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Gliding and soaring

Launch, thermals, ridge and wave, MacCready, final glide and cross-country flying in a glider.

34 videos1 h 12 min of video

2:23What gliding isSoaring7 views Course2:05Why a glider glidesSoaring0 views Course2:11The glider up closeSoaring0 views Course1:52Getting airborneSoaring0 views Course2:03Aerotow: wake, slack and upsetsSoaring0 views Course2:09Winch launch failureSoaring0 views Course1:56The variometer: hearing the liftSoaring0 views Course2:14Total energy and the stick thermalSoaring0 views Course2:02Netto, relative and the averagerSoaring0 views Course2:16How a thermal is bornSoaring0 views Course2:04Reading the skySoaring0 views Course2:02Centring the coreSoaring0 views Course2:06Sharing a thermalSoaring0 views Course2:06How ridge lift worksSoaring0 views Course1:56Rules on the ridgeSoaring0 views Course1:55Mountain wavesSoaring0 views Course1:54Rotor, and into the waveSoaring0 views Course2:04Valley winds, sunny faces and convergenceSoaring0 views Course2:26The polar curveSoaring0 views Course2:25MacCready: how fast between thermalsSoaring0 views Course2:15Which MacCready setting?Soaring0 views Course2:12Speed in sinking and rising airSoaring0 views Course2:19Wing loading and water ballastSoaring2 views Course2:07Span, flaps and bugsSoaring0 views
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