Autonomous Slope Soaring - RCTESTFLIGHT 

Dude your weekend was more interesting than my entire life

The Subaru Withoutback!

Your uploads are perfect timing for lunch time on Saturdays here in the UK :)

Next project: autonomous dynamic speed soaring.

I’m glad i’m not the only one who experiences ardupilots “BAD AHRS” consistently.

1:30 I so recognize that "losing interest already" look from any friend I've ever tried to get into this stuff…

"found a random guy with a boat" forgets to mention the random chicks...

Nice flying. That reminds me of the old days with my Olympic glider, 11 ft wing span, our club used to fly out at a sod farm, miles of flat land and tons of thermals in the hot summer. Your flight reminded me of a couple times I got into a huge thermal, the aircraft pointing almost straight down, and still climbing, and once disappeared into the high fluffy clouds for a moment. The only thing i could do while I could still see it was pick a direction into what wind there was and with full down, keep going until I finally flew out of the thermal. After passing through a couple more violent thermals on the way down, finally was able to land it safely. What a scary experience. Those were the days of our home made high starts with about 300 metres of line and about 75 feet of rubber elastic on the end with a small parachute at the end which hooked onto the glider. I love the little motors today and the folding props. No more setting up high starts, as we had no motors just the old gas engines which we would never put on a glider, that was a sin. lol.. Happy Flying

Probably the most interesting channel I found on RU-vid in all these years.

Congrats on achieving autonomous soaring, very cool

I don't understand why you didn't program a figure-8 so it would never turn in towards the hill if you are sloping.

Bring a badminton net with you to fly into in these situations.

have you stopped paragliding? that looks like an amazing place to do some ridge soaring on PG also. edit: just got to the part of the video where you were flying the second plane... goddamn those are some fat thermals! 🤤 This gave me an idea for a project: an autonomous "thermal finder buddy". You on your PG seeking thermals and the airplane scouting ahead for the best ones :P It's like having a pet vulture, without the feeding and the crapping part :P

Dude! Love your content. Wish I had more time to do what you do. Living vicariously through you!

I really enjoy these autonomous vlogs you do Dan, keep up the good work

As a glider pilot I find this super interesting! If you want to increase you efficiency try to plan your route along the strongest part of the lift - you set it to fly in a circle/rectangle meaning that in at least one direction it wasn't flying in the best part of the lift

Solar plane v4 next 👁️

Thank you for the consistent info,videos and data you give us on the Ardupilot and accessories you haveshown us I personally still enjoy your progress and efforts .....

First time I watched a flyer who programs software & builds hardware. So cool!

I envy you man. Got the coolest toys and the knowledge to operate them! Never lose you passion

Enjoyed motorcycles for 30+ years before MS got to me - don't ride any longer. Wanna get into RC and learning all about it by watching all your videos. I greatly enjoy the straightforward, no-nonsense explanations. The only exception I can think of was the pumpkin pulse jet ... but you were a bit distracted from providing explanation while playing with a pumpkin-shaped mixture chamber!! lolol!! I even enjoy your friends' musical contributions! Seriously. I just listen to the lyrics and laugh along. You (and your friends!) provide such great content. And now I find out you're a fellow dirty dirtbiker like I used to be? Thank you SO MUCH!! 👍✌

Your videos are fun to watch! Boats, planes, rovers, and always with some interesting twist to investigate! :)

As always you guys are awesome doing some great stuff

Gonna go slope soaring tmrw. Thanks for the motivation!

This is looks so fun, piknik with friends and fly the beautiful plane. Really cool

Great video Daniel, I enjoyed it very much. I like how you make your videos, considering I am not an expert, but it's so easy to understand what you do, why you do it, how you do it. Once again, great job, keep up the good work :))

Great video, keep them coming!

Looks like a great adventure!

Love your videos! Keep up the great work!!

Man that was a dicey launch at 2:55 - almost stepped on the wing of your other glider!

The majority of the information in your videos is way beyond my knowledge and understanding but for some reason I can't stop watching. Thanks for sharing! Sincerely, A new subscriber

Love the chaotic energy of these friends.

What an awesome slope site!

Awesome vid love watching your stuff 🙂👍👍

Really cool looking vid so far!

Ever tried a catch-net landing? That rough ground must be tough on the planes especially with fast approaches. I've seen a guy make one up out of fibreglass tent poles and a couple of thin bungee cargo nets for a car trunk strung really loose. 6'x6' piece of carpet underneath to absorb any bounce-back. Packed away very small

Your ideas are awsome

Always learning and sharing!

Sounds like a great time!!

When you’re smarter then your friends and they just leave... Nice vid!

Cool experiment man. Look forward to the next one.

What about using the motor as a generator/air brake to recharge de battery?

Awesome shots from the mavic

10:30 "You could stand on these wings and they wouldn't break in half: they are so beefy and heavy..." crackle, splinter "...or, not." Daniel, you like to push the envelope. I guess that's what makes your videos so entertaining.

woah i love your autonomous bot vids

Really enjoyed it, thanks!

Cool vid. I used to fly my combat wings in Acton where Dynamic Soaring was invented. Those planes go like 250mph through inverted loops up and down the cliff and then use the energy to skyrocket themselves several hundred or thousand feet in the air. It's really a sight to be seen to go watch them do it in person. I was pissing everyone off smacking them in the heads with my combat wing at 60mph lol. I had to tie some serious weight on the nose just to get it to fly there. That spot in Acton is famous and crazy as hell. Worth a visit, man!

Those are some sweeeet blue leather dirt biking boots! wowee!

Great video. Thx

You do the best stuff! Keep it up.

Beautiful video and I love the edit !!

