Lots of lawns got mowed to buy equipment especially my first transistor receiver! That was a great day when the weight of batteries took a big drop. College interrupted flying for a while and, when I returned, proportional control had arrived! I flew pattern and sport for five years until full-scale became affordable.
Flying lasted until wife, house, kids took over and I was grounded. In I was reintroduced to model flying and have been very active since. Pattern, sport, combat etc. Now I fly mostly sailplanes and try to promote the same love of silent flight to any friend who shows interest. I have met many kind, helpful and very skillful people flying sailplanes and had a lot of fun at the various central Florida contests.
I have almost completed Level 4. If you are close to Melbourne FL, let's chase some thermals together. James R. MacLean Parsons Ave. Melbourne, FL Phone: Like many of us, Joe got his start in this hobby by building models airplanes as a kid. Joe remembers the fun of chewing Ambroid glue from his finger while wasting time in school wishing he was flying.
Visitors to the area are invited to contact Joe for assistance in finding places to fly and scheduled contests and events. A short bio and picture are coming soon. In the mean time reach out to raed here: This email address is being protected from spambots.
You need JavaScript enabled to view it. As small business owner, Joe is usually busy working as a computer network engineer for NetMeister, Inc. However, in his spare time he enjoys working on home maintenance and improvement projects, but every weekend without fail, he can be found on the flying field. When he was 15, he purchased his first RC electric sailplane and has never looked back.
Throughout the years, Joe has piloted both electric sailplanes and non-electric RC gliders. He especially enjoys competing in sailplane duration competitions and helping fellow pilots with their models when he can. He and his family currently find themselves lucky to live in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Living in Madison, IN. The guys in SOAR will attest to the fact that I had a fool for a teacher and should have flunked out of flight school. In the early days I was a victim of the 1 in 10 rule. For every one minute in the air I spent 10 minutes repairing. I can still remember my first thermal.
My Dad and I were out flying on a Sunday morning. I kept circling and circling, not losing any altitude as I was prone to do. I looked at my Dad and said "Something's wrong, the plane won't come down, what do I do? My soaring ability and enjoyment really took off sorry for the pun when I moved to the Chicago area.
SOAR uses three different fields for fun flying, with our central field used for contests. On any given weekend you can always find someone flying at one of the fields. Whenever two SOAR members start flying at the same time, there is an impromptu contest: all up last down, F3J with winches, landing for dollars, you name it.
SOAR is a competitive club, and the challenge is to keep up with the pack or get left on the ground, so to speak. The help and encouragement of the club and fear of getting left behind has really improved my skill. Ames, IA. Lexington, KY. Louisville Area Soaring Society. This email address is being protected from spambots. Elk River, MN. I left the sport of RC soaring for about fifteen years only to come back to it in I love this glider!
While I really enjoy building, I wanted to get into full house gliders. I am now building a Genie Pro which should be ready to fly this spring. There is something special to me about sailplanes and I am drawn to them. Every flight presents its own unique set of challenges and opportunities but the pilot needs to be able to correctly read the signs in order to take advantage of them. Participating in the LSF program has given me goals to work towards and it has caused me to seek out other soaring pilots.
I started the Rochester Soaring group so local area soaring pilots would have a place to fly with other. Members fly year-round from a grass flying field that features two winches and one retriever for launching sailplanes, along with a bungee launcher. Indoor flying is also conducted once or twice a month. Contact South Jersey Silent Flyers for additional information. Club memebers fly a wide range of aircraft from small electric foam planes through giant-scale models with wingspans as great as nineteen feet.
Southern Soaring League - Adelaide, South Australia - RC model aviation club information, pictures, history, calendar, flying sites, for sale, and contacts. Slope soaring and combat a speciality. South Midlands Soaring Association - Warwickshire - Radio control slope soaring and silent flight club.
Home of the Tangerine. History, events, plans service, and photo gallery. Club history, contacts, photos, reviews, and related links. Once the first round is completed, we move to the round of Squadron Leader.
From this round we will determine who the true Squadron Leader is. Gift certificates are awarded based on how close the leading pilot comes to the target; the closer the better! My last note is that you all should be receiving or have received the AMA voting ballot for District X. Please make sure you vote for the candidate that you like. I do believe Mr. Stone will be down for our monthly meeting this weekend since he, like we, were rained out last month.
So please make your vote count! Voting goes till November 12, Thank you all and looking forward to seeing you all at the field! An exciting variation on the popular Bomb Drop. With clear skies and a very light breeze, nine pilots got their gliders up on the first launch. Wind conditions were so light, the lift was hard to find. All pilots had short flight times except Alex Sutton who found a narrow column of warm air rising just north of our runway.
Alex was able to milk it out for a long flight of minutes and pick up a point landing. The second place flight was minutes long and flown by Scott Vance, picking up a point landing on return. Third longest flight was from Deric Knight at minutes. The large difference in the flight times between Alex and everyone else on that first launch, points to his skill as a glider pilot.
Second launch had a mix of pilots trying to find the lift where Alex had flown and others trying at the western end of our flying area, near the boat ramp parking lot. The lift was now even harder to find. Bob Anson had the long flight at minutes with a point landing.
Bob Stinson was second at and a point landing. Dennis La Berge and Deric Knight both came in third at minutes, with Dennis picking up a point landing. He was able to land off field with no further damage. With a little CA glue, Stephen was able to compete in the fourth launch.
Third launch was again into light conditions with the longest flight generated by myself at minutes and getting a point landing. Bob Anson had the second place flight at minutes, also with a point landing. Scott Vance had the third place flight at minutes, with a 20 point landing. Fourth and final launch had the long flight being flown by Scott Vance at minutes, with a point landing. Second place flight was by Bob Anson at , with a point landing.
Third place flight was by myself at minutes. First place finisher for the day was Alex Sutton with points, Second place goes to Scott Vance at points and third place was won by Bob Stinson with points. In totaling up the monthly points for the top pilots for this year, Alex Sutton came in first place with a total of points.
Scott Vance was second with total points and I was third with total points.
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