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.
Monday, 12 October 2015
Wave flying to the edge of space
Some off you have heard me spouting on about 'Wave' and how gliders all over the world use Wave to climb to amazing heights just using the power of the wind. I found this image and thought it explained the concept well and I hoped it might be of Interest to a few of you............
The highest a glider has climbed in Wave this year in the UK was 20,804 from a gliding site in Scotland. The highest altitude ever climbed to in a glider was 50,727 feet (15,460 metres) on August 29th 2006 flying a modified DG500 (they called it the Perlan 1) and was flown by the late Steve Fossett and Einar Enevoldson. The project was sponsored by Airbus and a new project is underway called the Perlan 11. If you are Interested here is a link to the Perlan Website. They want to soar a glider up to the edge of space - some 90,000ft ASL in a specialised pressurised glider designed just for this project.
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