@15:38 is one of the coolest sounding things I've ever heard 😁

Salut ho super tank you vidéo magnifique bravo

If you give just enough throttle to get the folding prop out in the air stream, but not enough power to create any forward acceleration, it acts like a giant air brake, better than spoilers. Might have helped with that fast plane landing.

I REALLY love your videos

that was a gooooood landing.

Again really cool. :)

glad to see logic making videos again

HI Daniel thank you very much for this most interesting video. I am involved in the same topic and could learn a lot from you of this issue!

great concept, well done

That's exactly the video I've been waiting for 😃 EDIT: Actually, no, I wanted to see the "long range" autonomous soaring in the desert.

pile drive into the ground was fully accurate! I want an autonomous widebody soarer like that V tail, maybe a lifting widebody... : ))

That looks like a perfect paragliding spot :)

Great video keep up

Coat your white glider's wings with black spray paint. So it can soar up higher altitudes. Heheheh

I'm sure you've done the usual adjustments to the ASW 28, like tailplane incidence adjustment, as you've already cut down the tip winglets. I removed the winglets and increased the span to 3.1 mtrs, she floats nicely now. Oh, plus I increased the wing chord by about 15mm, by adding foam to the trailing edge. I used 3mm foam that I "pinched" all along one edge with a woodworking vice, using aluminium radiused counter edging to prevent biting into the foam.

Having been both the tow boat and towed boat on more than one separate occasion each, it is always nice to find someone willing to help. Boats are a lot of fun and a PIA, all in one. And a hole in the water that you throw money into. Did I mention that they are fun, though? :-)

The idea with a piece of cloth on a stick is genius!!! Why didn't I think of that

im sure you get this alot but man u are one of the smartest dudes on youtube

Amazing social distancing.

Awesome flying, great video as usual. Ideally, the turns should be made away from the slope, which implies in alternating right-hand and left-hand turns. If this cannot be directly programmed by Mission Planner, then perhaps a mission with more intermediate waypoints directing the glider to always turn away from the slope could do the trick.

Pretty cool info dude, judging from the inconsistent and light wind as well as how the planes were going up and down I'd say (from a paraglider pilot's perspective) most of that was thermals :)

HAHA! Happy to see a hungarian glider in Your video! ;) Keep up! I like your work!

Nice post.. keep up the good work.

Bring several inflatable mattresses (with string to anchor them down) to bounce those fast planes off to slow them down with minimal impact. Deflate them when not needed.

This guy is living my best life

that subaru is awesome.

14:40 Dam, at that rate of ascent you wont get the plane back in a long time unless you do something about it

I was out paragliding the same week at the same spot. Too bad I didn't see you there! I've seen that you paraglide at the point, maybe I'll run into you one day since I'm up there most days.

very very nice

Looks like it's time to try this with the solar plane next!

Don't forget that on a slope, if the wind is blowing at right-angles to the slope, the lift can work up to many times the height of the slope although it will become progressively weaker with altitude .

I love your vids, can you try to make the fastest possible plane/ jet you can

A few interesting things about that kind of ridge/thermal conditions assuming there is a gentle breeze up the ridge: - The strongest part of the ridge is just about 45 degrees out from the top of the ridge and rather close to it (a few hundred feet). The air compresses and wind has the strongest ridge lift at that point, not too far out from the ridge. - A thermal can interfere with that ridge wind especially if they are strong thermals. It can even cause the wind to go a different direction on the ridge itself as you discovered. Once the thermal finishes it'll return to the standard wind direction. - A ridge like that is likely to be a trigger point for thermals. The warm air can be blown along the ground until it hits something to trigger it, a ridge is perfect. You also have air heating up on the side of the ridge and creating it's own thermals. - Thermals are usually stronger when combined with ridge lift. I made a video about flying gliders along light ridges ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hSYeg-l3-9g.html

Keep watching Ardusoar, there are some great improvements coming in, including better stall detection and recovery.

Good video

When I was younger, I launched an autonomous glider. When I threw it, I accidentally shut off the receiver and she climbed until the engine ran out of fuel, and then it just flew in a straight line for about half a mile on it's own. Somehow it landed in a ditch, unscathed, lol.

Did anybody else catch the white Orb Flying bye 13:35. UFO???.. I don’t know but I always enjoy watching your videos 😀👍

14:00 Like the Hawaii method (foldable/copllapsable chairs in truck bed), but even more goofy.

Just remember that the airframe stress will significantly increase with higher speed. If the AP completely ignore the speed, it might overspeed and when you hit turbulences rip your airframe or your attitude control surfaces apart. Maybe add a speed brake to the plane, if the AP supports that 🤔

I would like to see more on solar plain power your other videos on solar are so cool Thanks Man

I think the "fun" would be programming ( in contrast to parameter setting) the autopilot to seek out Lift and slope soar in classic figure 8s.

Always amazing content! Is there a way to set waypoints for position but with just a min altitude? Would be interested to see where the albatros would end up left to its own devices.

"It's like Jesus made it just for slope soaring."

I was pondering something that uses weather info, elevation info from some sat info, and the telemetry from the rc glider to plan gliding paths. Nasa MAY have done some work on this, that and this work seems similar.

Cool brohammuel!! I'll have to look you up to see if we can fly together next time I'm in your area. ✌🏾😎✌🏾

This is cool. Im South of the Teanaway although my friends Ethan’s never showed up

That moment when you're not concerned about the altitude because the plane might hit the ground but because it gets too high and you can't get it down...

At a site like that, I would keep the RC planes in the car and get my self into the air with a paraglider. The best FPV is to be in the air yourself. :-)

Have you considered making all of your turns away from the slope? Essentially a figure 8 pattern instead of a oval. Making turns toward the slope can be problematic especially in higher winds.