Topic: Central Scotland

Therein lies the problem with most of Scotland as far as our hobby goes,
Fantastic hills, no access.

unless you like yomping up mountains.

The dates for the scottish/Fife Soarer's F3F winter league are:

Nov 20
Dec 11
Jan 15 - 2011
Feb 12 - 2011
Mar 12 - 2011

And if you finish in the top 5 you get to go and race at the Slope Racer Champion of Champions 2011 which is a great race.

All with insurance welcome more info here Fife Soarers... BTW Ron doesn't wear those shorts in the winter

here here ...... bit of a fashion faux pas there

top 5 for champion of champions.....thats like half the club 

50/50 im likin my odds for getting in

I had better check that....

My big scalie short kit arrived today, a slingsby petrel 4.95m from belairdigital.co.uk.

I don't think its going to go too well inverted... big camber and a root rib thats 82mm thick 

Hamburglar,  If we get a full turnout of all the potential F3Fers we can manage at least 13 or 14. We just need to make sure they are encouraged to attend. The main thing to do to help qualify is not miss any races! The Sloperacer rules are a bit ambiguous about numbers of entries because they state 5 in the main body but they specifically say 3 from Scotland near the end and I suspect this is the correct number. I understand their fear of too many marauding Northerners! 

Pete, Hope you get your workshop in use before too much longer and you can get started on your scalie. A nice photo thread would be good!! 

4.95m that'll need a big ballast tube.
wouldnt mind seeing a build thread to peter. so the workshop is well underway then thought u sacked the builder

We could do with getting a few big scalies out at the same time. Not flown the vega for a while and not seen a few big scale models in the air together for much longer. When you getting one george?

When you getting one george?

I have a Dremel fret saw and quite enjoy cutting out parts but I'm liking the short kit idea. Cutting out dozens of pairs of ribs does not appeal

I have another exam in January so all my spare time (well, a lot of it) will be spent with my nose in my books   Once that is over I may well clear the workbench although building a 5 metre span model in my shed could be a challenge. A four-piece wing would be ok but the fuselage looks pretty long   That 1/4 Slingsby Skylark 4 in the Belair range does look lovely.

The one area that does bother me about building a large scale glider is making the canopy but fortunately Traplet produce one for the 1/4 scale Skylark 4  

Having said that if you consider the cost of the short kit, the extra wood, plan, canopy, an acre of Solarartex and the servos that £400 1/3 scale Fox on EBay looks tempting!!

does or has anyone flown from dunrod hill nr greenock. the easterly slope overlooks loch thom and there is a southerly slope too. where do you park? it look like a very handy place to fly for me 

How about Cornalees Bridge Centre Nick?

Bob

sorry bob, not following you?

does or has anyone flown from dunrod hill nr greenock. the easterly slope overlooks loch thom and there is a southerly slope too. where do you park? it look like a very handy place to fly for me 

I posted, How about Cornalees Bridge Centre Nick?

If,,, my memory is correct there is not much room on the road below the Hill. Plus IF my memory is correct there is ample parking at the centre and the angling folk are friendly at a little cafe place. Have a look at Google maps, should show am I correct, or not. I do not know if anyone Slopes at Dunrod Hill though.

Hi,

Yes I know the site above Loch Thom.  You can park at the bridge centre and follow the path from the back of the car park.  I've only ever flown there in E-SE winds and it works pretty well.  From that direction there's truly spectacular rotor in the obvious landing zone just behind the edge, so it's best to walk 50-100m back to the larg flat area.

I gather there's a group of people fly there, but I've never met them.  Must be a couple of years since I was there last.

David

cheers for that david, and yes bob you do remember correctly. looks like the place to park is in the carpark. on the maps i was looking at using the trail that goes up from the farm but dont want to annoy any farmers 

hi guys
new to this forum, im in Paisley just outside Glasgow, the only nearby site i know of just outside Neilston, works in a NW, and according to XCweather Thursday looks like a slope soaring day, thank goodness im only back at work on Monday!!

i'm in erskine so not too far from you  neilston pad work well, but there is also the campsies, and fairlie that are also both not too far away. i'm putting together a couple of wings for some sloping fun and there is a growing group of us that want to do some slope combat. what model(s) are you flying? i mainly fly powered models with CVF over nr kilmacolm.

cheers

nick

hey Nick
i dont know what the site is called in Nielston, all i know is that it overlooks a wee loch and its near a small substation.
dont fly anything fancy, got a 50" storm SL wing from flyingwings for the slope, and a few foamy parkflyers, spent all my money on a TX (Evo 9) so hoping to add to the hangar this year (vat increase not helping )

im well up for some slope combat, and maby some 60" pylon racing

im well up for some slope combat, and maby some 60" pylon racing

The only 60" pylon racing I know of in Scotland is run by the SSA/Fife Soarers. No dates for 2011 yet.  There weren't too many events run last year but maybe we will be luckier this year. Great fun when the weather complies 

G

Hi Guys
Not been on for a while,there is a slope on the Stewarton Road (B769) it is an easterly have flown there a few times it is not the best but it is quite flat on top for landing.
Also there is a south westerly down at the Electric Brae past Ayr some of the guys from the warrix have told me of? Hope this helps

Fife Soarers fixtures

http://www.soaring-fife.co.uk/2011_EVENTS/2011_events.html

Fife Soarers fixtures

http://www.soaring-fife.co.uk/2011_EVENTS/2011_events.html

No Foamies 

G

So where do slope heads fly in and around the Falkirk area?

So when i next visit the outlaws i can get away for my sanity

If you want to go racing you need to head to fife to the lomond hills.
http://www.soaring-fife.co.uk/

But you can get a good bit of sport flying in the pentland hills at various sites. Im up there most sundays 
http://www.forthvalleysoarers.org.uk/

Cheers

Mike

Can anybody tell me of any slopes on the Isle of Arran if they exist as I shall be visiting family in early May.

Thanx Kind Regards

jc

Can anyone in here tell me how to get to the flying site people use in fairlie  in largs. I fancy a wee west coast gliding adventure

Cheers

Mike

if you zoom out from this it should help find it

cheers Nick

Have you been there before? anything to look out for. what  directions does the site work best for
I recognise that plane in your pic from a training and test day at cvf. prop hanging and the like, was a good while ago i was there.

Cheers

Mike

The hill/ridge runs North South, so a westerly it looks like.  I knew the area nearly sixty years ago. Look at it in Google Earth.