Hi All,
This morning Scott, Bob P and I met at the Beacon car park in the swirling mists. The wind was pretty raw and blowing straight from the NE allowing us to fly from just the other side of the road.
Scott brought his Wildthing, Bob had his Wildthing and Middle Phase and I had the Moth.
But nobody brought a camera, so there's no pictures I'm afraid. Anyway you all know what we look like !
We all flew quite a lot in the very strong but blustery wind. The lift was good a little way out from the hill, but very blustery near the hill and for landing. We all spent the time doing circuits and practising our landings which all went very well in the conditions.
Bob then tried his Middle Phase with some spoileron setup but that left him with too little aileron authority, so it landed a bit heavily, but all OK thanks to rubber band wing and tail surface fixings.
We spent just about 2 hours up there before Scott and I decided it was too cold to continue, but Bob decided to stay on - he was using his transmitter mitt.
At the car park we met two of the Mill Hill regulars who were just setting up their mouldies for flying. I don't know if they joined Bob or not.
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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