Hi All,
Today we decided to return to our North field for a repeat of last week's great session.
We were not disappointed......
The weather was hot and we were able to find thermals (or at least some of us did !).
There were 6 of us today - Paul, Ian, Scott, Mark J, Tony and Rob.
We all had some models except Tony who only has gliders for the slopes at the moment.
Paul brought his Maxa 4m and 2 DLGs - Fireblade (which happened to have a flat battery) and Blaster 2. Ian had his Shadow 4m and Blaster 2 DLG. Scott brought his new Radian electric glider and Mark brought a 1.5 m electric glider and a Radian Pro. Rob had the club Phoenix (which wasn't flown), the DLG which broke a servo in mid-air and the Starlight 3000.
Generally everyone had a flight of something, Paul was very kindly letting Tony and Scott try out the Maxa while Ian flew his Shadow - these were launched from the bungee.
Meantime Rob was trying his newly reconfigured DLG which was flying so much better but a wing servo stripped and it had to be landed.
Mark was flying his electric mouldie which was very fast but also found thermals and soared away.
Rob rigged up his 'new' Starlight 3000 and with Ian's expert help and tuition it was finally trimmed and ready to launch off the bungee. It flew amazingly well for such an old model. Both Ian and Rob had turns at flying and landing it - a great success.
Paul was flying his Maxa letting Scott and Tony have goes, but Paul was getting his usual mega height in the thermals and was also following the example of the local buzzards and flying with them at times !!
I had to leave at 13:00 but everyone else was still there - as I left Paul was trying out Scott's new Radian which seemed a little under-powered (sorry Scott), and Ian was flying his Blaster 2 DLG... I probably left something out, but that's what I remember from this fantastic day ....
Many thanks to Ian for helping me and for everyone for coming along and joining the fun
Rob Stanley
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.
Splendid write-up Rob, very detailed, well done.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great session and thanks guys to all for the help and tuition. Thanks also to Paul and Ian for letting me have ago with your models, much appreciated!
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