Slope Soaring Tutorial for Beginners & Experts 

Great. Glad you enjoyed it.

Sounds good. I think it is similar in specs to the ASW-28.

Best of luck to you. You will find it very satisfying flying with the birds. Sometimes they will even form up on your wing if you are just gliding without the motor on. It is the best sort of flying in my opinion. It is also not that hard to make your own glider to begin with. For example, you can make a small light one without a motor so it is crashes its no drama. I am building one like this at the moment. Going to cost me about $10 for a 1m glider.

Thanks for your comments. Sounds interesting. I am actually already looking into it - i mean the feasibility of long range fpv with a glider. I have an even bigger one which might be a good candidate for fpv flying.

Yes. Torrey Pines is very famous - even i have heard of it! Here in New Zealand, especially around Dunedin where i live, there are many amazing cliffs and mountains suitable for slope soaring - but there is almost no one who is into it. I am yet to go flying with someone else in the air at the same time!

Paul Garbett Variety Channel you have it good. You’re not missing much. Torrey is very very crowded with pg traffic.

+Ben Willetts Yes it is beautiful there, especially when the wind is warm.

+Ken Oath Good luck with you FPV. Slope soaring can be really enjoyable to get into - mostly because you can fly for an unlimited time just sailing on the wind. But it is also very good for when it is too windy for other types of flying - especially if you have a big, heavy sailplane. Spring time in Dunedin is very windy for about 3 months, and you are essentially grounded unless you can fly in strong winds.essentially Have fun.

+mikeyfrompiha Yes its a brilliant performer. Amazing glider especially in the strong wind. I recommend the 1500mah 4s battery. Its perfect. 3 cell just doesn't have enough power i think. I've added some extensions to the ailerons and elevator because they weren't giving enough response.

Dave Fedors , sites in chc: Taylors mistake, go past the para gliders and look for the road cone on the pole, fly from the road side. Above Victoria (dog) park, top of the knob above the pine tree, if you get to the playground you have gone too far. John Britten reserve. Sugarloaf. Shane Kennigton at rcflight does Wednesday night slope soaring once daylight saving starts, check out his fb page.

Hobby King sell the for I think , about 137 dollars

Yes that's right, the ailerons and elevator need to be expanded because most of the time you are gliding fairly slowly and need more control. Haven't touched the spar though. You do get quite a lot of flex if you pull up tightly.

Ty4sharing nice vid & nice flite

Camera girl.. nice job..

Yes that would be fine. I'm assuming that you have it setup on 3 channels and there is plenty of dihedral to keep it level. Generally you want to keep the plane level for soaring to maximise lift, so rudder and elevator will do fine.

Well south island of new Zealand is all like that. No traffic. Desserted beaches. Clean water. I also Spearfish around below where this was filmed over the summer for fresh fish. Plenty of camp grounds if you want to do a tour.

I learned how to fly an RC airplane with the Hobbyking BFG-1600. It's not a very efficient glider but it's nice, can't wait to try to fly it in a slope

@@matteotivan3414 I will take a look. Thanks for your time! Regards.

+Carl Alegado Thanks for the tip!

Hi. Yes it is a great spot there at Oamaru. Check out my video of slope soaring there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i_Z7gdu_aco.html

Yes. No problems sloping on a 3-channel using just the rudder. You are limited of course in the maneuvers you can perform.

Just taped on some foam-board as an extension for the ailerons. You could use cardboard or something similar. Gives the glider a bit more control. This one is a bit unresponsive until going fast.

@@PaulGarbettNZ thanks mate, always good to get some feedback from pilot's with the same model. Keep flying mate 👍

Hi. The additions are small strips of foam board (from stationary shop - used for scratch building) that I have taped onto the elevator and ailerons for more control. Make sure they are lined up straight. They just extend the surfaces and deflect more air. See this video about 3mins for the exact locations. You may as well do the whole aileron on this plane, as they are very ineffective.

Yes. That's exactly what it is. Thanks for watching.

Ah that's what I thought as I heard the familiar beep in the background while transmitter was idle. Cool. I use the same radio/receiver combo to fly my small AXN powered glider (1290mm wingspan) but never did slope soaring. I think it's great fun though. You fly quite far out ay .. so you never had any range issues with the T6 ... it seems you trust it completely to fly your glider from that location. I never had range issues too (I am mentioning this as it seems that some people did have issues but probably due to broken or misconnected/badly placed antennas). I did flaperons on the rotary knob thanks to your video as well :-). I did change the stock Tx antenna with a 5dbi though, to enhance range, although I never had issues with the stock one. I have flown my AXN in 20mph winds ... it is challenging but so exciting. And on those windy days almost nobody dares to fly at my local club so it's more of a privilege hehhe. Sometimes I am a bit worried about losing the signal link when I fly a bit far out ... and I start thinking about getting a radio upgrade. But then again, why should I when I never had range issues? I also did ground range tests with T6/rb6 and had solid link up ta at least 250metres, a distance which should get more than that up in the air. Just one question, how do you set up your receiver antenna on your plane.. vertically or horizontally? Mine is attached horizontally and in line with the fuselage, and my Tx antenna pointed sideways parallel to the ground ( so also horizontal). I placed my rx antenna outside. Cheers and regards.

