Improve Your Flying by Reading Clouds

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2 жыл бұрын

By analyzing a real life situation I'm sharing my knowledge about clouds. Showing you tools to find thermals more efficiently and asses the wind strength and direction faster by analyzing clouds.
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@alantyu 2 жыл бұрын

This video is amazing! As a newer pilot, I haven't seen this level of explanation before, the time-lapse really helped.

@bernhardmullerhug5749 2 жыл бұрын

Top Video. The came is woke and this is exactly what I meant with my last comment, sharing your thoughts and drawing on the screen helps others enormously. Thanks for all the work you put into the channel!

@alexanderscherer9617 10 ай бұрын

Amazing. Great stuff

@miloradpopovicflyer 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video and analysis!

@yasir3930 Жыл бұрын

Nice presentation ❤

@richardainsworth6590 10 ай бұрын

Yes thank you

@DanielS-zq2rr Жыл бұрын

Really interesting video. First time I see how a cloud actually forms

@Mmarash 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing with us this awesome video !

@CanalEdusteppenwolf 2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree, top video!!! Dankeshen from Argentina

@hekikuu 12 күн бұрын

Wow I learned two things and with the time lapse I know I’ll remember, you made it so visual. Thank you!

@emersonsteinke2550 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, these cloud quizzes are great and very informative, thank you deeply! I love hearing and watching your post flight video analysis

@MarosVice908 Жыл бұрын

very nice video! thank you for the knowledge

@neerajkulkarni6506 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing! More videos like this please

@MaxMartini22 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Always learning a ton and feeling inspired!

@colin8110 2 жыл бұрын

Really great video and very useful for a new pilot. It would be great to have a few different examples of this to use as reference. Thank you.

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

It is planned, lets see when i get to it!

@PhilippeLarcher Жыл бұрын

I'd watch 10h of this XD

@dmytropashko8209 17 күн бұрын

Great! It is what I was looking for a long time. Thanks!

@justinparapente686 2 жыл бұрын

And the movie director award goes to... mister Benz Sebastian (standing ovation etc...)

@carlosgarcazon9711 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Vid. Very educational. Keep Up the Good Work!

@franciscobarrientos3922 10 ай бұрын

awesome explanation and video, thanks!

@CaptainMedoc Жыл бұрын

your videos are just great ! .. keep on with them !

@lorifilho3112 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

@christiankruse8205 2 жыл бұрын

Super useful! please share more of your experience in this way!... thank you so much!

@CanalEdusteppenwolf 12 күн бұрын

Excellent, thanks.

@robertoerdocia1620 3 ай бұрын

Una imagen vale más que mil palabras

@adhbadoang1086 8 ай бұрын

This tutorial makes me even more anxious to learn things that are too expensive for me.... I even have difficulty having my own paraglider... thank you for the dream :)

@envivomedia 10 ай бұрын

Incredible analysis and explanation. Loving it!

@manuelfischer9603 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video! 👍👍👍

@macbucho1417 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thx Very much !

@Hellrun1 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great tips. Beautiful video

@nicoyou11 7 ай бұрын

Wow, I learned so much with this video. Excellent work, keep making those!

@manuinsinger 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely awesome vid with all the time-lapse back and forth explanations!! 🙏

@foxPlaylist 2 жыл бұрын

Top vid. Very good!

@5ty717 15 күн бұрын

Excellent

@sergioprospero 2 жыл бұрын

Please do more videos like this...!!!

@nichteinsehbar5197 8 ай бұрын

Thank you very much, this was very interesting and I learned a Lot.

@edwardconover4728 2 жыл бұрын

Top notch! Thank you.

@benjienys3543 Жыл бұрын

Soooo good🤩 thank you👏👏

@GeorgieWorgiey 2 жыл бұрын

So sick

@WINGNUT307 9 ай бұрын

I wish i could see time lapse while flying. Great video, thanks.

@aliyilmaz78 Жыл бұрын

Great!

@harveytheparaglidingchaser7039 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks

@flpssdocarmo0 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!! 🙂

@maddoxtom 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant 👏 this is really helpful.

@pv-dc4ce Жыл бұрын

I love the way that you give us very practical and useful information to help with our flying - great work Sebastian!

