Windward for me, the thing was a tank but flew well from the slopes. A far cry from the birds we fly today!
Harry De Boer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 12:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] First Sailplane I built a 2M LIL BIRD by Ray Hayes and Sky Bench, just 2 1/2 years ago. I did fly Doug Adams Big Bird first , but made an Arboreal Landing (landed in a tree). Now I'm hooked! Dennis Hoyle WMSS www.rcsoaring.org ----- Original Message ----- From: James V. Bacus To: soaring@airage.com Sent: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:06:41 -0500 Subject: [RCSE] First Sailplane Before Meyer and Hauch do a transformer thing on the other thread, I know this topic will take off because it hasn't been brought up in some time. Good one for a long weekend... My first Sailplane was a FF Jasco Thermic 50 that I wedged a Kraft brick into and crashed many times, it was frustrating as heck. Covered with tissue and dope. My first Sailplane that really flew was a WindDrifter, and I have one now that is the second one I built that looks like my first, and is over 20 years old. Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537 LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
