The timelapse with a voice-over is really cool for getting some overall perspective of the flight and your thinking. I'd love to see more of that kind of format!
Thanks Tim. As always, your flights are a great motivator for me to improve my thermal flying and to get better at recognising lift sources and convergence lines.
I used to live in New Plymouth, flew a bit with Taranaki gliding, moved back home to the USA years ago. Have my instrument rating now powered flight. Need to fly gliders again. Love love love the Kiwi sights from these vids.
Great video Tim, thank you for sharing. The bit over the swamp is so recognizable. The sound of the vario that indicates low lift, while earlier you are dancing with 4-6kn thermals. At that point you know: I am in the wrong place. An engine in the back really helps to make the most of your learning experience. Most important is to ensure you can fly another day! Keep up the nice videos and enjoy your flying. Best Marcel
I remember the day well for my view of the countryside from 1500’ ish all the way from Netherton to Tirohia, was sure I was going to be coming home by car, so was chuffed to continue by air. Thanks for video Tim, those time lapses give a great appreciation of what the air is doing.
Wow... This is like ASMR for the stick and rudder deprived. The retractable engine is amazing bit of engineering. A few decades ago a test pilot and engineer from Lancair were looking into a kit sailplane design with a turbo jet to save weight, drag and complexity. I even bought a Garrett JFS 100 and and Solar T-62 to do some thrust experiments with. I still have the Solar gathering dust in my hanger, still seems a turbine might be a good solution, any thoughts?
Yeah although it won't stop raining so our season has been terrible so far! My last 2 videos are the only 2 flights I've had in 2 months... any day now summer will start proper!
Thanks for another great video! I always enjoy watching them and I really appreciate how you explain your though procces and what you are doing. Could you do a video about your nav display/flight computer?
Back in 2015 I got to fly (while supervised by the actual pilot) from Tauranga to Waihi Beach airfield in a Cessna 180 tail dragger. We landed there and to me it definitely looked about as big as a postage stamp on approach. It's actually 500m long but I was new at sitting in the front seat. There's also a road near the threshold of the runway that one would not want to see a sheep truck or a bus using if one was on low on finals.
There is an analogy between money and altitude. Save and work for it as much as you can to insure success later. Don't pass up an opportunity to get your hands on a bit extra for rough times. Or for altitude, when there aren't any clouds around!
@@Johan-ex5yj I landed next to his harvester...does that count? 🙂 I'll be uploading my outlanding soonish with some narration around though processes given how wet the area is
It amazes me how much lift all these little clouds give you. I fly a little Bristell LSA plane in Eastern Australia- we barely even look at clouds like that and the worse we would expect is a little bump in and out of the underneath of the cloud. Are gliders so much more susceptible to the rising air or is something else going on? I almost never see any vertical speed caused by rising air/ thermals.
Yeah bigger wings makes a big difference! Also if you go too fast through a thermal it’ll just be a bump. Also your vertical speed indicator possibly has a bit of lag on it. How fast are you travelling most of the time?
@@PureGlide yeah right, normally 120 tas. The only time I've felt lift was in absolutely awful turbulence. My wings are 8.13 metres and 600kg mtow. Wing loading 10lbs per square foot. Is this the difference?
Given that the video had 'fails' in the title, I was expecting something a lot more dramatic than this. I am truly hoping to 'fail' in such a benign fashion.
Gear up - sandwich squashed! 😂 Tim, what's the overhaul hours for the 2350? How many hours would you estimate you put on the engine annually doing the start-up after release each time?
@@PureGlide ah ok! Obviously doing a self launch I run it every single time I take off so I hadn't really considered running the engine after a lunch to keep it fresh and ready. Cheers
You sure are a right turn thermal type. Dismissing the four lefts at the start when the ridge is on the right, it is about 2.5/1 right. (I am a lefty). Interesting day, a bit of good and bad. What does See You say?
Ok. Makes sense. I use a camera on a headband, you get better videos, mine tend to be jerky, but being 6’2”, room is limited. Baggage area is completely blocked and I dislike having the mirror up except when motoring.