@horaciorivara1240 2 жыл бұрын

Excelent explanation

@ecclesheat 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@nachnamevorname5917 2 жыл бұрын

Tipptopp. Neuer Abonnent :)

@5ty717 Ай бұрын

Excellent… can you tell us about crisp young growing margins vs raggedy deteriorated margins

@pascalreedsmith9593 2 жыл бұрын

super interesting ! please share more of your knowledge ,we love to learn ! thanks !

@butchdelayaute 2 жыл бұрын

As usual, very clear and interesting.

@schaufuss 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you again

@silknx 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video, Seb ! Your chanel is the best I found when it comes to learn cross country flying

@martinwhyte-fs6gu 3 ай бұрын

A great tutorial on clouds, well done and thanks

@mystershow 2 жыл бұрын

Great video ! I'm glad I'm able to read the clouds quite well and spot the right one straight away ! Very instructionnal and well explained ! It is a really good ressource for pilot who want to experiment thermal fly and/or cross country.

@deanlewington8355 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video Seb, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@sebastiennoir9758 9 ай бұрын

Great video! Many thanks for sharing your knowledge with newbies like me!

@sergioprosperosanz6033 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

@a.ardila6869 2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!!!

@FlyPhiGuy 2 жыл бұрын

Another great video! Clear message, great quality. Thanks for helping us learn.

@orantesde 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video!!! Thanks for sharing knowledge!!! Can you make a video about wind direction, rotors, lee side, wind valley, etc. That would be great!!!

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of topics! I'll give my best

@cumuluslibre 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome footage and helps a lot to understand the airmass.. cloud.. keep them coming 🙌🙏👌

@wawePELADO 2 жыл бұрын

Yeaahh!! Clap clap clap!! Great explanation. I will pray we can get a similar explanation on clouds but on the flats!! Thank you for sharing and taking your time!!

@torbjornkristiansen1673 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your explainary video about this topic, maybe the hardest subject for us paragliders.

@edwinlooy6551 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool video, The straight angle helps a lot to see what happens in this timelapse🤩 Thanx for sharing your knowledge👌

@panther-xc8929 2 жыл бұрын

Really amazing work! Well done 👍

@simply.matias 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great one figuring clouds🙂

@Marco_Campazas 2 жыл бұрын

Very good explanations!

@elimmiho608 2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much!

@carlosleon7683 2 жыл бұрын

Another great instructional video. Thank you so much for this invaluable information

@johannordenfelt58 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely superb explanation Seb! Thanks and I hope you will keep up making these great videos!

@wolframschonfelder9472 2 жыл бұрын

Top, thank you very well made and I'll recommend that to our glider novices as well as they start getting into XC. With a Glider, due to its higher speed, it is usualy easier to decide which cloud to aim for. With the paraglider, your analysis might be spot on, but once you get to your chosen cloud it might have disappeared into blue air and it is pot luck to catch the next one building, or it might have grown so large, that it has shaded off its source.... Respect for the time you put into that!

@replay.flights 2 жыл бұрын

Yay thanks for another great video

@ThibaultROHMER 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome ! Please do more like this one!!

@przewrotab 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

@cameronforster2731 2 жыл бұрын

Keep making the videos, they are great! Keep the commentary coming - I am learning a lot with each one! I was so impressed by following the X-alps tracks, and your time lapse videos about how much time you guys stay on glide, not hunting thermals on every peak... If it was me, i would be searching for lift on every corner, but then I would not cover much distance... Very impressed and I appreciate your commentary. Helpful

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

@cameron forster Thanks for the comment! It is an art to choose when to thermal and when to keep pushing. I'm also learning more on every flight!

@markmillar5209 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent informative video. Thanks so much for passing on your knowledge in such a clear concise manner 👌

@kocot. 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the best visualization of that topic I have seen. I thought about doing such a video myself, but now there is clearly no need :-P Would be cool to see an example from the flatlands too.

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, it's on the list

@cristianomayer3216 2 жыл бұрын

perfect explanation combined with an excellent video, very clear and instructive!

@severinbechtold1873 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this perfect example!! How do you film this? If you plan on doing more videos like this, I would love seeing multiple different clouds/terrains/winds in one video and maybe even comparing different flights in the same region

@bernhardmullerhug5749 2 жыл бұрын

He has a video about how he filmes and cuts, just check the video list and you will find it.

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

Yes: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsePY9delcWrZH0.html

@jonasbelardinelli589 2 жыл бұрын

Super lehrreich, merci Sebastian!

