Great job! I recently started DLG and picked up a used Stobel V3. I was fortunate to get some tips from the local DLG club guys. I have a Launch mode programmed into a spring loaded gear switch on the top left, rear of the tx (actually on my tx I have to use the bind button since my gear switch isn't spring loaded). It doesn't look like you had your finger on a Launch mode switch when you threw it. I'm glad you didn't damage anything!
Jim, I'm going to be up in Lakehurst next summer for some indoor flying, but I'll have my CX3 along as well. If you'd like to try a moldie, there's your chance. ;)
TaskRing, moldie is a colloquial term for a molded airplane. Usually implies lots of carbon, but almost always implies extremely high quality. The CX3, then is a high quality molded discus glider with lots of carbon. it also happens to have roughly double the performance of, say, a Longshot, in literally every possible way.
Hi Jim, thanks for sharing your first impressions on F3K DLG flying. you have a good starting point. It is all in the technique! And with that need to tell you that your stepping "footwork" is totally off. It is seen many times as with people throwing a rock, they accelerate and just before they trow, they stop the running motion, might as well stand still! Also when you turn your body it is turned in the direction you will be throwing with a forward motion, it seems like you are walking around a pole. Certainly not criticizing you, just saying, and if nobody points out the mistakes, it will not get better. David Windestal from Flitetest shows how it is done ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FGvllx83zAw.html I am by far not a pro, just started 2 years ago, with little DLG time, but it is a lot of fun. All the best.
Actually I read the manual carefully and knew the advice to do a conventional launch first. But I still probably would have had the same result. What was missing from the manual (and my advice to other newbies) is to leave the elevator flat on initial launches and add launch up elevator only a tiny (almost imperceptible) bit at a time as launches get stronger (to prevent a stall).
Hey, great video! I'm over in Rye NY and looking to get into RC sailplanes. I'm currently looking for a radio recommendation and decent prebuilt plane recommendation (too many hobbies and not enough time). I'm hoping to do a little ridge soaring at the beach this summer. Cheers, Chris
@@jim-lewis Thanks. I'll check them out. I haven't flown an RC glider in almost 40 years! I'm having fun with the research and all the RU-vid videos. Cheers, Chris
