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.
Saturday, 17 May 2014
First thermaling flight with my Dream Flight Libelle DLG
I went down the MSF strip earlier with Jack & Tim plus the other power guys from the club. As the power flying finished out came the gliders. I was flying my Dream Flight Libelle DLG glider. After what must have been 20 discus launches I finally caught a thermal. With thermal flaps out and tight turns it climbed away effortlessly. We all reckoned it must have climber to 400 - 500ft (difficult to tell with such a small model) but it was high. Left the area of lift to push into what little wind there was and struggled to find another area of lift and after 12 minutes it was back on the ground. The satisfaction and sense of achievement from getting away from a throw was immense. The Dream Flight Libelle is an excellent DLG glider and for around £115 fully flying its a bargain! Also we had the bungee out but with little wind the launches weren't that high. Jacks final launch got about 150ft and he managed to eek out the flight for over 5 minutes. That glider of Jack's is knackered, broken and looks like a bag of .... but its floats on a sparrow fart and with Jack on the sticks it goes and goes. Who said you need to spend a fortune in this hobby to have such fun? All in all a very good time flat field flying.
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Paul, at Blackbushe today I saw a 'Libelle' at £250, rrp £280, is a Dream Flight Libelle something quite different?
ReplyDeleteYes, Marc. Something quite different. The original Glasflügel H-301 Libelle where a 15m glider built in the mid 60's. You probably saw a scale model of this glider and not the Dream Flight DLG Libelle.
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