Interesting. I use a DJI action 2 camera. It’s very small but has a limitation on how long it will run on the headband. You have to remove the heat sink case and will overheat in about 15 minutes. It is so small with the headband that it doesn’t stick up above the top of my head. I don’t wear a hat because my glider has a tinted canopy, Wouldn’t be my choice but the glider was four years old with only 100 hours when I bought it.
@@PureGlide I agree with @robleake its not a fail, maybe its a learning experience, but there are paddocks/airfields in sight, tried something it didnt pan out. If you dont try then you dont learn.....
The timelapse with a voice-over is really cool for getting some overall perspective of the flight and your thinking. I'd love to see more of that kind of format!
Thanks Tim. As always, your flights are a great motivator for me to improve my thermal flying and to get better at recognising lift sources and convergence lines.
Thanks Iggy :)
I used to live in New Plymouth, flew a bit with Taranaki gliding, moved back home to the USA years ago. Have my instrument rating now powered flight. Need to fly gliders again. Love love love the Kiwi sights from these vids.
Glad you're enjoying them
"the convergence is converging"
not sure why that made me giggle so much.
great video as usual :)
haha I don't even remember saying that
Great video Tim, thank you for sharing. The bit over the swamp is so recognizable. The sound of the vario that indicates low lift, while earlier you are dancing with 4-6kn thermals. At that point you know: I am in the wrong place. An engine in the back really helps to make the most of your learning experience. Most important is to ensure you can fly another day! Keep up the nice videos and enjoy your flying.
Best Marcel
I remember the day well for my view of the countryside from 1500’ ish all the way from Netherton to Tirohia, was sure I was going to be coming home by car, so was chuffed to continue by air. Thanks for video Tim, those time lapses give a great appreciation of what the air is doing.
Cheers Colin, yeah we need Timelapse in the cockpit!!
Not all bad, but the money to noise - convertor did save the day! 😃👍
For sure!
Wow... This is like ASMR for the stick and rudder deprived. The retractable engine is amazing bit of engineering. A few decades ago a test pilot and engineer from Lancair were looking into a kit sailplane design with a turbo jet to save weight, drag and complexity. I even bought a Garrett JFS 100 and and Solar T-62 to do some thrust experiments with. I still have the Solar gathering dust in my hanger, still seems a turbine might be a good solution, any thoughts?
Yeah there are lots of gliders available now with Turbines :)
Have a look at the Jonker JS1 & JS3 gliders with retractable jet engines...!
Watching these videos from the USA, keep forgetting it is summer down there. Everything is pretty and green
Yeah although it won't stop raining so our season has been terrible so far! My last 2 videos are the only 2 flights I've had in 2 months... any day now summer will start proper!
New engine cam is great. It's funny me yesterday 'damn these thermals im trying to maintain 5000'. I bet you would of been going 'woohoo oh this lift'
yes exactly! that was a low flight, 3-4000' the whole way, but for some reason we get used to it
Love the back facing view of the sustainer motor! I haven't seen that before.
Thanks Will, the algorithm appreciates your feedback
Oof
Thanks for the vid 😊
No problem 😊
Thanks for another great video! I always enjoy watching them and I really appreciate how you explain your though procces and what you are doing. Could you do a video about your nav display/flight computer?
Hey thanks for that, yeah I've been meaning to make a video about the flight computers, thanks for the reminder!
It was lovely meeting you today 😊
Hey thanks for stopping in! Nice to meet you guys too
Back in 2015 I got to fly (while supervised by the actual pilot) from Tauranga to Waihi Beach airfield in a Cessna 180 tail dragger. We landed there and to me it definitely looked about as big as a postage stamp on approach. It's actually 500m long but I was new at sitting in the front seat. There's also a road near the threshold of the runway that one would not want to see a sheep truck or a bus using if one was on low on finals.
There is an analogy between money and altitude. Save and work for it as much as you can to insure success later. Don't pass up an opportunity to get your hands on a bit extra for rough times. Or for altitude, when there aren't any clouds around!
So true :)
Nice Tim. I could've used an engine last sunday. Might've stopped me starting a new gliding club in the farmers paddock 🙂
We've all been there :) if only I had a camera back then when I was landing in fields regularly!