Yes, what I've done is taped the antenae into a vertical position inside the fuselage, and taped the receiver down also. I align the transmitter into the vertical position also, so they match. Never had any issues and I've flown it as high and far as I can see it, about 200m I guess. If you ever start losing control make sure that you are not pointing the antennae at the plane, as there is an area of low signal in that direction. Always have the antennae side on to the plane. I think you only need the receiver antanae on the outside if it is carbon fibre.

Yes, thanks for the tips for antenna placement. I was aware about the low signal area at the tip of the antenna. That's why I keep it horizontal and parallel with the radio, pointing sideways, that way it will never point at the plane, and I don't have to adjust it every time I fly, as movement will eventually wear out and snap the antenna. The less you touch it, the better.

Just foam board. It is quite expensive over here. Like $10 a sheet. We really are spoilt for choices of where you can slope soar here. I was at a cliff recently with this big glider, and at one point it just kept going up and i couldn't fly down faster than the wind was pushing it up. I didn't want to go too fast because it might rip the wings off. And every time it came down it speed up so much that it ballooned up again. It was getting about 150m above me and i actually thought i might loose it to the heavens. So i just had to dive straight down at hundreds of km per hour speed and risk it all. Finally i got it out over the ocean and levelled off very slowly to not exceed the G limit and i recovered. there were birds taking the thermal hundreds of meters up into the clouds.

That experience is going to follow you for a while. Experience and knowledge of the elements are what saved you. Imagine if you had it on film!@@PaulGarbettNZ

Hi. Just start with something small and light winds and work up. Maybe just order in a glider with motor which is less than 1meter. Use that till you get the hand of it. If you are making it yourself have say 1m or less span and don't put much curve on the airfoil to keep speed up.

@@PaulGarbettNZ thank you for reply. I asked because I read that smaller model do not fly calm enough for a beginner. But I will give a try...

No smaller models are fine. The bigger ones are more stable and turn more slowly, and so are very predictable in the air, but do a lot more damage when they land. Learn on something small over a little slope on fair winds.

@@PaulGarbettNZ thank you for the advice!

Good luck. Let me know how it goes.

Hi. I am sorry i haven't done more videos. I've had a few in the works but i guess i have lost the passion for the sport, i think because i was always doing it by myself and it wasn't fun for me anymore. I even have a 3.2m jet glider i made from scratch and never flew, so that gives you an idea of how low my enthusiasm has gotten. I am intending on doing more flying and videos over the winter. I'm also working on a scratchbuilt Harrier.

Paul Garbett Variety Channel I know how you feel as I always fly alone but I have the company of Paragliders. Id be interested to see your new projects soon in video form.

@@Trouttaranaki Thank you for the support. I will do my best to get some more videos out in the coming months.

Just a bit more control that way. It increases the power of the ailerons for aerobatics etc.

Yes, I enlarged the ailerons and the elevator because these weren't giving enough response. Besides, when you are gliding you need lots of control because you are not going very fast most of the time. Elevator is perfect now, but ailerons are still not as good as they could be.

Paul Garbett Variety Channel Good to know I am planing to buy this guy. Is the plastic body more durable then EPO , this one also has plastic wings right? I am between this one and Diamond 2500 EPO

Paul Garbett Variety Channel you should upload more flying videos, it is always fun and inspiring to see others fly sessions and locations

+Multirotor Go The plastic is good yes. The wings are just foam though, which is fine and easy to repair. Get a 1500 4s for this plane - it is the perfect battery.

ok with stock motor and esc?

Phoenix planes are horrible. Those blow moulded plastic fuselages have no place in RC. Only good for kids toys.

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Don't you mean that you were an enginecycle mechanic?

I like to go engine boating from differing fishing spots but when I get near and don't want to scare the fish I turn on the small electric driven prop and switch to motor boating.

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Have you tried adjusting the centre of gravity? They prefer to be slightly nose heavy for slope soaring. Also, was there enough wind to keep it up in the air? Maybe the air was bumpy with turbulance?

It was a smooth windy day. The cog was slightly nose heavy but it wouldn’t slope. I tried putting down the flaps but it just made it slower.

Hmm. Sounds like you're doing the right thing then. Will it fly OK around the park etc? Do you have a different plane you can test for sloping? Maybe a smaller one till its sorted out.

It flys well at the park. Thanks anyway.

Ok. Good luck with it then.

Dunedin, New Zealand. This was filmed up the coast at Karitane.

Mostly just used for landing in a small space. Can also be helpful in altering the glide characteristics. For example generate more / less lift.