Yours are always good, thanks for watching.

Thanks, the second had the potential to go pear shaped, looks good when it works out.

Hahaaa 🤣

Yes. Very scenic, thermaling at 400 feet AGL

That's how an outlanding is called in french .

Not quite enough energy to get through the gate, but seriously its all relative to how fast you are going.

Hi Grant, To be honest the first outstanding was adrenaline filled, however I'm much more comfortable out landing a glider now than a HG, having glide angle control makes all the difference.

That's also my opinion.

Was going for the easier retrieve, right next to the main road. Paddock was easily big enough for the light down wind. The second was the worst for sure.

Thanks for your comments, I think its the last one where I mention the gear a couple of times, I've put it down, gone through the checks then the S100 has mentioned it, so check it again to be sure. I've got a bit paranoid about the gear having done a wheels up and had it collapse twice. I use the phone for internet access to view the glider tracker and have another airspace app (AvPlan). Also a backup incase of a radio failure. Its not a visual problem from my eyes position in the glider, might look different from the cameras position.

DJI Osmo action.

Audio variometer. Responds to glider sinking or climbing.

Always been very good.

Not close enough, but yes.

DG300

Yep definitely harder to do good landing without a wheel to soften the blow.

I just hope none of my neighbours heard me sitting alone at my computer, laughing uncontrollably... brilliant! Now if only you had your landings on video.

Yes agree. The first one I did. The second I let it roll just a little bit onto flatter ground so it wouldn't roll back, it did a bit anyway. The third I let it roll as I had been circling over the field and had a very good look so let the final slower roll take me closer to the farmers house. The last was the home strip which is in good condition. On a separate note it doesn't pay to use full brake all the time if landing on an airfield so as not to wear the brakes out unnecessarily. I had a cable brake on one out landing requiring a ground loop 30m from a fence to stop going through it. There's always a lot to consider on an out landing, every one is different.

Yep.

Considering they only add about 2 knots to the stall speed, anything over 50knots has plenty of safety margin. See kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5Nka8R22rvGmqc.html

I feel it's kind of the opposite. Quickly retracting the brakes gives you another tool to get away from a stall.

I thought she sounded OK, maybe I'll meet her in person one day.

I always stick to the mantra of never hit a lady. Its very easy to fix but I only remember it needs doing after every landing.

DG built then strong thankfully.

Need to be carefull that its not you doing it though !! Mesing with brakes, flaps gear and trim can upset the glider to the pont that it trips the vario.. You might be rising but thats under your own energy, short lived then you circle thinking might be somthing until youve lost another 150 feet.. When you decided its time to land land.. Otherwise it reinforces bad habits which will get you into trouble some day..

PS. You need to hook up a landing gear detection thing on your LX!

The landing gear thing is installed, just needs adjusting.

I was hoping he wasn't going to answer it!!

Field landing? I've heard land owners don't mind in 99% of cases.

@@LegendLength yeah, field landings, flying below 400ft, flying with effectively no control to get out of situations like this.

@@FasterThanJesus666 its a forced landing, not a choice

According to the POH of an ASK21 spoilers increase the stall speed of 3 kmh. However I agree awareness of decreased aerodynamic capabilities is definitely great!

This looks to me like a LS1 or LS3

The answer is don't be low and slow (Anton isn't) then if your speed control is ok you are safe, and if it isn't then not using your brakes in turns will help to some extent because it makes speed control easier.

why? you don`t seem to be a sailplane pilot. These outfield landings can happen to anyone. You may out land 5 days in a row ....or you may get a full year without any outlanding😉 this is part of the sport (hobby😋)

@@ionutpatrascu2296 I am a licensed glider pilot for 40 years and unless you are doing a cross country, this should not happen. Trespassing on other peoples property and possibly ruining crops is not right.

@@garyfischer4357 indeed outlanding should not happen from traffic pattern flights, but as you leave the airfield cone of safety, it can happen anytime, multiple times a week. I also had bad days, 3 outs in a row in cross country championships, shit happens.. cheers 😉

Gary, of course these are all from XC flights, if you don't land out occasionally you aren't trying. NZ landowners are very cool about this sort of thing, in fact they seem to love it.