Hi Everyone,
Today we decided to go to the flat field for some thermal flying. Our problem was that it was due to get very hot later in the day so we arrived at 08:80 - 09:30 which meant that we didn't get much thermal activity so early in the day.
I (Rob) arrived first and was soon joined by Nick V, Tony C, Paul H and Robin A.
We didn't have the bungee and I decided not to bother with the winch equipment for just a short session so we relied on DLG or electric power to launch our models.
I brought my Loola DLG and JP Pretty electric glider, Nick V brought his Nebula 2000e electric glider, Whisper and Artemis xxl , Paul had his Phoenix 2400 electric glider with onboard video camera and Robin had his Thermic Dream electric glider and a DLG.
Tony had come without any models because he just wanted to attend the field to be sociable.
All the models flew pretty well, I hadn't flown my Pretty for about 8 or 9 years but it wasn't as good as I remembered it and wouldn't really stay aloft without a stronger wind. My Loola DLG was much better but I couldn't catch any real thermals.
Paul's Phoenix flew very well and because of it's 2.4 mtr span, it was able to stay aloft for some considerable time - here's a video which Paul took from his onboard camera.
Nick flew his Rudder/Elevator Nebula and that too stayed aloft pretty well but needed a little more thermal activity to help it stay up. We spent some time helping Nick set up his unflown Artemis and then decided not to test-glide it due to the conditions at the field.
Robin flew both his models - the Thermic Dream is one which he got from John M (I sold it to John some time ago), the motor isn't over powerful but it did get the model aloft and once airborn it stayed up very well. Robin's DLG went about the same as mine - launching was good but there was no real thermal activity so it wouldn't gain height.
Nevertheless we all agreed that we had a good morning's flying despite the DLGs being disappointing.
Rob
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