Dynamic soaring world record video

[Tupac]

According to wiki, Midway is correct.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_soaring

[Midway]

..., Midway is correct.
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[mtnman]

The dynamic soaring you posted about does require a roter... I've done this many times ... go back to the birds ... your comparing an apple an orange.

Midway is actually correct in his description of dynamic soaring.  It doesn't rely on a rotor at all; as a matter of fact the rotor would make things less efficient.

[Bruv119]

Nice middy, I like sitting out back watching the birds and local glider club come and do some turns overhead.  

Something really cool about the glider with no engine noise!     seems to be more with nature.  

[Bear76]

Midway is actually correct in his description of dynamic soaring.  It doesn't rely on a rotor at all; as a matter of fact the rotor would make things less efficient.

Hola MM when you coming back?

[Midway]

Nice middy, I like sitting out back watching the birds and local glider club come and do some turns overhead.  

Something really cool about the glider with no engine noise!     seems to be more with nature.  

 

  FPH Bruv119

[mtnman]

Hola MM when you coming back?

Hiya Bear!  I think about coming back on a regular basis, I just never seem to drag my gear out and log on.  Maybe one day soon...

This is a pretty good explanation of how birds or gliders can use the variance in wind speed at different altitudes to dynamic soar, even the absence of ground features or rotors:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3zAZpWFsuU

The first minute or so is kind of hokey, but after that it gets better...

When we dynamic soar in the hills, in close proximity to (or even flying in or through a rotor) this is probably a better description:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVN-oF6tPLc

And just for the record, I do find the albatross to be a goofy-lookin' but magically gifted flyer, but much prefer to envision and emulate the turkey vultures (another master-level dynamic soarer) or redtails when I'm out flying my Xplorer 3500 or Spider-Sixty!

[Brooke]

I hear that there is a lost manuscript of Ayn Rand's that is going to be published soon titled "The Albatros Shrugged."

[homersipes]

wow thats crazy, I see on 1000 ways to die a guy was into this and if I remember right the sun blinded him and the plane speared him at like 200 mph.  I thought the AMA had a speed limit of like 190mph or something like that imposed on airplanes?  crazy how they build up that much energy 

[Midway]

I hear that there is a lost manuscript of Ayn Rand's that is going to be published soon titled "The Albatros Shrugged."

We, as well as flight scientists, would lose much if the Albatross where to shrug.


Honour and admire the Albatross for

• it's extreme flight efficiency skills,
• able to travel thousands of miles in one foraging trip...
• in any direction, even against the wind, with hardly ever flapping a wing,
• living a human life span,
• mating for life,
• raising their one chick every two years or so with extreme care and love,
• both parents participating equally in said chick rearing,
• no infidelity,
• able to live in the air for months and even years at a time.  

Look what we've already learned from the beautiful Albatross... see the original post, a human being able to propel an unpowered aeroplane from zero to almost 500 mph in a few minutes while climbing to an altitude above the starting point.  

We have much more to learn from the awesome Albatross. NASA and the USAF have seen the light.

Honour, respect, admire and learn from the awesome Albatross indeed.

Now, way way more than nuff said.

[Plazus]

So Midway, the real question is "Is it better than your beloved Spitfire"?

[Midway]

So Midway, the real question is "Is it better than your beloved Spitfire"?

They are both awesome... different, and yet both awesome.  

The man that designed the mighty Spitfire, you must admit, is an awesome man indeed.

"The Spitfire looked as if it should fly." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7bzlXuiq8

I'm proud to know that the best pilot in Aces High (we all know whom he is) flies the mighty Spitfire with substantial frequency, and I got to ride along one time to see what it was capable of in the hands of said awesome pilot (the only triple TOC winner).  A day I will remember always.   Bruv119

R. J. Mitchell, a brilliant engineer who helped design it while fighting cancer, which took him early in life before he got to see the results it produced.  He helped us much.

Let it be known and let there be no doubt.  



PS: If you search "Bruv Aces High" on youtube, you too will see an example of how in awe people are of the awesomeness of a highly skilled pilot in a mighty aeroplane built by a brilliant engineer.  

Bruv lands 9 and 10 victories in one sortie, with substantial frequency, in the mighty Spitfire.  "He can't be that good, can he?"   "Watch what it looks like from inside his plane.  It will blow your mind."   "...and he's in Spit8!"   "How can a Spit8 climb that good?"   -- youtube video about Bruv in the mighty Spitfire MK VIII.

The Albatross, the mighty Spitfire engineer/designer, and an awesome Aces High pilot are obviously all very different, but they all have one thing in common.  Great skill.

Honour great skill, whether it be the best pilots in Aces High, an engineer fighting cancer while helping the world, or an awesome Albatross.
Honour, admire, and learn from them all indeed.  


Now, way way way more than nuff said.

[Waldo]

wow thats crazy, I see on 1000 ways to die a guy was into this and if I remember right the sun blinded him and the plane speared him at like 200 mph.  I thought the AMA had a speed limit of like 190mph or something like that imposed on airplanes?  crazy how they build up that much energy 

 AMA has a 200 mph restriction on turbine powered models in the US. There are no restrictions on IC, Electric powered or sailplanes.

 I saw that episode of 1000 ways, the Dynamic Soaring community is pretty small and IIRC no one is aware of this incident.

 

[mtnman]

 I saw that episode of 1000 ways, the Dynamic Soaring community is pretty small and IIRC no one is aware of this incident.

This made its way around the RC forums last year:

http://translate.google.com/translate?depth=1&hl=nl&ie=UTF8&prev=_t&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=de&tl=en&u=http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/inhalt.stuttgart-weilimdorf-folgenschwerer-unfall-mit-modellflugzeug.82ef0028-d125-4702-b43d-beaadce20b96.html

[danny76]

They are both awesome... different, and yet both awesome.  

The man that designed the mighty Spitfire, you must admit, is an awesome man indeed.

"The Spitfire looked as if it should fly." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW7bzlXuiq8

I'm proud to know that the best pilot in Aces High (we all know whom he is) flies the mighty Spitfire with substantial frequency, and I got to ride along one time to see what it was capable of in the hands of said awesome pilot (the only triple TOC winner).  A day I will remember always.   Bruv119

R. J. Mitchell, a brilliant engineer who helped design it while fighting cancer, which took him early in life before he got to see the results it produced.  He helped us much.

Let it be known and let there be no doubt.  



PS: If you search "Bruv Aces High" on youtube, you too will see an example of how in awe people are of the awesomeness of a highly skilled pilot in a mighty aeroplane built by a brilliant engineer.  

Bruv lands 9 and 10 victories in one sortie, with substantial frequency, in the mighty Spitfire.  "He can't be that good, can he?"   "Watch what it looks like from inside his plane.  It will blow your mind."   "...and he's in Spit8!"   "How can a Spit8 climb that good?"   -- youtube video about Bruv in the mighty Spitfire MK VIII.

The Albatross, the mighty Spitifre engineer/designer, and an awesome Aces High pilot are obviously all very different, but they all have one thing in common.  Great skill.

Honour great skill, whether it be the best pilots in Aces High, an engineer fighting cancer while helping the world, or an awesome Albatross.
Honour, admire, and learn from them all indeed.  


Now, way way way more than nuff said.

I really know that I shouldn't reply but HOW CAN YOU BE SO TEDIOUS