@nicolalionello4421 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent tutorial, as always!! Grazie mille :-)

@Woodthreep 2 жыл бұрын

Great content, thank you!

@trickygoose9563 2 жыл бұрын

This is exelent content. Please continue this format. Thank you very much :)

@tomasdrnec9082 2 жыл бұрын

Thanx

@thy-diepta-yip2108 2 жыл бұрын

wow. more of these please!

@praksthecool 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sebastian, loved it

@MrPstummer 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video / explanation!

@Serenapara 2 жыл бұрын

Super idée de faire une vidéo sur la lecture des nuages ! Merci Sebi pour le partage de tes connaissances :) !!

@ngaupin 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Seb, Thank you for the clip, Can you explain more about the lee and turbulence. In your clip I saw that you fly in the lee but the glider seem okey

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

Phu, that would take another video (at least)! It is always a combination of wind strength, terrain and lapse rate.

@URZALA1 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Sebastian; I was expecting 15 or 20 clouds from different flights with an explanation for each! But this video was still very good and useful; the more you do the more I will watch hehe, thanks for the effort and keep up the good work, gonna suscribe right now

@voonaserra 3 ай бұрын

i'm trying do make videos like that on Brazil to help us

@AlenHR 2 жыл бұрын

I like this. Is there a way to identify seed of cumulus cloud as it starts to form? Cumulus clouds in my area usually have a life of like 20-30mins. Flying towards nicely developed one often ends in arrival to its base as it dies. Specially on a slower, beginner, wings. Picking a good cloud to commit to is a topic I would be interested in.

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, usually I look at small whisps that are forming, if they are growing i head for those. But it is often difficult!

@Itsallgoodtogo 2 жыл бұрын

Flat land is so much harder o.0 I'm always afraid I might have missed the cycle when I'm looking for suitable clouds/wisps.

@E620SE 2 жыл бұрын

On a good day it isn't

@samcarr7354 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍🤙🤟

@Florian24 2 жыл бұрын

What are your settings for the timelepase? How long is the battery lasting?

@kfir9039 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the guide , it is superb 👍🏼 I have x2 but getting crazy big file size , how do you make such a long video while still preserving the great quality ?

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

I use a 512 gb card and filming for a day will fill it....360 video is certainly very resource hungry!

@soundglider 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for sharing your thoughts! Here are mine ;-) You're right, the first cloud structure comes generally from the left, but not only from the snowy slopes but also directly triggered at the snow line down in the valley and pushed by the wind towards the south. So I would have preferred to shift the line a bit and fly left of the ridge, not right. The thing were I think you are partly wrong is the interpretation of the nice cloud in the end of the ridge. The lee thermal you were sketching, produced by the valley on the right, is not the source of the big cloud but the small fizzy cloud in front of it. This is also the cloud you are catching the thermal from. The bigger cloud on the back I suppose is produced from the end of the ridge and the hot air that is pushed towards it from the valley behind (thus more a luv/sidewind thermal with smoother cloud base). What do you think?

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

@soundglider Thanks for your comment, my thoughts: 1. The first cloud originates even further to the left, the west facing slope is not really visible in the video, so just flying a bit left would not bring a real benefit. 2. I do think the second cloud originates from the lee side of the peak, of course its always reforming, so new fizzy clouds are forming, growing and getting pushed to the right where they are doomed to die because they are cut off from the thermal supply. Next time I probably insert a map to make things even clearer.

@1.4142 2 жыл бұрын

As a weather nerd, this interests me very much. Few questions: Does the high albedo of snow create weaker thermals? Would the wind on the left side of the mountain be moving downwards? Do lee waves occur here?

@Max-kc2rc 2 жыл бұрын

The albedo definatelly plays a roll, but the "mental model" for the paragliders explains it more by the fact, that the snow itself does not have a chance to heat up (would waste this energy by melting or sublimating). In spring and summer (> 0deg ambient on ground), a theoretical black snow would still not produce nice thermals, it would just melt faster. The snow often triggers the warmer air packages that creap up the slopes to leave the terain and "drop off". They say this happens just from a 2deg C difference to surrounding air

@sebastianbenz5336 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, thats it! Probabbly the wind would move downwards over the snowfield. The wind speed was not strong enough for lee waves, usually when waves occur it is not flyable on a paraglider anymore....