It's because at "slow" speed they have the same gliding ratio, but I'm sure if u did an race at 100mph or more, JS3 will crush you. This his where all the new sailplane perform the most, at high speed. They are made for race, that mean they are better as the old glider for high speed fly. Good video mate
@@PureGlide I landed 24 times in a field but for the last 20+ years, I didn't made any outlanding alltough I made 15,000 km cross country . You have to stay high and fly cautiously .
Not completely, need to give all the corners a wide birth incase someone is coming the other way… saying that we have pretty good situational awareness of where other gliders are quite often. People give position reports and most gliders stick to the main part of the ridge, high
@@PureGlide Interesting! While we paragliders don't have negative g, the positive G in a Spiral dive are roughly 3g as well! Catching up on your past videos... :)
Not that surprising. High performance gliders were pretty well optimized even that far back. I would think materials would be the largest difference, say carbon vs. glass.
@@PureGlide Yes, I was a Long EZ builder, actually, so I'm pretty familiar with glassing. I haven't actually done any work with graphite. We bought the kevlar engine covers, because we heard it was pretty hard to work with, too.
Here cause of Mentour Pilot. This is crazy. Your surfing the air waves. So cool! First time I have seen anything like this
Ha thank you, glad to hear you think it is amazing! Keep an eye out for some crazy mountain flying coming soon...
1:42 Awesome flying Tim!
Thanks! Gotta have some fun sometimes
It's because at "slow" speed they have the same gliding ratio, but I'm sure if u did an race at 100mph or more, JS3 will crush you. This his where all the new sailplane perform the most, at high speed. They are made for race, that mean they are better as the old glider for high speed fly. Good video mate
Yeah absolutely I would be smoked :) and unreality at slower speeds they pull away too. Brett’s weaving ridge flying didn’t help in this video :)
Thanks Tim. Great video, stunning scenery . . . what a back yard we have!
It's not bad eh :)
That dive at 1:42 is just epic. I got that feeling just watching. 😍
Thanks! Fun eh
Very beautiful landscape and nice ridge flying, Tim! Thank you for sharing this video!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching
Just like sailboat racing! When you need just 1/4 knot more speed to win... Great video Tim! Thank you!
Exactly!
You can have fun with old gliders . I have an old club class glider and enjoyed 1,000 flight hours with it .
Yeah you can have fun in any glider! It's all just a matter of how far away from the airfield you will land out :)
@@PureGlide I landed 24 times in a field but for the last 20+ years, I didn't made any outlanding alltough I made 15,000 km cross country . You have to stay high and fly cautiously .
super Video😍
Thanks 🤗
Awesome!!!! Loved it! wish you filmed more of the flight though ha ha!
You're in luck, I did film more, and will put together another video soon!
Das Video fängt ja gleich gut an: Tiefflug und im Blauen......cool
Great video, its very inspiring and I can't wait to do a heap of gliding myself in Omarama this summer
See you down there!
@@PureGlide certainly can't wait!!!
Great video as always!
Thanks!
great video and superb run! love that waterfall bit woohoo :)
Thank you so much 😀
How do you prevent collisions when ridge soaring? Do you rely on flarm solely when coming around an edge?
Not completely, need to give all the corners a wide birth incase someone is coming the other way… saying that we have pretty good situational awareness of where other gliders are quite often. People give position reports and most gliders stick to the main part of the ridge, high
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I would enjoy seeing an inset display of AS, ROC, and Alt.
Thanks for the feedback!
No greeting at the beginning, Tim. I've never known you so quiet: you must have been concentrating on keeping the JS3 in view.
Only for the videos where I talk ;)
What do you think of The JS4 Rengeti? I wonder what an experienced pilot might think of it.
I haven't spotted much of a difference to JS3
I don't know anything about it yet!
That looked like a lot of fun! How much G do you experience in a plane like that?
Hi I think it's about 3G max usually at a guess, the G limits for my glider are +5.3 and -2.65
@@PureGlide Interesting! While we paragliders don't have negative g, the positive G in a Spiral dive are roughly 3g as well! Catching up on your past videos... :)
Best is when you wax a modern glider in a contest standing....despite their "superior" performance. 😭
I think it’s gaining a bunch to be honest…😂
OK fine, a bit :)
What is wind speed at the altitudes you're flying?
likely around 15-20 knots, cheers
Not that surprising. High performance gliders were pretty well optimized even that far back.
I would think materials would be the largest difference, say carbon vs. glass.
Yeah especially when you want to do a repair, glass is easier!
@@PureGlide Yes, I was a Long EZ builder, actually, so I'm pretty familiar with glassing. I haven't actually done any work with graphite. We bought the kevlar engine covers, because we heard it was pretty hard to work with, too.
Discus is still better
Debatable!