Glider Winch Launch in 360° from Outside the Cockpit – 5,7K

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At Kitzingen airfield we filmed our winch launch from outside the cockpit in 360°. After the rope has been fully tightened, it takes just 2 seconds to reach the lift-off speed of approx. 100 km/h. And after 50 s we reach our final altitude of 460 m above ground. This is always an impressive experience!

You can see how the rope releases at the end of the climbing phase. From then on, the gliding flight begins - on this day only a short-distance flight of 120 km. Carried out with pure solar energy using thermals.

Winch launch in Kitzingen is done with an electric operated winch – with electric power coming directly from a photovoltaic system at the airfield. No emissions for the whole flight!

For those who are sensible to motion sickness in VR: You may wish to skip circling at 1:40 and jump directly to 4:50 when landing approach begins.

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Windenstart in 360°, gefilmt außerhalb des Cockpits – 5,7K

Windenstart in Kitzingen: In 2 Sekunden auf 100 km/h, in 50 Sekunden auf 460 m! Die elektrische Winde in Kitzingen wird direkt aus der benachbarten Photovoltaikanlage gespeist: Fliegen ganz ohne Emissionen!

Wer in VR noch etwas empfindlich gegenüber motion sickness ist, kann das Kreisen in der Thermik überspringen und direkt von 1:40 nach 4:50 zur Landephase springen.

Musik:

Evacuation by Sascha Ende
Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8118-evacuation
License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license