Light Weights at Seaford Beach

Rob, Graham, Tim and I met up at Newhaven Fort to be greeted by rain and a weak Westerly wind. We gave up on flying the S-SW cliffs and headed to Seaford beach. On arrival there we were greeted by heavy rain but this soon blew through.

The wind that should have been 15mph was ay best 7mph but more like 5mph. Out came Graham's Libelle and my Vagabond. Graham showed us how it should be done and very slowly the wind increased hugely by a few mile an hour. Here was our first flights captured on video.

Rob flew my Vagabond for a bit and then Tim rigged his newly built Traceur. It weighs the same as a Vagabond and looks very much the same so in theory it should fly in the same very light lift as the Vagabond. Well, after a little Incident with the elevator being reversed and me not noticing it, I launched the Traceur into the 5 - 7mph light breeze. The sea wall produced enough lift to keep her up - Just!!. She flew very well. Maybe a little more twitchy than the Vagabond but gained more in the small band of lift than the Vagabond. Look forward to flying it in much better lift.

Rob rigged his Vagabond and we flew it for a few minutes and trimmed it out to fly in the light conditions and landed it on the beach below.