That’s a nice way of describing it. 👍
Did the farmer agree to build a runway, for the next time you may need it? 🙂
@@Johan-ex5yj I landed next to his harvester...does that count? 🙂
I'll be uploading my outlanding soonish with some narration around though processes given how wet the area is
@@gonegliding2966 Yep, maybe the harvester can double as a winch launch?! 🙂
Has the Murray river flood now made its way into Waikerie?
@@Johan-ex5yj It's heading that way now. Expected to peak over Christmas.
Excellent! Love your videos!
Thank you very much!
We need to work on sealing that cockpit Tim.
Yeah bit of a whistle at the moment, I’m acutely aware after 5 hours
lucky you, would love to fly in NZ!
Is that a canopy flasher? If so, could you make a video on it? :)
Sure is, yes I'll do one at some stage!
Sure was an adventure, the ground is so wet at present, when will summer start?
Great question!
This was actually not a bad day..... too bad there was absolutely nothing south of Putaruru or so
Yeah looked very blue South of Matamata when I got back
@@PureGlide Youth! Damn them and their talent.
It amazes me how much lift all these little clouds give you. I fly a little Bristell LSA plane in Eastern Australia- we barely even look at clouds like that and the worse we would expect is a little bump in and out of the underneath of the cloud. Are gliders so much more susceptible to the rising air or is something else going on? I almost never see any vertical speed caused by rising air/ thermals.
Yeah bigger wings makes a big difference! Also if you go too fast through a thermal it’ll just be a bump. Also your vertical speed indicator possibly has a bit of lag on it. How fast are you travelling most of the time?
@@PureGlide yeah right, normally 120 tas. The only time I've felt lift was in absolutely awful turbulence. My wings are 8.13 metres and 600kg mtow. Wing loading 10lbs per square foot. Is this the difference?
Given that the video had 'fails' in the title, I was expecting something a lot more dramatic than this. I am truly hoping to 'fail' in such a benign fashion.
Yes sorry can't nearly crash in every video!
Gear up - sandwich squashed! 😂
Tim, what's the overhaul hours for the 2350? How many hours would you estimate you put on the engine annually doing the start-up after release each time?
Yeah would have to do some maths - I don't run it every flight, but at least every month if I can.
@@PureGlide ah ok! Obviously doing a self launch I run it every single time I take off so I hadn't really considered running the engine after a lunch to keep it fresh and ready. Cheers
@@PureGlide just got a chance to watch to the end. Was the glider on downwind able to land after you left all that grease on the strip? 😂😊
You sure are a right turn thermal type. Dismissing the four lefts at the start when the ridge is on the right, it is about 2.5/1 right. (I am a lefty). Interesting day, a bit of good and bad. What does See You say?
You know why? My camera is on the right, so the view is better. If I turned left it would be a video full of sky!
Ok. Makes sense. I use a camera on a headband, you get better videos, mine tend to be jerky, but being 6’2”, room is limited. Baggage area is completely blocked and I dislike having the mirror up except when motoring.
Yeah I’m 6’4” so definitely can’t have anything on my head, barely a hat fits!
Interesting. I use a DJI action 2 camera. It’s very small but has a limitation on how long it will run on the headband. You have to remove the heat sink case and will overheat in about 15 minutes. It is so small with the headband that it doesn’t stick up above the top of my head. I don’t wear a hat because my glider has a tinted canopy, Wouldn’t be my choice but the glider was four years old with only 100 hours when I bought it.
there is an engine :)
Yes, but it's a bit of a failure to use it!
I have qstrange question: Can you do a Flight in MSFS Flightsimulator and give a comparrison?
I wish I had a computer that could play it! Unfortunately they don’t make a mac version yet
@@PureGlide I mean gamepass by Xbox for 1 or 2 USD you can try it one month
fake... (with engine) ????? oh.
real glider glides :)
I don't think there's any fails here.
Haha you're too kind, but any engine start is a fail. Not necessarily a bad fail :)
@@PureGlide I agree with @robleake its not a fail, maybe its a learning experience, but there are paddocks/airfields in sight, tried something it didnt pan out. If you dont try then you dont learn.....