Rob & Jack both lost something special this evening. Something that has kept them pure of mind and body for such a long time. BUNGEE!! Not leaping from a high cage with a huge cable strapped to your legs but a 20 metre length of elastic and 30 metres of fishing line with a parachute fixed to the end which you connect your glider too. Both of them introduced to the 'high start' launching method of bungee launching. Jack with his trusty old Gentle Lady and Rob with his Algebra and me with my new Cambrian Elan 100''. We all had a few launches and we all made it down safely. Much too windy which made flying such slow and directionally challenged gliders very difficult. We flew at the MSF (Mid Sussex Flyers) flying field in Wivelsfield, East Sussex. Sorry we didn't get any pictures or video but we all had our hands full anyway who wants to see two grown men loose their bungeeing virginity out in the middle of a grassy field late in the evening next to a load of on lookers in parked cars? There's a word for that isn't there?
Well done guys, you 'done well' in difficult conditions.
Slope Soaring Sussex is a friendly group of RC glider flying enthusiasts based in Sussex, UK. We slope soar at various locations on the South Downs and have a field for thermal soaring. ‘Slope Soaring Sussex’ is a BMFA affiliated RC Glider-only flying club. We fly many types of RC gliders from conventional slope soarers to Scale, DLG, F3B, F3J, F5J, PSS and more. Our aim is to encourage and promote safe, responsible and enjoyable radio controlled model flying. New and experienced flyers welcome.
Hi Paul , I think it's called dogging, but I don't know myself. . . .
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