My brother Paul and I made it to Cumberland for Saturday's flying. Winds were WNW 15-25. It was COLD, but we had a great day a flying. Thanks to Skip Schow for putting on a really fun event.
There were two highlights for the flying. First was getting on the sticks of Denny Maize's new sloper, the Hammerhead. It is so named based on the appearance of the forward-swept wing. It's a great flyer. It's light enough to go when most 60" slopers can't, but it can also handle lots of ballast for rippin' acro. It's a great all around flyer; thermaling, acro, very fast. etc. Sounds like it will be VERY affordable, too. The second highlight was flying Paul's nats-winning XC ship, the SB-XC. It was the perfect plane for Cumberland. OK, it isn't a killer acro ship, but it ranges out really well, and it got the altitude of the day out over the valley. (The stab was getting hard to see!) The big ship is a delight to thermal and it does very graceful acro. I had fun doing BIG swooping chandelle's. One other note, the lift occasionally flushed yesterday, making an electric like Paul's Seledikin the ideal choice. Easy to launch and with the lift at Cumberland you only need the power to get you out of trouble, in spite of being loaded up with 21 cells. There was another "Sled" with 12 cells that did really well, too. Thanks again, Skip! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
