How a glider works

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How a glider works

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Glide Britain

Күн бұрын

An explanation as to how gliders work for non-glider pilots

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@axonnus 5 жыл бұрын

Very well made video, congratulations! This one stands out particularly through the professional manner in which everything was presented by your speaker. The footage is also fantastic.

@GlideBritain 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks you

@spencer15wheeler 2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree with axonnus!

@gopalgupta535 2 жыл бұрын

Further clarity is added in following video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gN-BZtaCyK-4hGw.html

@badalchukahu Жыл бұрын

Ughh I came here to know about properties of gliders so i can make it with a hard paper🤦

@katsiashalmanava934 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the comprehensive information. I've been dreaming of gliders since the August 2003.

@peterdavis2233 5 ай бұрын

When I was learning to fly gliders way back in the 1960s, I would often get asked by friends, "But what happens when the wind stops?" My stock reply was always, "Simple--you crash and burn."

@danburns7622 5 күн бұрын

Great video, easy to follow and you made it simple enough for us to understand. Thank you. I did want to see and know how a glider gets up in the air to glide.

@sebbers 4 жыл бұрын

Very into aviation (part of air cadets :D) and found this very helpful, took some notes and learnt some new words, and important stuff like how to gain lift from a lenticular cloud, in which when using wave lift you fly underneath the flat looking cloud and gently gain altitude. Thank you! Hopefully after this pandemic is over I will be able to start lessons at deeside scotland. I'm 13 and hope to go solo as soon as possible.

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

Do mate! I can tell you it’s great fun! I was an international student and been gliding for my 3 years in uni and absolutely enjoyed it! Work hard and get solo soon! Good luck👍🏼

@aliayan1133 Жыл бұрын

Hey brother! 2 years since u posted this .. hope you're doing well and got to get some glider lessons in!!

@user-zt8bv9ey1t 11 ай бұрын

cool! All the best mate!

@elvato99 10 ай бұрын

Hey! Goodluck, it has been 3 years but i just hope you made it.

@chrismenza7023 4 жыл бұрын

I died when she said the most common question I get is "did the wind stop?" Lol, I know nothing about gliders and yet I still understood the simple concepts of how they work before she started to even describe them.

@patpathinayake3586 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely lovey informative video with relevant technical terminology. Fantastically explained with surgical precision. Looking forward to seeing more videos. Thank you very much. Best of luck.

@yourfavoritejaz5544 3 жыл бұрын

I'm in school to be an aviation maintenance technician. Came here out of curiosity while studying. This was perfect. Thank you.

@colinconaty763 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else see the UFO behind her head on left side @ 4:06..

@zazugee 4 жыл бұрын

Aliens also love gliding, but they use cosmic rays and gravitational anomalies for soaring

@kingaragornii9940 4 жыл бұрын

Yea I saw him, he waved at me. And he said that I was next to get probed.

@junothejupiterorbiter1035 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@FlowcastYT 2 жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation I've ever heard well done!

@PanicAttackRecovery 4 жыл бұрын

Good video and helpful explanations about gliding

@surplusstock8778 7 ай бұрын

New to this but love the electric sustainer concept.Seen a guy retrofit a zero motorcycle drive train to a old glider.

@HaggardPillockHD 3 жыл бұрын

This sounds like an eco-friendly hobby. Problem is that it needs a sunny day - how many of those do we get in the UK? 😑

@intellectualhybrid2 3 жыл бұрын

I guess we can thank global warming for one thing at least

@MdVaDc 2 жыл бұрын

Very eco friendly

@Eskinor 2 жыл бұрын

About 2 a year

@asoka7752 2 жыл бұрын

UK is gonna open their closed coal mine again, and contribute to the global warming.

@EleanorPeterson 5 жыл бұрын

Wyll Surf Air - Hi! Yes, of course you're right; if you arrive just as the cloud finishes forming there'll be no lift at all, and even if you hook up while the air IS still rising, every thermal's surrounded by a tube of descending cold air ready to spoil your day. At least in a modern glider (with a variable camber wing-section) you can fly through the sink quickly and go hunting for the next up-elevator without losing too much altitude. Those fluffy clouds are still a pretty good guide to what's going on. (And, incidentally, I thought this short video was a good 'taster' for getting people interested in the sport/pastime.) Tackling iffy conditions is where an experienced pilot will have an advantage over someone still relatively new to gliding. I did most of my flying in England, where the summer skies were usually slate-grey or filled with terrifying black storm anvils, so I was always happy to see any kind of fluffy white cloud - especially if it had a bit of blue sky behind it. Blue sky? Sigh... :-)

@wertbe1718 2 жыл бұрын

Funny how ideal gliding conditions sometimes completely contrast ideal powered aviation conditions

@4586johnc 6 күн бұрын

Gliding Very well described.

