400ft time challenge

[Miles]

can we have a section for tri's and quad's with special prize for whoever has to dig the deepest to retrieve his model LOL

Nah, that's what model rockets are for, you live near any marshes :)

[g.collins]

as long as you can prove there's no throttle and you don't go over 400ft, it don't mater if your flying a bin.
:) G

[bignose13]

I'm up for this G
I'll have to dig out the easystar and dust it down

[Pasty]

my sonic glider is back on the bench as I type..

bring it! :D

[pk-surfing]

I used to have a 12ft (or was it 10ft ?) span Keil Kraft Elmira on 2 channel radio...... wish I had it now to stick some FPV gear in cos it would float around for ever off the slope or towline (no motor)

PK

[Flypoppa]

Sorry but I am thinking negative. How accurate are some OSDs? Mine is out a bit on hight. So that could be an advantage for me. ;D
We did something similar on a Easystar thread. With a motor run for 30 seconds and a glide/thermal time.
With high KV motors you can get quite a bit of hight in 30 seconds.
After I did a 40 minute glide and entered that... The competition seemed to fade away. :P

[Pasty]

its a bit of fun not the olympics ;)

[6lennn]

After I did a 40 minute glide and entered that... The competition seemed to fade away. :P

spoilsport  ;D

[ffinybryn]

With all of this talk of "mines bigger than yours", surely it also depends on the wind speed.  Maintaining altitude has got to be "easier" in a strong headwind...?

[Flypoppa]

With all of this talk of "mines bigger than yours", surely it also depends on the wind speed.  Maintaining altitude has got to be "easier" in a strong headwind...?

No mate. It's all about the skill of finding thermals and staying in them.

[FPVSteve]

But what if you prefer boxer shorts?

[Flypoppa]

But what if you prefer boxer shorts?

It took me a while to catch on... So how will they help you to keep it up? :-X

[Flyboysee]

Okay guys, now that I'm officially FPV I have decided to rouse this den of sleepers!

Did mine FPV except for the last 3 seconds when I was sure I'd land into myself / daughter. There was bugger all wind today... nada!

Come on guys, don't let this n00b be champion on such a crap time :)

Gliding Challenge 1

[Coyote]

Good start to get the ball rolling, cant help thinking the slope soaring pilots will win this one but Ill give it a bash :) 

[Flyboysee]

Thanks Aitch, I was doing it FPV, so lots happening and I never paid attention most of the time, just caught up in the action and trying to stay in my field. I expect this to be smashed by the weekend - mine was a dropping stone, but just thought I'd get the ball rolling. Will revisit.