Solved Ft glider

Hondo76251

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Saw you throw some nose ballast in there, about 2oz maybe. You've done this before.

It was actually pretty windy that day, might even have been a touch more in that flight! lol

in full disclosure, I have no experience with the simple soarer so I am not much good for comparison.
BUT
Even without experience on the matter I'm inclined to side with Sprzout on this one...
What can I say, it flies fairly well if you give it a chance. :)

In my experience, if soaring is what you're after, the TT is not that great.
Like I said, I don't have first hand experience with the SS but it really doesn't take much to beat the TT in that regard...

If you want a simple airframe that can do a lot of things relatively well, from basic soaring to full 4 channel powered acrobatics, I'd go with the Tiny Trainer, but if soaring is your focus I'm not sure its the best candidate.

... but plastic coffee stirrers are so hard to find here in California...
and as a Wyoming cowboy who's lived in the peoples socialist republic, I take my hat off and solemnly morn the loss of another of your freedoms... If only plastic straws were the worst of your problems... but I digress...
 
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Elvis

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Here's a Glider

P.s. Sprzout I found your whipit
 

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sprzout

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There's only a few spots on the bluff that are potential leg breakers. It was in a somewhat stable crevice.

That crevice would explain why I couldn't see it from above or below easily. Thanks again for finding it - I'll see if I can get down to Dave's Sat. afternoon or Sun. :)
 

bracesport

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My FT spitfire is a bit twitchy for me as a novice on the slope (small ailerons), all my ships that slope including the spit weigh a minimum of 900g up to 1.2kgs with wings 900mm up to 1.6m and generally have full length ailerons - my hotliner has small ailerons too but is a super efficient design so flies well.

Our slope has higher wind with lots of lift - you can hear is in the launch videos - nevertheless the spit wing design seems plenty strong enough - mine is permanently glued - last time out it had no ballast weighing 900g and did not fly as well - first time out it had 350g of ballast and flew heaps better (not bad for an FT foamy)!
 

Elvis

Member
Do you use a drone to rescue?

That would be really cool but I don't have the equipment. If anything it could make for a fun game like capture the flag with drones! Maybe setup a grabber like those arcade machines. Unfortunately I have only used my legs and hands for plane retrieval.

The cliff in question is one I've been crashing at for over 16 years and I know every nook and cranny. A lot of guys are hesitant to try Slope because not everyone is comfortable throwing their plane off a cliff... which, you know, seems pretty logical.

"What happens if it goes down" is a really common question. Some people don't have the physical ability, and really it's just not a great idea to try and scale a beach bluff if you're not experienced with that sort of thing - especially since the recent rains have caused more erosion.

Most areas at this hill are pretty easy and safe to access if your plane goes down but there are some spots that can be sketchy.
 
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ja_ovalle

Member
Thakns for all of your advice, just bought a spifire so I also should give that one chance to slope soar, as I noticed it seemed to be a great slope soarer as you guys mention, as I have extra parts I will probably build a tiny trainer and then get real crazy

Thanks