Hi All,
We all met up this morning at Devils Dyke car park as arranged.
There was me, Ian A, Ian D, Graham U, Jim H and Ray Lamb who might join the club after trying some flying.
The wind was a little Westerly to begin with but there was plenty of lift albeit blustery near the hillside. We were constantly aware of the hang-gliders to our right and sometimes above us, but usually too high to worry us. However, it would be better if they stuck to their agreed airspace once in a while !
We all brought a selection of models to fly and everyone took home the same number of glider parts they arrived with, for a change.
Ian D has joined us again after a long time off over the summer when he takes his classic car (hot rod ?) all over the place to car shows, etc... but slotted straight back into the routine with a lot of great flights. Ian also very kindly lent me his Wildthing, allowing me to give Ray some instruction on his first flights at slope soaring. Ray did well for a complete beginner. Keep your nerve Ray !
I spent some time helping Jim H with his landing technique, but we're still working on it together and will crack it soon.
The others had a pretty un-eventful session and after 2 hours we all decided it was time to leave except for Ian D who stayed on.
I know Graham U took some video, so he might upload some to go with this post .....
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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