Re: [RCSE] Thermal, slope, and power.

1999-08-31 Thread Keith M. Skye
I've been flying slope, thermal and power for a very long time. I started with learning to fly slope and thermal pretty much simultaneously, then got into powered models, progressing from simple, no throttle, rudder/elevator only to scale warbirds with flaps and retracts, etc. to fully aerobatic

Re: [RCSE] Thermal, slope, and power.

1999-08-31 Thread Joel Amado
Wow. Tough job. Are you guys hiring? =) At 08:16 PM 8/31/99 EDT, you wrote: >I fly mostly thermals. I need to fly for 8 hours on a slope - which I hope to >do soon. > >I fly some slimers at work occasionally, but only because they pay me. I want >a raise because they are so messy. I'm trying

Re: [RCSE] Thermal, slope, and power.

1999-08-31 Thread Dan Mackin
Jim I fly our small midwestern slopes for fun and just bashing around. Thermal for the fun of finding those killer thermals. I also fly helicopters. I have three, Ergo 30, Ergo 60 Sport and the Z230 gasser. I actually think the heli flying has helped my sail plane abilities. I always bring