Magic of Soaring - Flat Field Thermal Soaring 

I agree about the music thing. Music is all over the place now....it seems people are allergic to quiet.

Thanks, MTV!

I longtime believed it is only very high one catch thermals, I did not even try to stay alift, because only 2meters wingspan, less than 30 meters high launch (friend or brother running with a fishing rod.. :-) Actually the biggest glider I had, the more stressed I was, unable to really ''fly the wind'' as it is said here. I really learnt with a 'foamy' (Alula style), side hand launch, able to catch bubbles few meters above the ground while it seemed the end of the flight. Also it allows many more launchs in a same time, a bit less risky to fly slow, change the settings... then suddenly one beautiful day you have to push down nastly in order to still see the glider and not beeing eaten by the cumulus where you would usually meet big gliders, paragliders, etc.. I would be thinking about electric winch if I began to fly FPV, at high levels... which law does not allows for FAI records... ;) It would be cool to see the cloudbase with a r/c glider. ....Again never heavy enough, bigger, further, higher, while keep it simple brings the essential.

My FrSky Taranis will go comfortably well beyond line of sight (I also fly FPV) - your DX6/AR610 should be good for at least 1km (0.6 of a mile) as it claims to be full range - probably good for double that if you are careful with antenna positioning.

I never had any trouble with those ranges with my old FM equipment.

Big wingspan, you can easily see it as long as you have a good sight. I remember my first RC plane, she has electric motor with collapsible propeller, so I modified wings to almost double the wingspan, than on the hot summer day I was amazed how high it goes so quick, then I realised that was thermal, I switched off the engine and had almost an hour of lift. remember to take your comfy sun baiting kit to lay and relax - otherwise you will have a "soar" neck :D

Here it's called a blue thermal, ever seen a dust devil on a perfect clear day? You don't need clouds to have thermals.

@@forton615 I just know something like ground effect force to lift the a/c still in air.

The Maxa only has rudder and elevator controls. What you saw during landing is the flaps. I think this is for a specific class of competition. Even so it has a lot of wins under it's wing.

ChuckPlains now that I look at it again I wonder what I was thinking. I must see adverse yaw under my bed at night. Ive been flying a wing dlg/soap soarer and without rudder control it's got a lot of adverse yaw. With too much differential, it wants to climb as it rolls.

Actually, and iroincally, looking at the first few seconds of the vid, maybe this one does have ailerons. I'm not sure, but it deffo has flaps. ;¬)

+ChuckPlains If it helps, at 0:01 it looks like an aileron servo horn/linkage is visible on the top surface of the outer port wing panel just inboard of the "3.5" decal.

Yes that's what I've ended up thinking, ailerons AND flaps!

+Aldo Allende Oliva Hi May I suggest that you post your question on thehobbyhub.com/the-rc-guru where our team of RC experts will do their best to answer.

Wing loading is the total mass of a flying entity divided by the area of its wing. The stalling speed is partly determined by its wing loading

+spruceguitar I've posted you question on The Hobby Hub RC Guru (thehobbyhub.com/the-rc-guru). One of our RC experts will reply soon!

+spruceguitar Gliders range in price depending upon their construction and level of performance. Nowadays there are many excellent foam gliders that have reasonably good performance such as the Multiplex Easy Glider, which runs around £70 to £80. These are crash-resistant, easily repairable and good for learning on. Better performance can be achieved through inexpensive balsa wood kits, such as the Cambrian Elan 100. Gliders such as this will have a very good soaring performance after being launched by a bungee (around £20 to £30), but must be built by someone with experience in constructing balsa models. At the top end of the scale are fully composite gliders, such as those sold by www.hyperflight.co.uk. These range from relatively inexpensive hand launch gliders for around £200, all the way up to super-sophisticated three and four metre wingspan gliders costing up to £1,700. That said, one can have great fun and learn about soaring just as well from the Cambrian Elan as well as the £1,700 super glider. Often, used gliders can be picked up cheaply used from sites such as the BMFA classifieds. You'll find adverts by all the leading manufacturers and suppliers in our RC modelling magazines, RC Model World and Quiet & Electric Flight International. For details go to www.thehobbyhub.com

cut out pieces and glue together

Build the fucker. Get a plan and some balsa.

@@Justwantahover That plane isn't something the average hobbyist is going to build. I've built plenty of built-up planes, and owned a few down-range composites and can tell you those more expensive composite (vacuum bagged wing, or hollow molded glass and carbon) planes will fly rings around balsa/ply built-ups. My absolute favorite plane I still have is a design called the 'Edge Lite' sold through Northeast Sailplane Products. I think it was designed by a man named Phil Barnes.

Tubing is about 100 ft. Line about 500.. Usually we pull back about 100 paces or about 10 to 12 lbs. tension. Hope this helps. With a bungee you pull it back as much as it will let you. I use a 3 to 4 meter high start as well as a winch.

I think you'll find that the bungee is surgical tubing. A lot of places selling it add the word 'rubber' to the sale page, but rubber tubing is not suitable as it does not stretch far enough. Good quality silicone will stretch to 5 or 6 times it's length and retract back it's original size hundreds of times without problems. You will also need something like pre-stretched kite line (Dyneema) or fishing line (not monofilament) for the last part that attaches to the glider.

Kai02 i think its a high-start . 1/2" surgical tubing a length of braided nylon staging and a parachute with a split-ring above the canopy.

1/2" ?! That seems pretty big. I was thinking more like 6 or 8mm. I'll be using 6mm to launch my 1.5mtr glider this weekend.

About $1600

Erilen depends on the country and environment, on a good day in my country you can get 6,000 feet

Full size gliders follow them up to the cloud base.

1.9

It's frustrating isn't it? Just the fuselage and fin set for the Maxa 3.5 is £335!

Wales Wideman the Great Planes "Fling" is an awesome starter