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Slope Soaring / Re: 2026 Aerotow at CMAC Littlesilver
« on: May 06, 2026, 09:49:26 AM »
Just home last night from a great weekend in Cork.
Many thanks to Fred and Ralph for the towing and the CMAC for the use of their flying site.
3 or 4 flights on Saturday with the ASW 17 with plenty of thermals about, at one point we had 4 gliders in the air at the same time and a flight that lasted for about 40 min only ended out of choice.
I had one attempted flight with the SG-1 which towed up perfectly only to go out of control once released and it spun to the ground, on retrieval it was somehow still in one piece but missing the pilot. I suspect that the lack of a qualified pilot and the resulting rearward cg caused my problems. One flight for me on Sunday before rain shut us down, I think that John and Ralph had two flights each.
Monday a nice sunny morning and we arrive on site around 10.15 am rig up and for some strange reason Ralphs tug fails to start despite everyone's best efforts to help. We start to pack up our large models and plan to fly some electric powered planes instead.
John heads off home and Richard has some flights with his Macchiato before having to leave. I had continued to pack up when Brendan arrived with his tug I decided to rig the ASW 17 again. By this time Ralphs tug was running once more and both Brendan and myself had a great afternoon flying. I had nine flights and Brendan had quite a few also, very week thermals if any were found and all flights were quite short resulting in a big improvement in my landings.
Already looking forward to the July event and hopefully one in Roundwood at the end of the month.
Thanks again to all
Joe
Many thanks to Fred and Ralph for the towing and the CMAC for the use of their flying site.
3 or 4 flights on Saturday with the ASW 17 with plenty of thermals about, at one point we had 4 gliders in the air at the same time and a flight that lasted for about 40 min only ended out of choice.
I had one attempted flight with the SG-1 which towed up perfectly only to go out of control once released and it spun to the ground, on retrieval it was somehow still in one piece but missing the pilot. I suspect that the lack of a qualified pilot and the resulting rearward cg caused my problems. One flight for me on Sunday before rain shut us down, I think that John and Ralph had two flights each.
Monday a nice sunny morning and we arrive on site around 10.15 am rig up and for some strange reason Ralphs tug fails to start despite everyone's best efforts to help. We start to pack up our large models and plan to fly some electric powered planes instead.
John heads off home and Richard has some flights with his Macchiato before having to leave. I had continued to pack up when Brendan arrived with his tug I decided to rig the ASW 17 again. By this time Ralphs tug was running once more and both Brendan and myself had a great afternoon flying. I had nine flights and Brendan had quite a few also, very week thermals if any were found and all flights were quite short resulting in a big improvement in my landings.
Already looking forward to the July event and hopefully one in Roundwood at the end of the month.
Thanks again to all
Joe