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Fred:
:lol:  Like that !

And anytime to fly together !  :D  :D  Must come down at the field one day too ! Soon with the tow plane hopefully  :D


--- Quote ---Shane has circulated the site details to our members just recently, and we have a meeting soon where we will discuss it and how best we might use it.
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About that, if I can be of any help, let me know !
I can open a domain for you /members/club, something like xxxx.gliderireland.net, even have you own club section in the forum...
Lots of possibilities if you need !  :D

Happy Days:
Errrrr,.....where's Annagh Hill :shock:  Does it have a good landing area, and are there any TREES near by?
I have this "Thing" about flying near trees you see. I've already lost two models to the forestry commission around Mt. Lienster. :oops:  :oops: It wouldn't have been so bad if the models had been mine, but one of them belonged to Joe! (Oh, the shame of it all :cry: )

About the lift on the southern slope of Mt. L:
I've tried flying there many times, (well,....at least six) and found that for a given wind speed the lift there is far less than for the same wind speed on the north slope.
Has anyone else found that to be the case?
Today was a case in point. Wind speed of around 30mph, (that's about 50kph in new money) but not a great deal of lift, or at least, not that I could find! I caught the wing of my Elite on a rock when landing. Caused a bit of damage, but not too much :(

I hope to have finnished installing servos in a Filip 400 that Joe has given me, over this weekend. I'm eager to see how she fly's. (And Yes, I'll make sure she stays well away from any TREES!)

As for taking picies of your new bird Brian,........I might do :roll:,............  but it'll cost you at least a couple of chocie bickies!
Oh,.... and you must promise not to say any more horrid things about me! :P...........(Even if they are true!)

K.

Brian:
Hi Keith,
It's between Carnew and Gorey,but there is a shortcut for us.
I know it but wes never up top ,,,, there!
Try this;  www.greenhobbymodel.com/slopesoaring/theslopes.htm
Be in touch.
Would be a shorter drive for Fred and Co too.

Brian

joe:
Welcome aboard Brian. Good to have another sloper on the scene.
Mt Leinster south side as you say Keith is not as good as the north but, it's not too bad. Most of the better lift is to be found way out away from the slope. You'll be surprised how far out it reaches. The air is also a bit bumpy on that slope as it doesn't have the nice smooth surface of the north. It is perfectly flyable in my experience in south and south-west winds. It's just a case of finding the pockets of good lift.

As for Annagh. The paraglider guys fly there in a north-east. Looking at a map. south-east and maybe south look good too as you say Brian. It's a question of access. If the para guys are flying there there is a road to the north-east anyway, and hopefully the south-east as well. Just need a bit of investigation!!

For south-east winds the coast is a nice change. With a decent wind you get perfect smooth lift that is a pleasure to fly. Beware of rotors though. Very easy to get thrown about and pushed straight down into the ground. Brian, Keith knows where I usually fly near Blackwater if you fancy trying it out. Land right on the edge or sometimes paralel to the edge (cheak out the wind on top as it does very strange things) with a moldy. Be very careful going behind.

Anyway!!

Will be in touch when I'm home for a bit of a slope fix!!

Brian:
H Guys,
This will have to be checked out as it seems to provide those slopes that Lenister does not, one may complement the other.
Joe you are right about the slope directions,and I think it will work from south to s/west also.
Keith the trees ,as best I can work out,are on north facing slopes from n/east to west stoping at the crest.
The first pic on that 'green' site is taken from s/west off the hill looking back towards the hill.The last pic is facing east south east or just s/east, I think ?????.
Worth checking out and I can find out about access .
Also not so up in the weather as 'L'.

Brian

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