@kevinlewis9151 3 ай бұрын

I was looking into gliders to help build and design a more efficient air plane

@Xj6245 3 жыл бұрын

Straight to the point 👍

@intellectualhybrid2 3 жыл бұрын

This looks sooooo incredibly fun!!

@AstroRamiEmad 5 жыл бұрын

Can I please get an invitation? I'm crazy about aviation and Soaring in particular ... I learned it all by myself on simulator. And I'm dying to have the chance to try it for real. We didn't even have a flying school in Syria.

@Mr.Cool628 4 жыл бұрын

dud just find any mig 21 and fly xD

@greenteambc 4 жыл бұрын

Join the army and protect your country and they will let you fly what you want...

@sebbers 4 жыл бұрын

Ooooo mate you'll want to stay where you are when you see the price of a tow or a launch, £30 at my local. Thats without any instructor.

@AstroRamiEmad 4 жыл бұрын

@@Mr.Cool628 Migs and SU are killing children and whole families, bombing hospitals. I had to flee and my life is now at risk because I reject to kill my own people. ... Gliders carry no weapons, that's the only thing left in my heart for flying and aviation

@AstroRamiEmad 4 жыл бұрын

@Jon Bjornssen true Jon. Being a Syrian doesn't allow me to ask for favors, and I'm not. I'm asking to be given equal chances, and let me then prove myself and make the grade on my own. Pay It Forward

@vengermanu9375 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much. Just started flying a glider in MSFS2020 and this video came in very handy! :-)

@cheezyme2984 2 жыл бұрын

Blue thermal!

@EfeSRock 2 жыл бұрын

Like the post-rock vibe towards the end of the video

@thebuzz2010 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why gliders aren't used for commercial transport? It seems environmentally friendly.

@pokemon_vatsino6216 3 жыл бұрын

Nice question, I think it might be because of wind

@gretchenotene 3 жыл бұрын

They would still have to be pulled up by a plane because they have no engine to start the flight by themselves (unless they find a cliff high enough maybe? 🤔) but it would still be a MAJOR cut down on the environment But as said in the comment above, I think it could be about the wind as well. Commercial flights still carry heaaaaps weight. Luggage + passengers + flight crew at the bare minimum. The only reason gliders can glide are because they’re super light and only carry 1/2 people

@gretchenotene 3 жыл бұрын

Great question though! it made me think for a while 🤣 I so wanted to believe it would be better and environmentally friendly but it just wouldn’t work (in my opinion- I could be proven wrong 🤷🏻‍♀️)

@Chris_-iu8io 3 жыл бұрын

Late reply, but it would be very difficult to make glider transport commercially viable. Gliders have to be very small so the fuselage doesn't generate much drag, so they only carry 1 or 2 people - nothing more as far as I know. They can be heavy, sometimes being heavy is better than being light, they just can't be big. As said before, this would not be environmentally-friendly, and may even be less efficient than normal aircraft. Gliders are either towed into the air by another plane, launched into the air by a powerful winch or launch themselves with a retractable engine - all of which consume a lot of fuel. On rare occasions you may find an electric self-launcher, or an electric winch, but these are fairly rare. Besides, even if the engine is electric, the electricity is probably still coming from a fossil fuel powerplant.

@c.v.v 2 жыл бұрын

Basic common sense reason, “Weight”.. obviously gliders seem to be operating efficiently due to their lightweight.

@pedropaulosantos1771 2 жыл бұрын

God bless you all at Glider Britain...It is a essential to those to like me on the are in the way to be a glider pilot...Thank you so much...Hope glider fligths to be so easy as explanations...Great!!!

@lord_scrubington 2 жыл бұрын

"We don't use wind, we use lift" -Proceeds to explain how they use wind to generate lift-

@jimengle1615 Жыл бұрын

I miss my days flying gliders in northern Micigan.

@alfonsopayra Жыл бұрын

BEautiful! thank you!

@chard6649 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, this is really interesting, the way it works overawes me with simplicity I couldn't think of. Well demonstrated!

