Hi All,
Yesterday Ian L came over to my house and we set up his completed Spectre ready for the maiden flight.
Today Ian and I met at the Beacon at 10:00 and it was VERY COLD in the strong NE wind.
We went over the stile to the N facing slope edge and I flew the Spectre to trim it up.
It went very well, just needed some up elevator to keep the nose from dipping, otherwise a very stable and well-built model.
I then handed it to Ian for his first real Slope Soaring session.
It went very well, Ian stuck to my instructions - traverse the hill in a figure of eight and turn into wind at each end of the slope. The model was brilliant and Ian proved a very competent flier.
After about 20 minutes I took over and landed because we were both getting too cold to carry on.
Ian has proven his skills and got his first taste of sloping and the Spectre was easily up to the task.
Can't wait to see Ian again for his second flight !
Rob
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.
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