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.
Depending on what forecast you watched you got a slightly different story and this kept meaning our chosen flying site kept changing with it. We went from the Cliffs to The Long Man to Mount Caburn and finally we decided on The Long Man at Wilmington. Ian, Scott and myself shared a car and got easily parked at the car park around 9.30am.
After a short walk to near the top we were greeted with a good SW blow and a completely deserted slope. We all had a mouldy, Ian also had his Jart and Scotty had his foam comfort blanket (sorry I meant Wildthing).
Landing was interesting with myself and Ian choosing the most difficult place to land which was just in front of the gulley containing the path and the a small grass area before the slope dived away to the bottom. Well here the first video. I have lots to come but need to do some work on them first.
Later we were joined by Rob P with his Erwin (sorry not a Graphite). This is a little pocket rocket dressed in a Ninja suit. Scotty did really well again today by getting in lots of stick time with his Dragon. Coming along well Scott but still no sign of an attempt at landings. Come on - pull your finger out man !
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