RC Soaring 2015/05
I have been busy, and the well-traveled sailplane aficionado, Gordy Stahl, offered to contribute some good content for my “RC Soaring” column. Read on to learn about electric-launch sailplanes.
RC Soaring 2015/03
How precise are your landings? How do you practice your arrivals? Most modern Thermal contests require precision piloting at the end of the flight to obtain a decent score. The aircraft needs to land at a precise moment as closely as possible to the designated landing spot for maximum points.
RC SOARING - 2015/01
In July 2014, the World Soaring Championship was contested in Martin, Slovakia. The US F3J team members were Jody Miller, Daryl Perkins, and Chris Lee; the US Junior team was Tristan Sherman, Dillon Graves, and Dominic Lewis.
RC Soaring - 2014/11
When I returned to Soaring in 2009, after a 23-year absence, one of the most innovative and amazing things I found at my local club, the Orlando Buzzards, was a hands-free winch line retriever.
RC SOARING - 2014/09
Much discussion has ensued throughout the US during the last couple of years regarding how to incorporate electric-launched models into this country’s flagship Soaring achievement program: the League of Silent Flight (LSF). It is a terrific accomplishment by the LSF board to finally recognize and include electric launch with its own parallel achievement program called the Electric Soaring Achievement Program (ESAP). This LSF discussion spawned similar debates among Soaring pilots in Florida.
