DOMinator in Ireland - Leg 1

Here is the short story about this project, started in 2006!

"RCGroups world slope tour is the tour of a slope glider around the world. The aim of the tour is to have the glider flown at as may fling sites and by as many people as possible. Photo and video documentation is a must at all sites and will be posted on this thread for all to see.
There will be a “were is it now” page, so you can track the progress and see if it is getting close to you.
A $5 donation is required from every one who has a fly; this is to cover postage costs, any money that is left after postage will go to the Eric Molstead Foundation, a fellow RCGroups member that was tragically killed in a plane accident. At the end of the tour the plane (what’s left of it) will be auctioned and the proceeds will also go to Eric’s foundation." Full link here.

Well, after 4 years, the DOM never went in Ireland! This is now done, me being the first to receive it, the plan being for the glider to go on an "Irish Tour", starting by Dublin, Belfast, Kerry, and finally, to Wexford.

A few photos of the box received :

And manage to fly it a few days later, but the first fright was a bit, let's say, special !

A few things needed to be changed, and the main one was to order a new rod for the wing joiner, as the ones delivered, one was broken, and the second one, 3mm too small in diameter ! I also did a new set of rudders, as no way that was flying like that (even the velcro was wrong, loops on loops, don't work!)

And a few photos from nice places, abit of tourism for the DOM ! Wing will be handed over at our annual Glide-in, the 22/05/10