How to Increase your Average Speed at Cross-Country Flight

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Flying a 125 kph average speed over a 330 km task with an old club class glider is fun. But how can you achieve these numbers and increase your XC speed?
I wanted to make a full video about this subjet but luckily the weather was so good, that I had not enough time during this flight.
My 3 most important tips:
1. Only use the upper 1/3 of the hight between ground and cloudbase to find good energy lines and good climb rates. But also don´t thermal too often. Use this hight band to make long glides.
2. Only pull up completely if you know there is a very good lift and if it will stay for some time. Flying like a dolphin up and down will increase your flight path and high Gs can destroy energy.
3. Always have a look at the clouds and try to connect them with a maximum deviation of 30 degrees. Even small CUs can generate good lifts and more options are better. Bigger deviation below a CU in rising air is fine.
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@SteFly 2 месяца назад

My 3 most important tips: 1. Only use the upper 1/3 of the hight between ground and cloudbase to find good energy lines and good climb rates. But also don´t thermal too often. Use this hight band to make long glides. 2. Only pull up completely if you know there is a very good lift and if it will stay for some time. Flying like a dolphin up and down will increase your flight path and high Gs can destroy energy. 3. Always have a look at the clouds and try to connect them with a maximum deviation of 30 degrees. Even small CUs can generate good lifts and more options are better. Bigger deviation below a CU in rising air is fine.

@PureGlide 2 месяца назад

4) Buy AS33?! :P

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

@@PureGlide Of course this is a great option but the pilot factor can make more difference than the performance difference between LS3 and AS33 🤣

@ThermalWave 2 месяца назад

How far do you pull out when it is actually good? All the way down to best glide (like 90kph?) or stay somewhat higher until actually pulling into a circle for climbing? Do you sometimes fly S-turns in lift when you're sampling if it's good enough to circle in?

@BartoszWisniewski-nl1gc 2 месяца назад

Thank you Stefan. Great lesson!

@michaelderflinger5002 2 месяца назад

The title is a little bit clickbaity, but okay with the comment. The video itself is once again beautiful, thanks.

@AndrewGlobus 2 месяца назад

Vielen Dank für den Meisterkurs Stefan.

@hangfly1 Месяц назад

More straight forward flying videos with limited visual effects like this please! Very much enjoy watching you soar over Europe, the US, and elsewhere. Prost!

@aleksanderswiech9352 2 месяца назад

Wonderfull!! I need back to sailing.

@romainhornung2732 2 месяца назад

Wunderschöner Flugplatz !

@Tom-or2bm 2 месяца назад

Du hast es echt raus, deinen Flieger bis "vor die Haustür" zu rollern :-)) (Landung). Ich dachte mir nur: jetzt kein Schlagloch ... Toller Flug !

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Jaa... muss man immer aufpassen und darf sich nicht nur auf die Bremse verlassen ;) Vielen Dank!

@Juhujalp 2 месяца назад

Da gibt es ein schönes Video von jemanden, der mit einer "homöopathisch wirkenden Bremse" in der Hecke gelandet ist. Kennst du sicherlich. @@SteFly

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

@@Juhujalp Ist mir bekannt 😂

@KestrelYI 2 месяца назад

I thought the same thing : ) Right up to the trailer.

@peteronel4051 Месяц назад

On your left you have two levers a blue one and a black one you operate the black lever often what do you adjust other wis to good to be true. I am from the Western Cape South Africa

@ThermalWave 2 месяца назад

Do you think the WeGlide coach is correct in its recommended glide speeds? It pretty much always tells me I fly too slowly and/or that I'm carrying too much water, even if I feel like I'm flying relatively aggressively (roughly following speed command with MC set to something a bit below the average climbs I'm getting, usually between 0.8 and 1.5 m/s).

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

WeGlide coach works ok but also says I should do something differently even if it’s a perfect flight for me. You can share a flight here and I will have a look at it. So you get the SteFly coach comparison :D

@oshadilakshini2878 2 месяца назад

GREAT EXPLANATION 👌MAKE MORE VIDEOS FOR LEARNING TO US EVERYDAY👍FLY MORE 🛩️BE SAFE❤EVERYDAY WE'RE WAITING FOR YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS🥰

@lowik1973 2 месяца назад

Interesting competition format with handicap translated to distance with variable turn point sector radius. Do you know of any tool to calculate such, e.g. for use in club day races for fun.

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

I have not seen a tool but I think our club made an Excel sheet to calculate this.

@holzi3787 2 месяца назад

Do you fly forward with MCgrady or only constantly with one speed?

@msierra3827 2 месяца назад

Hammer! Vielen Dank!

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Gerne!

@caique83 Месяц назад

landed with tail wind?

@bassamali4250 Месяц назад

I'm not sure how the speed for your glider translates into MacCready number? does 150km/hr around MacCready 3-4?

@karoksta 26 дней назад

I like to buy self starting glider for traveling every week from Netherlands to Poland and back so which is the best for me ?😅

@wargor 2 месяца назад

Tailwind landing?

@beeishinggamer4381 2 месяца назад

Please give me answer brother 🙏 from where we can buy glider plane?

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Go to a club and make you license first.

@nob0dy27_ 2 месяца назад

warum hast du die ganze zeit die uhr aufm handy an? 🤔

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Standardeinstellung 😂

@tangocera 2 месяца назад

Thx for the advice im still trying to get my average speed above 100kph and I will try this on the next good day.

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Increase your glides with good lines and pick good lifts. Of course it´s a lot of practice but it's so much fun when you feel the flow.

@michaelderflinger5002 2 месяца назад

100kph is alread, very good, i think. i am trying to get above 75 :D

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

@@michaelderflinger5002That’s true. 100 kph is already very good depending on the glider and weather conditions.

@MKStudios800 2 месяца назад

Wie heißt der Knüppel den du immer benutzt ?

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Das ist mein SteFly Knüppelgriff. Gibt’s mit und ohne Fernbedienung für den Rechner: www.stefly.aero/product-category/knueppelgriff/

@MKStudios800 2 месяца назад

Danke

@name_missing2147 2 месяца назад

Läuft die Stauscheibe über eine normale Düsenkompensation oder gibt's da nen Trick bei, dass man so eine saubere Anzeige bekommt? Finde die Anzeige in der LS3 auf den Videos super anzusehen, vorallem wenn man selbst Vereinsflugzeuge gewöhnt ist bei denen der Höhenruderausschlag gefühlt 1 zu 1 auf der Stauscheibe abgebildet wird.

@SteFly 2 месяца назад

Das ist eine normale Winter Stauscheibe mit einer Ilec TEK Düse. Da kommt es am Ende nur auf die Düse drauf an und ich versuche stärkeres Ziehen zu vermeiden. Immer nur die Nase leicht nach oben nehmen wenn das Steigen kommt. Zu große G-Kräfte verträgt auch das Larus nicht.