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How to choose
your model ....
Hand Launch Glider (HLG) |
Power Glider |
PSS Fighter |
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Suits beginner,
light winds. Good for thermal hunting and also "scratching for
lift" when slope lift is marginal.
Lots of dihedral "vee-shape" on the wings makes this easier to
fly than other types.
Can fly from flat ground with hand launch or a high start
bungee.
The discus side-launch version is called
Longshot a wonderful plane made from
laminated epoxy glass & carbon |
Like the classic
glider but with power and folding prop added. When there
is no lift this one still flies.
You can use the power to get home if you're "stranded" down in
the valley at the bottom of the slope.
But most of all - you can fly from flat fields away from the
slope. Just switch on the motor, launch, fly!
We like the
Daisy as it is very suitable and also tough. |
When the wind is
really whistling by, you have a choice. Thinner wings (hot
soarer)
or shorter wings (PSS fighter).
The fighter cost less, 750 -1100mm span electric soaring ones are best.
Try Mustang, Me109,
Focke Wulf 190,
Skyraider,
Kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony",
Hawker Typhoon |
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Scale Glider |
Hot Fibreglass Soarers |
Aerobatic Flying Wing
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Modern scale
sailplanes. Graceful, beautiful handling, efficiently flying
even if there is only a breath of lift. Everyone should have at
least one scale modern glider.
They are all sizes, 2 metre up to 5 meter wingspan! |
Here is a Cappucino.
Fredy is another. Sleek, efficient, and very fast. Nothing beats one of these for
soaring in high winds. Speeds of over 150mph are no big deal for
these kind of models. But they also can fly slow too for safe
landings. |
This is a Sport Wing
(light version) Flying wings are simple, cheap, very tough, and
great fun.
Made of foam so as to easily repairable.
Wings become a workhorse for many days enjoyment in the sky. |
To begin learning from a
slope, just get a Daisy. It does everything you can do, is lively to
fly, and will be lots of use later. If you are learning as a flat
field flier choose either Daisy power version, or Joy HLG.
A good move up from Joy is Daisy.
A good move up from Daisy could be PSS Skyraider, or Me109, or maybe a
flying wing. You will eventually get both, because the wing gives more
aerobatics, and the fighter gives more speed, and we all like a little
of both kinds of flying !. If you want small and crazy, try a
Mad Dog |