RC SLOPE SOARING - 2015/02
My flying buddy, Joe Chovan, from Syracuse, New York, has contributed a guest column this month on the Soar Utah 2014 event—one of the most venerable destinations on the national Slope Soaring event circuit. Here’s Joe’s report:
RC SLOPE SOARING - 2014/12
Dave Garwood: At what age did you begin flying RC?
Michael Richter: I started building a Sig Riser before I actually learned how to fly. That was 1991, and I was 12. I thought the flying part would fall into place and I would just “figure it out.”
RC SLOPE SOARING - 2014/10
The Dream-Flight Libelle is the latest and greatest light-air Slope sailplane. Small hills are more plentiful than large ones, and flying the right sailplane can turn a 15-foot gentle hill into a satisfying Slope Soaring site. Some airframes can pull off this trick better than others.
RC SLOPE SOARING
When I asked several Slope Soaring aficionados two questions about sailplanes, I received a variety of answers. I hope their responses can be helpful to modelers of all skill levels, and maybe even generate a chuckle or two. Maybe you’ll see yourself in the remarks of these fliers.
RC Slope Soaring 2014/06
Slope gliders have long been the fastest airplanes in model flight. “Fastest Model Ever Flown” in the August 1978 issue of MA is an account of someone flying a Slope glider to 242.9 mph. That was on the front side of the hill.
