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DS is incredible. I used to fly slope planes, but waiting on the right conditions coupled with going to the right place when the conditions were on was a bit of a challenge. I really liked flying thermal duration planes off the bungee as well. These days I’m content to pull a foamie Radian or baby Radian out of the box, hand launch it and catch thermals for a couple of hours. When it comes down or if the airs flat, I just bump the throttle and up it goes again. I can fly the small one at the end of the street and hand catch it. The big one needs some room, but you can fly these powered sailplanes pretty much anywhere. Finding, catching, riding thermals is pretty damn relaxing and challenging, much like fishing. In a way, it’s sky-fishing. It makes you aware of all the subtleties of what’s happening in the sky.
Yeah we have a couple really nice slope sites fairly close but it is much like surfing…doing all the prep to hopefully get the right conditions is kinda lame. I have a 3.7 meter motor glider, you’re right, its such a relaxing thing to do. I have a discus launch glider as well…its a bit more physical but I REALLY enjoy it…getting 10+ minute flights out of a single hand launch is so rewarding.
Here is a pic of my motor glider, its a Vixen2 F5J. It’s all Carbon fiber, 3.7 Meter wingspan and only weighs about 56 ounces…which is kinda heavy considering some of the newer competition stuff is about 35 ounces.
Fucking awesome Justin!! I’ve thought many times about a UDR
out of the box fun!Do it JJ! I’m telling you, its a BEAST!!! there is a huge aftermarket if you’re into dumping a bunch of money on crazy billet parts but right out of the box its an absolute winner.
old school! Made in Japan…..is the new stuff still made in Japan?Nope, most stuff is made in china now…we struggle finding stuff we can still use for work aircraft…if its Chinese…we cant use it.
Finally finished this and am able play with it!! Got this for Xmas years and years ago!
This is for sure on my list of must haves some day!
This is my personal plane…themed after the VW RedBull Air Race EDGE 540 v3. gotta love combining two expensive money pits 🙂
This is PRANDTL-m, PRANDTL 3c’s little brother…18 incher dropped from an Eflite carbon cub…talk about fast and hard to see!
MikeK is right the Radian and UMX Radian are really good for motor gliders…there are some VERY high performance motor gliders out there but you’re talking THOUSANDS of dollars. for a couple hundred bux the Radian is a winner. I’ve had both and the Radian PRO but the Pro isn’t as docile and as cruiser as the standard Radian. sloping is an awesome part of the RC flying hobby. I would imagine there are some incredible slope sites and probably some great thermal areas in or around Grand Junction. hers a couple shots of the biggest one I’ve ever flown…its a work aircraft…25′ wingspan PRANDTL 3c..you can look up the PRANDTL stuff on YouTube.
I remember my Parkway days…that was and still is one of the coolest VW memories I have. my car was transformed from a poorly running car that I loved to hate, to a great running car I just love now. taking my car to KCW and getting it all “right” made owning and maintaining it so much easier and enjoyable…I chased my tail for a long time now I just fix stuff as it comes up and upgrade as I want. I’ve put more miles on my car since my KCW experience than I had all the years before. I have owned the OLDMANN for 17 years…cant believe its been that long.
The coolest thing I’ve ever done in my car was a trip to roosters with JJ and crew…JJ drove the OLDMANN and I got to drive a one of a kind fully restored Royal Mail bus…the first time I’d ever driven or eve ridden in a bus and it was one of the rarest and nicest busses in the world…yeah JJ is THAT cool! Thanks for that memory buddy!
more recent pic after some upgrades…LOVE my car again 🙂
