding, then the whole family is in?! 😀
I never flew with my mom. Should really do this!
@@SteFly Go for it, I'm sure she will enjoy it! 🤣
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Keep up the great work Stefan!
Nice one
Great video. Pure flying
World champ: nice to fly in the LS3.
🎚️👀
I like your work bro.
Viel erfolg !👑
Inspiring
The beeping is scary 😂
Really nice
Very nice
nice view
Amasing plane
fly safe😊😊
Lovely video!
Saubere sache saubere landung schoen smooth :)
Ja danke
Very cool. When is the next time you’ll do a trip over several days like the time you flew the Alps?
There is something bigger in the making for next year. Here in the northern hemisphere, the soaring season is getting to an end now. But in one month I will fly to Namibia (in a big plane) to coach other pilots and test some gliders 🤙🏼
@@SteFly Awesome!
Amazing, 👌👌
Nice video and good content
i love your content
Nice
Pardon my ignorance, but why did the glider have to be recertified? And what does that actually involve?
Perhaps the correct word is re-registered in Germany. Previously it was registered in Czech Republic...
What exactly did you modify? I design and build model aircraft as a hobby. What if you had to choose for a 1/3 scale glider, which one would it be?
Darf man fragen wie groß du bist, du scheinst ja recht viel Platz mit deinen Beinen in der LS3 zu haben.
Mach weiter so mit dem tollen Content, macht richtig Spaß zuzuschauen.
Ich bin 1,80 m groß
So ein geiles Hobby. Leider wird mir beim Thermik kreisen immer schlecht. Normales geradeaus fliegen, starten und landen ist allerdings kein Problem. Scheinbar mag ich keine Kreise :)
Schon einmal die Reisekaugummis oder Reisetabletten ausprobiert? Haben einem Kollegen sehr geholfen. Selber fliegen ist auf bekömmlicher als hinten drinnen mitzufliegen. Für viele Passagiere ist das Problem, dass sie beim Kreisen auf die Flügel schauen. Dabei ergibt sich ein komisches Bild bei dem sich der Flügel scheinbar rückwärts zur Landschaft bewegt. Das halten viele nicht aus.
Natürlich kann man auch über die Ernährung viel steuern wie sensibel der Magen reagiert.
Fliegst Du selbst oder als Gast nur mit? Wenn Du die Bewegungen selbst initiierst und kontrollierst, passiert das wesentlich seltener.
@@kaihorstmann2783 als Gast. Hinten in nem Duo Discus und das andere Mal vorn ein einer 21 MI
@@SoaringExperience Probier mal 1:1 „Modelle“ selbst zu fliegen. Die meisten Vereine bieten Schnupperkurse an, bei denen Du die Ausbildung beginnst und vom ersten Start an wenigstens teilweise selbst steuerst.
Wie schon geschrieben, es ist deutlich besser wenn man selber fliegt. Nur in wenigen Fällen haben dann noch Piloten das Problem.
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If you could fly over that power plant(in the distance;( Probably illegal...) You would catch an amazing thermal uplift; Yes?
Looks like a wonderful day for "maidening" a new glider, with beautiful weather and glorious sunshine. The "bug wiper" seemed to work really well. Please can I ask if that was after the wingless were fitted, or modernised afterwards ? Wishing you great flying, DaveW 😊
I made the first flight with the new winglets. Thank you!
Looks like you are landing on the main and tail wheel. Is it not better to land on main and keep tail wheel up? Just in case ground loop. Heard that if tailwheel is on the ground and wing catches something that may breakoff the tail. Am I right?
I think the glider only has one wheel. It is right under the cockpit.
Modern Gliders always land with the main wheel and the tail wheel/skid simultaneously. If there is a chance of ground loop (which is very uncommon), the standard maneuver is to pull the wheelbrake and push the stick forward to get the tail up.
@@lvubremerhaven The reason I'm asking is because it might be better to land on the main wheel just to get used to it. In fact, why is a two-point landing preferred?
@@jacekpiterow900 sailplane are landed flaring just above the ground, as this allows for the lowest contact speeds and thus least amount of kinetic energy. They are designed this way. If you want to land only on the main wheel, there has to be a significantly higher airspeed, which results in a stronger ground effect and more energy so the needed landing strip has to be longer. This would be a major disadvantage in an outlanding situation.
@@lvubremerhaven makes sense, thanks
Are you still using the experimental variometer in the Ls3? Any news?
how to taxi a glider 101
It is a little bit different with the tail skid and it looked better than it felt in the glider :D
NOICEEE
Stefan, how old is that LS3? It looks in great condition.
Does that thing wipe off bugs on the leading edge in flight?
Correct!
The tow plane did it visit us in Montluçon?
Yep, my dad 😉
What is exactly the black thing moving on the wings ? I missed the explanation.....danke
A bug wiper, thing to remove bugs from the wing, as they decrease the glide ratio
Hey Stefan! I know that your endurance is limited to the amount of lift you can find while flying, but have you ever had any issues with power usage? How long does a battery usually last you? Thanks for sharing with us :)
The batteries are only for the avionics and with two LiFePo4 batteries, I can fly at least 14 hours.
@@SteFly Thanks!
Good night Bro India
Good morning! :D
Did you skip the mechanical altimeter?
Yes. I´m using the digital Air Control Display
Was ist denn nun an der LS3 alles modifiziert?
Im Endeffekt nur die Winglets, Avionik und Mückenputzer
what is this man
What is the black object on the leading edge of the wing? & where did it go?
A bug wiper, cleaning the wing leading edge of insects smashed onto it during flight. It was pulled against the side of fuselage for stowage (it folds flat to minimise drag). It can be seen in the stowed position at timestamp 0:48.
@@juhakettunen7971 Thank you , Never seen one before.
Where do you find the background musics?
I use Epidemic Sounds and Artlist. Both are paid subscriptions ;)
I just got only one question.... what if you wanna pee when you're there at 3000m high?
Bag or toilet for men :)
As addition to @Pasi_Pulkkinen: Some gliders have a pee funnel and tube installed. But if you use them you have to be sure that it doesn't freeze outside.
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