Hi Ronald. Again a nice flight.

@ronaldgadget

Ай бұрын

Thank you!

Great flight! The weather was excellent.

@ronaldgadget

Ай бұрын

In fact, when you look at the flightlog - weather was a challenge. A high layer of clouds moved in after 2.5 hours, and we had to flee (and fly) back to home base, and waited there for the cloud shield to pass. Then, we made our way to the Säntis and the flight turned into a great one!

@AndrewBashtovoy

Ай бұрын

@@ronaldgadget These are the situations where the old-school noisy 2-stroke engine shows its strengths. But I think pull-push start is more safer than self-launch in the mountain.

@ronaldgadget

Ай бұрын

@@AndrewBashtovoy It climbs with 2.2m/s - which is quite OK in the mountains, and our 1800m long RWY.

@AndrewBashtovoy

Ай бұрын

@@ronaldgadget Thanks for the information about climb speed . Schempp-Hirth is modestly silent about this in the specifications.

I assume that your sailplane’s engine is a ROTAX? I can say from past experience with my microlight airplane that these engines are quite loud indeed. A necessary evil with that noise is to turn up the volume on your headsets in order to hear radio transmissions, especially at airports. (The radio would then be turned off once clear if the airport area🙂) I now enjoy the whisper of my sailplane, but sometimes wonder how good it would be to have that ROTAX as an option for launch/recovery. Greetings from Canada!

@ronaldgadget

Ай бұрын

The engine is a Watercooled SOLO 2625-02i (with injection). Two Cylinder, two-stroke, delivering 50kW (68 horse). Without this engine, we would not have flown, as the tow-plane Pilot was not available. Greetings to Canada from CH !

I had a couple of flights on the 2500. Wonderful machine! 😎👍🏻

Thanks for the upload. It was impressive to see how little you had to use the stick to hold the glider steady. Seems like it had to be ideal conditions for stable flight.

@ronaldgadget

Ай бұрын

This is a modern, well designed glider. Even in non-turbulent thermals you don't need to use the stick at all - this beauty just stays nicely in the turns.

Is this ArcusM you personal glider or from the club?

@ronaldglider

Ай бұрын

I wish... No, this glider is owned by sgglarnerland.ch which acquired it in March 2024

👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 what scenery

@ronaldglider

Ай бұрын

Join me any day!

Are VFR cloud clearance requirements not a thing in Switzerland?

@ronaldglider

5 күн бұрын

Yes, they are. When you are less than 300m above terrain, the cloud distance is zero, and there are also glider airspaces with reduced cloud distance. Great question!

@BillPalmer

5 күн бұрын

@@ronaldglider certainly doesn’t look like the first situation applied here. Same rules as the US. Can’t tell about the second. . I don’t know how the Swiss authorities are but I wouldn’t be posting intentional violations in the US.

@ronaldglider

4 күн бұрын

@@BillPalmer Affirm: we do not want to *do* anything against the rules.

@BillPalmer

4 күн бұрын

@@ronaldglider 😁