Hi Paul! Indeed you have plenty of great places! A lot of height and wind! And spectacular views. Thanks for this tips also. Landing seems to be the masterpiece of soaring. With public it seems to gets even more difficult, but you are a master :) I have heard about the motor/propeller brake from colleagues on the airfield on motored planes but did not believe that. It seems to work on gliders where with motor off the prop is folded back and it´s more aerodynamic then turning it on 1%. But I suppose (if possible) flaperons, spoilers, or crow or a combination would slow it much faster down. Now I have some fears about that turbulence sections behind too... But until I go really slope soaring it will be enough time I think... I have bought a couple of gliders. One is a FlyFly Fox 3000mm without motor. I have seen a guy on RU-vid flying her pretty nice on a gentle small beach dune in Denmark. But probably that is masterclass too. So better I put a motor there just in case. Also it need a lot of ballast without one. I was thinking of being towed by a motor plane on our airfield. But that place is difficult to fly. Just flat and around many trees and forests. So there is almost just one landing attempt when unpowered... xD
Hi. Thanks for your comments. Yeah planning the landing really is the tricky part. There are a lot of cliffs around here that are suitable, but less where you can land. Landing down in front in the wind is desirable if possible, but otherwise you just have to do the best you can in the bumpy air up top. Sometimes if you stand in the wind you can catch it as it comes past - i've had to do this a few times as well. But its easier if you have a friend who can catch it. I've thought of having a trailing piece of string to act as a sort of arrested hook i can catch on the way past but still working on it.
Hi @@PaulGarbettNZ ! Your channel is cool but I´ll try to not watched more videos since I get wanderlust or homesick (Chile)... That thing with the hook would be fun :P I have seen drones that can land on strings... To have a friend with to free hands would be the best :D I´m thinking to buy a smaller 2m wingspann speedglider for the slopes. I found a guy in my town who gave me an idea where to go nearby. It´s a place I´ve go up with my mountainbike many times but I haven´t think of... Cheers to NZ!
Nah. I think the main thing is to make sure you don't annoy anyone with it. You are only keeping it within a close range of yourself so its not like it will interferr with air traffic. There is also an exemption if you keep it below and within 100m of some trees or something similar. But I suggest you read the actual law about it.
Hey, its going good still. i have spent some time resurrecting this glider (LET-13) over the winter as it was dead - once i learned to solder i could get the electronics back up and running.
