Radio Control Slope Soaring - 2008/02
Small hills and base flying—more places for slope than you might think. THIS COLUMN will describe slope
flying at tiny hills, flying from the bottom
of a slope, and a method of building
removable tail parts.
Radio Control Slope Soaring - 2006/10
Greg Smith explains the fun of Slope Racing and how to get into it
Radio Control Slope Soaring
Essential DS elements: White model is top of
airplane entering backside turn. Black model shows
bottom of airplane entering topside turn. Red line
represents backside airflows. Green line traces
airplane’s path. Solid blue line marks shear layer.
Purple dotted line marks front, topside airflow. Chris
Tyler diagram.
Radio Control Slope Soaring - 2009/04
The Antelope Island flying site in Utah
ANTELOPE ISLAND in the Great Salt Lake sticks in my mind
as one of the top 10 most pleasant Slope Soaring locations of all
my travels. During Soar Utah 2000, I spent a fine afternoon there
flying Slope Scale heavy fiberglass warbirds with Inland Slope
Rebels Brian Laird, Carl Maas, and Ralph Roberts on the south
side of Buffalo Point just after a storm front passed through.
Radio Control Slope Soaring - 2011/06
WHILE I WRITE this column in early March, we are experiencing
yet another of the many snowstorms that hit the Northeast during the
winter of 2010-2011. So many of us Northeastern and Midwest
modelers have been building more than flying so far this year.
