Tim Purvis but still better to "learn" to fly in a old timer than this. I learn to fly in ASK-21.

Did you ever get one?

Yes, but if you still have some juice left in the packs you can throttle up when in the glide and descending if you need some extra energy to make it safely to your landing strip.

15seconds at full power then 12mins max power?

Heck yea.

Equip that wings with solar panels and it can now fly indefinitely - in a sunny morning that is.

You've got firm grasp for the obvious.

"Rolling resistance"!

20k? Is that all ? Are you sure?

I think this glider starts at about $120k

cole moore

bill torres

learn learn learn

​@@HangTimeDeluxe lmao atleast my moms still above ground ya salty sounding geriatric

20kW continuous, 22kW max output

He meant to say 2kwh :-) he was talking about the battery capacity not the motor..

You can afford it if you want it enough

Show me affordable new glider.... :D No... its going to be something between 100-200k

Most pilots will calculate this in, and when you're going cross country it;s not that uncommon for a glider pilot to land in a farmer fields or other nearby landing strips

Most ballast is actually water ballast which is jettisoned prior to landing. Some gliders have the capacity to take on fixed extra weight but normally this is to compensate for smaller pilots.

@@newforestroadwarrior Still his point is correct. The existence of ballasts show that designing a glider is not a constant fight against weight, contrary to what intuition tells us. So a couple of tens of kg more is mangeable.

@@haltux Sorry but you don't understand what ballast is for.

The record for an un-powered sailplane is over 1000 miles.

An self-launching electric glider is already cheaper than a traditionnal glider if you consider the cost of launches during its full lifetime. By far.

Yes

No need as gliders have air brakes deployed after touchdown.

I guess you've seen few.

Tinchote Maybe not enough. But I've always been impressed with the short take off roll. This one struck me as long, by a lot.

I cannot tell on my own, of course, but maybe you have mostly seen light trainers. In any case, the length depends on the power of the engine, be it on the tow plane or the glider. I've seen some sketchy tow planes and very long ground runs, especially with ballasted open class gliders.

Tinchote I've seen marginal tow planes, but a glider achieves ground effect at quite low speeds. This has a motor. Ground effect appeared to be late. Maybe the motor/battery is heavier than I thought.

How about the sand factor........

Too much

If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it.

a lot

Depends. In the UK, self sustainers can be flown with a regular glider license. If they can take off, then you need a NPPL or a PPL. I might be wrong though.

@@StefanoBorini In the USA, if you have your glider license, all you need to fly a powered or motor-glider is an instructor endorsement and sign off for your log book. Some motor gliders can fly extended ranges under power, and one advantage in the USA is that there is no recurring medical required to fly a motor-glider, unlike normal powered general aviation aircraft life a piston Cessna

it's just for taking off

It's around 41:1 but for touring- the batteries don't last very long!

they said 12 minutes. I guess that’s plenty for 3 or 4 launches. The sky did not look ready for much soaring thermal activity yet.

@@HangTimeDeluxe questions are the heart of understanding....methinks age has addled yer brain

Aye, but this is Ireland. As long as you're not a moron, it's all good.

Alexandru Nistoroiu by chance... ;-)

While stationary, someone has to hold the wing tip off the ground (3:01). Once the aircraft starts moving forward, there's just enough airspeed for the control surfaces on the wing (flaperons) to create enough lift that the pilot can maintain them level throughout the takeoff phase. Pause the video at 3:08 to see the flaperons moving up on the left wing and moving down on the right wing at the same time.

@@_John_P interesting, thank you

Sadly, not me.

An TMG is an Touring motor glider, an sailplane with self takeoff has an engine only to take off or gain altitude when you have no thermals, an substainer only has an engine to prevent an outlanding, and an pure glider has no engine

K Al Ni more than a luxury saloon up to 150k tho

The new glider costs about € 70.000, without motor.

The good thing (for most of us) is that you don't actually need to own one to fly one. Join a club and you can fly club gliders with reasonable costs. Don't know of any club that has one of these beauties though ;)

The sound is only for a few minutes during launch, for the most part

You are looking at 50-70,000$ (usd) That's a large number, but you can probably find a club around and they might have one. As a first glider we would not reccommend getting a motor glider. It is less hassle and more common to find a average sailplane for cheaper and it is very cheap to get towed or launched into the air

Well - you need some kind of power to get airborne - either a tow plane or a winch (or in special cases bungee ropes). This makes the plane more independent. The battery capacity is only 12 minutes here - so in effect for any extended flights this is still a glider. An added benefit for self launching is that if forced/decided to land out, the motor gives you more options to select the most safe landing place.

@@daviddou1408 Wow sounds cool. Never heard about that - but not much different to bungee to downhill - so why not. Any case thanks for the info.

I was holding my breath waiting for liftoff! ;]

Frank R. Pilot ... Google Silent 2 electric powered glider.

Couldn't find a price, but I'd say that well north of 30k

75000 euros new. Electro have kits that you can build approx 500 hours. The batteries have to be monitored carefully.

compare a glide ratio of paramotor at about 4-6 to one while the high-performance sailplane is upwards of 60+ to one.

@@carrollhanks1055 shorter takeoff, smaller storage space, no help needed on takeoff, ...

solar panels in this case are not efficients, pls eXcuse my eng

any standard runway is long enough

@@hettingr Yeh, standard international airport runway.

where

It’d still say so. It only has power for about 30 min max. It’s not really meant for powered flight. Doesn’t even have a real engine but rather an electric motor. Once you get to cruise altitude, you cut the power. It’s great so you don’t need it to be towed. That motor comes in handy in case of an emergency if happen to get low and need that bit of extra power