Bungee launch off a hill at Long Mynd, UK, with the Midland Gliding Club. Glider is a Grob 103C, belonging to Imperial College Gliding Club (competition number 496).
What is it about what they're doing that you find so ridiculous? The bungee launch is a means to the flight, the point of the effort. "Geezers"? WTF? Please explain or elaborate on your thought(s) here. I don't understand them at all.
@@ItzLawrence l objected to this remark: "Just a bunch of geezers pulling the massive rubber band What a way to get into the air" You wrote: "I cant tell whether your joking? he's being nice and saying its a cool thing and amazing thing." Did you mispost? Why did you entirely misstate what he said and what I said? He's not nice at all.
@@jeffwalther3935 What the f are you going on about?! it is just a guy making a funny remark. He just didn't expect a bungee launch to be executed this way. chill out man.
As I commented in the Dunstable line book some 30 odd years ago when I had my first bungee launch in an Oly 419, "there's only one other thing in life which crams so much sensation into such a short duration"
Definitely Gary, a must for the Bucket list, am an ex member/ employee, of this Club, a fantastic place to Glide, one of the oldest UK Gliding Clubs, the original way of getting airborne. 👍👍
I enjoyed flying at the Mynd - but never tried this launch. Also I sympathise, it feels crazy to fly and turn at ‘normal’ gliding speed when you can see blades of grass clearly. It’s quite hard to stay calm and fly normally, when you are not used to it. There is a safety net, dropping into the valley and field landing a few seconds later - but somehow that doesn’t help with relaxation. Also, everyone fighting for a narrow strip of optimum lift (when it is busy) - that takes some getting used to too. I’m more used to aero tow, can you tell? I was completely impressed by the local instructors, even though I only relaxed if I had one with me.
Call me weird, but I watched this video just because of a Visual Novel I've recently played, which plotted around soaring and gliding. It makes me interesting about what it looks like in real life though.
It's not. We almost always land on grass, even when the wind favours the runway, we would still land on grass next to the runway. Landing out is landing somewhere that's not the point of departure, regardless of surface.
I think my initial question was poorly worded. I was worried about rotor winds trying to land behind the ridge-line you took off from. You subsequent video shows you doing just that. Landing back at your initial takeoff point is, of course, not a land out. Great videos. Cheers.
I'm not 100% sure to be honest. I am a very new glider student pilot (though I am certified in powered airplanes). My guess is it avoids a gust of wind from lifting the glider (even just a bit), which would make the wheel brakes ineffective.
@@dubiouscreations ah i see, the gopro is mounted to the side of your head. My gopro head mount only allows the gopro to be on the top of my head, sadly the canopy is too small for that
While witnessing the launch was great, where the woollen thread was dangling made me cringe. …I admit my flight teacher inspired some OCD about that in me, but…
Just what I was going to put. Great example of the launch technique but should have cut the clip straight after. The string was way over the wrong side on that first right turn. Could so easily have spun in.
It depends on direction of the wind. In this case it's an updraft as the mountain deflects wind up. You are right that it would be risky if it was a downdraft.
@@dubiouscreations Hi I was interested in featuring a small clip of the bungee launch video on my RU-vid channel PureGlide, as part of a video on different launch methods. It would be a short clip and I'd link to your original video in the description. Any chance you can flick me an email if that's OK or not? pureglide@pear.co.nz Thanks in advance!
