>  RR> Hello, all. I was just wondering if there are any glider flyers 
 >  RR> around this echo. Let's hear from you and what you're flying or 
 >  RR> building. 
 > Hi Rodney. I got my first RC glider, a 2 meter Thunder Tiger 
 > Winstar in November 94 and flew it 5 or 10 flights from the top 
 > of a 50' hill before crashing and breaking the wing. I finally 
I'm flying a highly modified Riser (2 meter) that has all the center 
diehedral 
 removed, tip diehedral cut in half, flaps on the inboard wing sections,  
modified fin & rudder and a Modified stab & elevator with the noise also  
modified. Very fast but still floats very nicely. We use a 1000ft power winch 
for most of our launches or a 1000ft High  Start but ussually the winch. The 
one spot we're looking at to move our  field to has a 1500 ft cliff off one 
end. Should make a nice slope soaring  site but not good for the power 
flyers. 
 > got 
 > around to fixing it in May 95 and flew it once or twice a week 
 > until about October when I broke the wing again. By then it was 
 > pretty beat up from many crashes and repairs and not worth a lot 
 > of fixing. That hill is great for slope soaring but the wind is 
 > gusty and crashes are frequent. I replaced that glider with a 
When our winds start blowing around here they are in the range of 30 to  
50MPH; the most times are around 5 to 15MPH but the real problem is that  
they can be from the east in the morning and during the day rotate 360  
degrees around. Makes for moving the winch alot or doing crosswind and  
downwind launches (the last being very dangerous) which I stay away from. 
 > Corndogger (see http://schoneal.com/netads/com/cabdesigns/) 
 > which 
 > is a nice little HLG. It's a fiberglass pod-rod configuration 
 > with 
 > a foam core/fiberglass sheeted wing. It flies well in light lift 
 > (5 mph on the hill) but goes fast enough to survive when the 
 > wind 
I'll have to have a look at that internet site. Sounds like it maybe fun  to 
build and fly. I'll take a good look at it. 
 > is 20-30. I also converted one of those $5 styrofoam toy gliders 
 > to RC and it flies OK but needs reduced drag. Improvements are 
 > underway. 
Such AS? 
 >  RR> Any good contests around? 
 > I don't know much about contests. Thermals don't turn me on much 
 > but pylon racing might be fun. 
Try soaring - a good challenge to keep up over 10 minutes when the thermals  
aren't abundent. 
 >  RR> Rodney "the Lead thumb flyer" 
 > My fellow fliers haven't nicknamed me yet but "Spin-in" would 
 > probably be appropriate. 
We have a trophy, plaque and a kit for the person that accumulates (sp)  the 
most crash points but to even try and win you have to totally finish  a model 
off. Just not worth pranging a bunch of good fliers to get another  kit. One 
of our power flyers has put 2 new aircraft in in 2 weeks - total  write off 
on one, radio & engine included. The other just the airplane. TTFN Rodney 
 
 
 
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