Long Man 9th Sept

Hi All,
Today we met at the carpark at the Long Man to fly the SW bowl  - which is a superb bowl but there isn't a lot of room for landing. Mostly, landing behind isn't possible, so it's usual to land in front across the bowl.
We had a great turnout today - 7 of us Paul, Ian, Rob, Tony, Scott, Robin A and Mark J.
The wind was strong and straight on the bowl leading to massive lift which made soaring very easy but landing was quite a challenge....
Paul intended to maiden fly his Graecalis - a superb moulded glider and after initial setup Ian launched it into the bowl and it flew away straight and true. It is a very graceful looking glider - the only issue was on applying flaps there was too much down elevator, so Paul had to land it applying a fair bit of up elevator - still did a great landing though. Ian flew his lovely moulded Jart which is pretty fast and Rob flew the old 'Hampshire' Phase 6 after he and Paul sorted out the rudder closed-loop system (which was a bit floppy) and he asked Paul to land it as it's not the easiest place to land. Scott and Tony flew their Wildthings which are always good in those conditions. Robin A had his own-design flying wing which flew extremely well in the blustery conditions and Mark J flew his moulded Mirage - again it flew extremely well in the strong conditions.
After this, Ian switched to his superb moulded Jedi , Paul flew his good old Ninja (after Rob managed to re-bind it to Paul's transmitter) and Scott tried out his Middle Phase which went well considering the strength of the wind by then.
Paul , Scott and Tony had a session at 'combat' with the foamies - which is always good for honing the reflexes and flying skills.
Altogether a very enjoyable session with the 7 of us... many thanks to all who came along


Rob