Radio Control: Soaring
WITH SOME HESITATION I loaded my van with 10 sailplanes and appropriate radio gear, my wife Meesh, my 10-year-old son Dusty, and began the 10-hour trek south to compete in the Soaring portion of the Nationals. Why the hesitation? First, I knew that no club had stepped forward to run the competition, and we had no Contest Director. Given the amount of preparation necessary to compete in Hand Launch, F3B, Two-Meter, Standard, and Unlimited, my confidence for a good event was a bit on the low side.
The Long-Long Trail
TWO YEARS have passed since I was initiated into radio-control soaring by the purchase of a Hobie Hawk. Now I am the current world champion of RC Soaring! What transpired over that two-year period was a truly incredible journey. Dreams, defeats, luck, skill and, most of all, total commitment to a direct personal challenge were the criteria I would be trying to contend with. When Model Aviation asked if I would be interested in writing an article on what it takes to become world champion, I was thrilled, as this gives me the opportunity to share with the soaring fraternity my exact attitudes and thoughts toward competition on a world championship level.
