We began at the Bwlch, on the VR98 slope, in beautiful sunshine and big fluffy cumulus clouds, and then after a couple of hours drove up the Rhigos mountain pass to Hirwaun Common, with amazing views of the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. All in all it was a fab afternoon.
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.
Saturday, 4 August 2018
Paul's flying visit to S Wales
I'm sure Paul will create his own post and tell his own story, but here is the video I created of us flying today.
We began at the Bwlch, on the VR98 slope, in beautiful sunshine and big fluffy cumulus clouds, and then after a couple of hours drove up the Rhigos mountain pass to Hirwaun Common, with amazing views of the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. All in all it was a fab afternoon.
We began at the Bwlch, on the VR98 slope, in beautiful sunshine and big fluffy cumulus clouds, and then after a couple of hours drove up the Rhigos mountain pass to Hirwaun Common, with amazing views of the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains. All in all it was a fab afternoon.
Christchurch & District MFC
Last Tuesday, whilst I was on holiday in Dorset, I encountered a very friendly and welcoming group of guys on the slope overlooking Ringstead Bay. They turned out to be the Christchurch & District Model Flying Club, slope soaring section. There were about ten members present with a splendidly diverse collection of models. I admired their well-organised approach to model flying and general camaraderie, just after midday they all landed and gathered their folding chairs into a circle in the lea of their parked cars to enjoy a communal picnic and wide-ranging chin-wag. With a 15+mph SW wind on the slope and steady sunshine members gradually peeled off to return to general flying and landing tuition.
At times there were up to half a dozen models in the sky - all at the western end of the slope, the east end is reserved for hang gliders and 'jellyfish' who like to fly off over the neighbouring cliffs. The discipline of each group of ground-based and aerial pilots was generally pretty good, although at one point a non-flying member of the para-glider group came over to apologise for one of their pilots who had strayed into our airspace - apparently he was a visiting Russian flyer who hadn't understood the briefing properly.
The C&DMFC Facebook page gives a good indication of the group's membership profile and their aeromodelling activities - I can think of worse ways to spend my retirement...
Happy landings
Russell
The group presented me with my first (and quite possibly last) encounter with a 35mhz 'peg board'. I took the no. 64 wooden clothes peg, attached it to my TX aerial and joined in the flying fun. Mine was the only telescopic aerial on site, and I only needed it for two out of the five models in my roof box (the others have 2.4ghz receivers), so it felt like the end of an era...At times there were up to half a dozen models in the sky - all at the western end of the slope, the east end is reserved for hang gliders and 'jellyfish' who like to fly off over the neighbouring cliffs. The discipline of each group of ground-based and aerial pilots was generally pretty good, although at one point a non-flying member of the para-glider group came over to apologise for one of their pilots who had strayed into our airspace - apparently he was a visiting Russian flyer who hadn't understood the briefing properly.
The C&DMFC Facebook page gives a good indication of the group's membership profile and their aeromodelling activities - I can think of worse ways to spend my retirement...
Happy landings
Russell
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