GliderIreland - Ireland RC Forum - Flying Model forum in Ireland
Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: seb603 on October 25, 2017, 16:26:05 PM
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Hi everyone!
I am new on the forum, thought I could introduce myself here.
Sebastien, 26 years old, from Belgium ("French" part). I moved to Ireland a few weeks ago for professional reasons.
We live a few km North of Dublin.
I used to fly nitro rc aircrafts in a Belgian club, and I think I am going to miss that a lot. Problem solved: let's buy an aircraft and fly here! :)
Ireland seems to be the perfect place for slope soaring... 8) I plan to buy a 2.0m wingspan glider in the coming weeks.
Just a few questions:
- Do you fly during the winter?
- Do I have to register the model (and myself?) at the IAA
- Where and when do you fly? ::) I saw you had a spot in the mountains South of Dublin.
Thank you!
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Hi Seb :),
Welcome to the Emerald Isle., so called because it's very green. (It's the rain that keeps everything so green.)
To answer your questions
1/ Yes we fly during the winter, but not during the rain. (Did I mention that it rains here? :()
2/ If your model is over 1Kg it has to be registered with the IAA and (to be legal) you will also need to have insurance. :-\
3/ There are various locations around Dublin to fly slope soarers, the best person to advise you might be our member called friendly Fred.
He's a Frenchman, (well,...nobody's perfect!) so we don't hold that against him. Fred lives in Dublin and will no doubt reply to your post when he sees it.
I live in Wexford and fly at a place called Mt. Lienster, commonly known as "Big L". Hope to see you down this way some time. :D
Good Luck Seb,
Little Keith
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Hi!
Thank you for your answer! ::)
Sure I'll come and fly at Mt Lienster someday!
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Ok, ok, I am catching up, and finally back in the forum (I missed you guys :-* )
Welcome to the forum Seb!! (bienvenue quoi :) )
So, to answer your questions. Do we fly during winter? IT'S ALWAYS WINTER! :'( ::) But yes, we do, they are usually nice days.. Cold, but nice!
As Keith said, you need to register everything over 800Grs with the IAA. You also need to be a member of the MACI (for insurance).
For a club, you can visit maci.ie for a list of them (there are a few power clubs in Dublin, that depend of your location) and for gliders, well, there is only one, us. We drink and have fun, but overall, we are a nice bunch of misfits! :) Contact me if you want to join. We also provide MACI insurance.
We do fly in Dublin, namely Kilakee. Do you have mean of transport? I can show you the slope(s) etc. I live in Dublin South, but work nearish the quays. And defo, come and join us at any time, regardless of what you are flying! :)