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Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: Ron on February 03, 2011, 20:34:36 PM

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: Ron on February 03, 2011, 20:34:36 PM

[youtube]http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=18673540[/youtube]

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: orionis on February 07, 2011, 06:46:23 AM

Very nice video! :clap:

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Post by: Happy Days on February 07, 2011, 08:11:19 AM

What an invigorating video! :D
 
I love the shot of the plane circling, close to the ground,  around the pilot.
Makes me feel like gathering up all my models and striking out to the foothills of the Pyrenees, or Alps, or wherever that vid was filmed.
(Now, where did I leave my passport? :?: )

K.

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Post by: skyhawk newbie on March 21, 2011, 15:59:07 PM

Ron...  You mist a good day on sunday (20/3/11)
Went with peter to the old head near Kinsale , Had my first go at slope soaring :D  ,loved it...
Here's a Vid , used a 808 mini spycam mounted on the front of peter's
Discuss Glider...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzxwGldAZss


Sean

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: Ron on March 21, 2011, 16:57:22 PM

Hi Sean,

Looks like you had a good day.
Here it was not good weather for flying at all, so did 'other jobs'  :(

I've never known exactly where people fly on the Old Head, but pinned it down on Google earth from a few frame grabs from your video.

Looks like you had some mist though.
Lucky you weren't flying fpv 'cos you wouldn't have got down in one piece with the mist on the lens.

I must get the Easy Glider going again.
I keep pinching things out of it, like the receiver  :lol:

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: skyhawk newbie on March 21, 2011, 17:35:52 PM

Quote from: "Ron"

Hi Sean,

Looks like you had a good day.
Here it was not good weather for flying at all, so did 'other jobs'  :(

I've never known exactly where people fly on the Old Head, but pinned it down on Google earth from a few frame grabs from your video.

Looks like you had some mist though.
Lucky you weren't flying fpv 'cos you wouldn't have got down in one piece with the mist on the lens.

I must get the Easy Glider going again.
I keep pinching things out of it, like the receiver  :lol:

easy to find...
set satnav for Lispatrick... few mile's up the road from there is the flying site,before you get to the old castle....you cann't get lost as there's only one road aroung the old head of kinsale...

..

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: Ron on March 21, 2011, 19:59:05 PM

Hi Sean,

Dis must be da place...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Ron/Screen%20shot%202011-03-21%20at%2019.52.50.png)

And from your vid...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Ron/Screen%20shot%202011-03-21%20at%2019.53.41.png)

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: skyhawk newbie on March 21, 2011, 20:07:21 PM

Quote from: "Ron"

Hi Sean,

Dis must be da place...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Ron/Screen%20shot%202011-03-21%20at%2019.52.50.png)

And from your vid...

(http://www.gliderireland.net/forum/images/uploads/Ron/Screen%20shot%202011-03-21%20at%2019.53.41.png)

Yep ..thats the spot...
 Take off on the right side if the road on the slope, land in the field behind you...

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: Ron on March 21, 2011, 20:15:09 PM

Wot's that orange thing?

Title: Here's some gliding for you...
Post by: skyhawk newbie on March 21, 2011, 20:30:20 PM

Quote from: "Ron"

Wot's that orange thing?

A Paraglider wing laid out ready for take off...
you get paragliders there as well :x  ...