Friday afternoon
The sunny weather and east winds that had been blowing all
week encouraged me to take my Ascot to work with me on Friday and head up to
Kilspindie after an early finish. Well, it was Friday!
When I got to the car park there were already several cars
there and Hugh Barker was just heading up the hill with his Graphite so I had
someone to chat to on the way up the hill! Apart from chatting we were able to
admire the large scale glider flying on the slope; modelled on a full-size
based at Scotlandwell apparently. Ian and Ali were on the hill with their Skorpion
and Strega although they both had to head away not long after I arrived. Was it
me? Hugh had trouble with his Graphite and had a bit of an arrival but it didn’t
look too bad.
Although there was a reasonable 15mph-ish wind blowing there
wasn’t a lot of lift about but when a thermal came through my Ascot got a move
on!
An hour or so of sloping is a great way to end the week!
Friday evening
Not long after I arrived Ian and Ali flew models back to the car park cross country. Was it something I said?
Scale sloping
Sunday Morning
I was back up the slope first thing on Sunday morning for
some light wind flying. I flew my Longshot several times and my Ascot went well
in the light winds, especially considering I left the 400g wing ballast in
although there was precious little thermal activity in the overcast conditions.
The wind blew a steady 12mph but from the East-South-East so it was well cocked
off the hill. By the time lunchtime arrived the wind had virtually gone. A barely
detectable 2mph which was ok for the Longshot but my Ascot stayed on the
ground. Chicken!!
Sunday morning
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