Newhaven Cliffs on Sunday

After lots of head scratching on the best place to fly, I keep coming back to Naewhaven Fort. It suits the wind direction and the views from the top are just lovely. Its one of the safer cliff sites to launch and fly from but landing sometimes is challenging.
Here is a map link on where Newhaven Fort is and where we fly from.
The lift is general good and you have a fair bit of grass in front of you before your model flies over the edge. Over the years I've loved flying from the cliffs. The idea of flying over a steep faced edge and then over the sea initially was scary but the lift generally is constant and reliable and mostly smooth. The landing area at Newhaven is small-ish but its the rotor (the air acting like a tumble drier behind the cliff) that can be a problem. The stronger the wind, the stronger the lift, the stronger the rotor (which means turbulence and strong sink).
Here are a few video's of some of our cliff soaring trips. The Isle of Wight offers some superb cliff soaring opportunities. I will be making a trip over to the Island next month for a day trip to meet Chris, Bill and friends. Why not come along - it's a great day out......

West Wales

Isle of Wight

North Wales

Newhaven Fort

 

What ever your level come along and see for yourself the wonders of cliff soaring. Bring a model and if you like what you see then we can get you in the air. If you want someone to land your model for you then we will be on hand to assist. Cliff soaring offers a huge opportunity with both slopes and lift.

 

I intend to be at Newhaven Fort car park for 9.00am. We can meet up and take a stroll up the lane to an area just besides the Coast Guard tower.

 

Hopefully see some of you there tomorrow.