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Stretching the Final Glide
Low final glide on youtube!
You all should read explanation at the end of video, why so low final part of glide from last thermal actually happened. With usual rules where finish line is on the airfield, result is somethimes such a low final part, however unexpected. It is result of strong sink which cut off 200m of reserve! Such strong sinks are known during final glides in Nitra from same direction. Please read also excelent article on safer finishes, by John Cochrane, arguing for a high finish gate and no rolling finishes to reduce accidents on and near the home airport. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...20finishes.doc Regards, Luka Znidarsic, pilot in command during low final glide in this video! Another solution is also FES system: www.front-electric-sustainer.com |
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Stretching the Final Glide
Holy Cow! That seemed like an unbelievably flat (and successful) glide into
the field that's almost not visible at the start of it all. Amazing. Especially when it looks like it's all over and then he turns to fly over the trees for another mile! Am I the only glider pilot that runs into sink at times like that? J4 "LimaZulu" wrote in message ... Low final glide on youtube! You all should read explanation at the end of video, why so low final part of glide from last thermal actually happened. With usual rules where finish line is on the airfield, result is somethimes such a low final part, however unexpected. It is result of strong sink which cut off 200m of reserve! Such strong sinks are known during final glides in Nitra from same direction. Please read also excelent article on safer finishes, by John Cochrane, arguing for a high finish gate and no rolling finishes to reduce accidents on and near the home airport. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...20finishes.doc Regards, Luka Znidarsic, pilot in command during low final glide in this video! Another solution is also FES system: www.front-electric-sustainer.com |
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Stretching the Final Glide
On 11 Dec, 21:09, jeplane wrote:
This guy is an idiot. It's far from showing an example. He is cutting it way too close to the trees toward the end of the video, as well as only 50 feet perhaps, above a power line like Tony mentions. I would be ****ed if I saw anyone doing that at my local airport!....:- ( Richard Phoenix, AZ Looked like a pretty well judged final glide to me. He had enough height to put in a 30 degree banked turn prior to landing and sufficient energy remaining to do a very long ground run to the glider rigging area. I'll bet if we could see his asi we would see that he deliberately put it low to increase glide performance over the last field. I believe that ground effect final glides of up to 5km have been used at Nitra in previous contests. Jim |
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Stretching the Final Glide
On Dec 13, 9:51*am, LimaZulu wrote:
Low final glide on youtube! You all should read explanation at the end of video, why so low final part of glide from last thermal actually happened. With usual rules where finish line is on the airfield, result is somethimes such a low final part, however unexpected. It is result of strong sink which cut off 200m of reserve! Such strong sinks are known during final glides in Nitra from same direction. Please read also excelent article on safer finishes, by John Cochrane, arguing for a high finish gate and no rolling finishes to reduce accidents on and near the home airport. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...Papers/safer%2... Regards, Luka Znidarsic, pilot in command during low final glide in this video! Another solution is also FES system:www.front-electric-sustainer.com |
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Stretching the Final Glide
On Dec 13, 9:51*am, LimaZulu wrote:
Low final glide on youtube! You all should read explanation at the end of video, why so low final part of glide from last thermal actually happened. With usual rules where finish line is on the airfield, result is somethimes such a low final part, however unexpected. It is result of strong sink which cut off 200m of reserve! Such strong sinks are known during final glides in Nitra from same direction. Please read also excelent article on safer finishes, by John Cochrane, arguing for a high finish gate and no rolling finishes to reduce accidents on and near the home airport. http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john...Papers/safer%2... Regards, Luka Znidarsic, pilot in command during low final glide in this video! Another solution is also FES system:www.front-electric-sustainer.com Goes to show that the reserves many of us use are not adequate for 100% of the situations encountered on final glide. I use 300 meters (1,000 ft) of buffer above a 4 knot McCready and in the western US even that won't protect you from the worst sink. If you don't know there are good fields along the last 5-10 miles before the airport don't push it. 9B |
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Stretching the Final Glide
Low final glide on youtube!
This is really something to watch for those of us who tend to play it more conservative. Thanks for posting. |
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