Alula Trek Sloping in Coupeville WA

[TexMechsRobot]

This was my first time slope soaring. My parents live on a small hill on Penn Cove near Coupeville WA and every time I visit, there are hawks and eagles soaring over the hill when the wind is coming from the south. I bought the Alula Trek to try and join them and this was the first time I was able to do it. I had some unsuccessful flights before this one and I still have a lot to learn but I think I did ok and had a blast!

EDIT: The quality seems bad right now. I'm going to wait until YouTube allows for the HD version and then I'll put the link back.

EDIT: Apparently, the quality just sucks lol. Here's the video.

 

[nhk750]

Nice! It looks like an eagle flying around. You may want to turn up expo, it will smooth out your control inputs and turn smoother. I need to work on my expo too.

 

[TexMechsRobot]

Some of that was the wind. Having that hawk up there showed me just how bad at it I was lol. It was ROCK SOLID it turbulent, gusty winds. Reminds me that birds that soar will be far better at it than I ever will be!

 

[nhk750]

Ya, I didn't think about you being in the wind...duh, soring requires wind. That would explain the jerky banking. But who am I to make comments about that, I can barely fly and am just glad to get my planes down in one piece.