@kingaragornii9940 4 жыл бұрын

This is how I know that you failed GCSE physics. ✌️🤡

@chard6649 4 жыл бұрын

King Aragorn II haha

@donaldwainwright 2 жыл бұрын

Love gliding I learned to fly 1 at 15 years old in air training corps carried it on until I got married so haven't flown 1 in 37 years I do miss it

@GlideBritain 2 жыл бұрын

Time to try again then. Find your nearest club on the British Gliding Association website.

@acrobaticcripple8176 4 жыл бұрын

I've flown in that aircraft from Lasham. Too long ago. Now need to get up in the air again before it's too late!

@steveray8056 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that explanation. well presented.

@EthanLe-c6w Ай бұрын

thanks

@rohanprasad9785 Жыл бұрын

@liro gliders who is starting a glider centre check it out

@chrishamilton4999 9 ай бұрын

that's it in a nutshell!

@SK-vk7gv Күн бұрын

Magical

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely video! Informative but easy to understand too!

@sudhanshuperera 7 ай бұрын

I love gliding planes❤

@Rhawkeye 4 жыл бұрын

this is so good

@aeroclef 3 жыл бұрын

Great explanation! Thank you so much ma’am!

@VinderGroup3 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video really enjoyed it!

@cwez11 4 ай бұрын

That's a sailplane! (Gliders are Boeing 737s, most of the time.)

@samhyde6964 3 жыл бұрын

good explanation thanks :)

@dhaneshmalhotra4055 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

@Rhawkeye 4 жыл бұрын

keep this up girl

@KevinP32270 5 жыл бұрын

AMAZING...how do you take of.

@hithere4289 5 жыл бұрын

With the help of another plane

@kman4thewin865 5 жыл бұрын

@@hithere4289 seems counter productive

@hithere4289 5 жыл бұрын

KMAN 4TheWin I know, however the price is that you don’t need such knowledge as pilots do and get to control the glider and glide as much and wherever you want. If you can afford the planes takeoff then you get to enjoy the rest.😋

@kman4thewin865 5 жыл бұрын

@@hithere4289 ahh ok i see then.. That makes sense... FLY ON

@goldenbear13 5 жыл бұрын

I've seen it take of with rope and a car.(it reminded me of how you fly a kite) On normal grass field like that. I think with another plane is more dangerous and expensive

@yasuologitech1084 5 жыл бұрын

If you add a very light and small engine, will your time in the air be increased extensively ? *curious*

@PabloGonzalez-hv3td 5 жыл бұрын

Yes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_glider

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

Should do, but the weight from fuel/battery and the motor will add weight penalty. However, there are still some gliders which have engines to “top-up” their altitude when getting too low in a cross-country flight! So the engines are only used for as addition energy when needed, but not to be operated all the time.

@lorenhennessy 2 жыл бұрын

Very well explained thanks 😎

@wilkoone9155 2 жыл бұрын

As a retired crosscountry glider pilot I have found that making the move to driving electric cars to be quite similar, just follow the energy and plan your journey. As a consequence I have never suffered from #rangeanxiety

@Gainsforlife Жыл бұрын

😂 follow the energy. Or in other words follow the charging stations

@Ok-pj2uv 2 жыл бұрын

I learned earlier today that I will be gliding with the air tranning corp

@buffalosolider206 4 ай бұрын

its still crazy

@Sallo3alayh 2 жыл бұрын

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@Sallo3alayh 2 жыл бұрын

اللهم انصر إخواننا المسلمين في فلسطين

@jameslovell8682 4 жыл бұрын

Strange that someone chose to put music on here over the audio making it difficult to clearly understand what the person is saying.

@kaguyafan966 Жыл бұрын

I'm here after watching blue thermal

@ovidiuhozan1079 5 жыл бұрын

love the music :)

@SeemaChanan 4 жыл бұрын

Add an engine as a back and you could go for day's

@florianeiser6084 4 жыл бұрын

But why would you want to?

@vaughananderson4527 4 жыл бұрын

Until you crash from only being able to pull up due to poor weight distribution.

@gelofernando5727 2 ай бұрын

what happens if they glided in hot dessert areas like in sahara dessert so it would fly infinitely because of thermal heat grounds?

@tobyboi2701 2 ай бұрын

Yes but no. A thermal only appears when the air relative to the other air is hotter, if you know what I mean. A thermal can still appear at low temperatures. But they won’t be as strong. So if you flew in the Sahara desert, it would be like any other place. Just with the thermals being stronger because the air is still really warm so it rises fast.

@Barry1337G 5 жыл бұрын

we can go some distance

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but it all depends on the weather condition!☁️

@Xeru1732 Жыл бұрын

This is deserved so many likes❤

@LagoonLofi 3 жыл бұрын

thanks ms

@chikeileeleechikei2462 5 жыл бұрын

This brings up my next question, how do gliders take off?

@GlideBritain 5 жыл бұрын

There are three common ways to launch a glider. A tow behind a light aircraft, a winch which reels in a long cable and the glider goes up like a kite and bungee where an elastic rope is used to catapult the glider off a hill. All can be seen in the main Glide Britain video which is on You tube

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

Adding on to the explanations by Glide Britain, I’ve got aerotow and winch captured quite well on some of my videos in my channel: Aerotow:kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m7CXhK2F0NXNoIU.html Winch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q7WngrdjxMucXaM.html

@marcemarce9821 6 ай бұрын

The air lits it, but what pushes, instead of engine?

@tobyboi2701 2 ай бұрын

It goes forward by going just a teeny tiny bit down. By doing that, gravity will help it. Just like going down a slope on a bicycle.

@metalgear32 4 жыл бұрын

I hope there are gliding club in Malaysia.

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

For Asia Pacific, I think there are clubs in Japan and (a lot) in Australia! I’m currently based in Hong Kong and would like to get back to it too✈️

@someniceguy524 9 ай бұрын

I'm not here because of that visual novel 😉

@ihsanbajwa3974 2 жыл бұрын

گلائیڈر سے مراد بغیر پائلٹ کے طیارہ ہوتا ہے ۔۔۔۔کیا یہ معلومات درست ہیں؟؟؟؟؟

@nakkadu 4 жыл бұрын

I'm trying this at the weekend (weather permitting) if it's as much fun as it looks then it could become my hobby.

@joshbutts6092 4 жыл бұрын

Its great fun, youll love it, I'm training to go solo at the moment

@nakkadu 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshbutts6092 what is a realistic time from novice to solo flight?

@joshbutts6092 4 жыл бұрын

@@nakkadu it depends on weather, how fast you learn and how many flights you can get in, I've been flying for a couple 9f weeks and can fly circuits and can do all basic flying, but im learning quite fast ive been told, it changes per person

@nakkadu 4 жыл бұрын

@@joshbutts6092 cool, can't wait.

@JarrydTiltmanphotographer 3 жыл бұрын

So interesting

@smartiboo 2 жыл бұрын

Next up: "How a Boeing 747 works"

@woodskier 4 жыл бұрын

the forces I get it 1 , 2,3,4

@kenneymi 2 жыл бұрын

@IAMRAKSHITH 3 жыл бұрын

What does the glider cost

@chrismenza7023 4 жыл бұрын

What's the song? Why didn't you provide it?

@yellowdeer7163 11 ай бұрын

Large raptors do the same thing if you watch them closely.

@GlideBritain 11 ай бұрын

We regularly share thermals with large birds of prey and often use them as markers of where to find the strongest up-currents

@rajukc3597 5 жыл бұрын

How glider takeoff can you explain plz

@GlideBritain 5 жыл бұрын

@theheiflyer5620 4 жыл бұрын

@user-bw4sc9py4y 2 жыл бұрын

Fly for fruit in west of Sudan

@ehsanaziz3275 5 жыл бұрын

nice

@BrianQuesta 2 жыл бұрын

gliders seem dangerous

@brinjal1371 Ай бұрын

For glider pilots it's adventurous

@FMercuryEA 5 жыл бұрын

I got beautiful vantage point over looking the great rift valley near Nairobi For aviation interests on the cliff of the eastern rift valley. Beautiful views for gliding and base jumping. I need interests for investment.

@WyllSurfAir 5 жыл бұрын

I can tell you from experience that everywhere there is a cumulus cloud there is not always lift.

@taylormade2826 5 жыл бұрын

Have you ever had to land because there was no lift ? Ive got my trial flight in 2 weeks so im probably asking daft questions

@WyllSurfAir 5 жыл бұрын

@@taylormade2826 yah. Land outs are always exciting and a bit scary.

@taylormade2826 5 жыл бұрын

Nice mate il look forward to it then haha

@michaelhoy662 5 жыл бұрын

Our weather is changing you can be sitting in the lovely sun shine the next second it can feel cold so think it's a lot more dangerous to fly those things think they should fit a engine to them for back up

@SilverCanary1 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelhoy662 Without an engine, or sun or whatever, a glider will still fly better than a plane. Engines are expensive also and weigh more than not having one which reduces the performance of the aircraft, too. Extra weight does have an advantage but overall very rarely.