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Looking good for slope soaring, anyone interested?

I'd definatly be in a slope soaring expidition I have a couple of slope models that can be made ready in very short order, just needeing a reciever bind and a radio set up.

but I can't think of any place that works in a south westerly except for the cliff at North Head and that will be turbulent to fly with the wind strength over 15 Kts and there's no posability of recovery if you end up down the bottom. That's probably why no one flys there. Also I don't think it's an aproved sight either.

Doberoid head works in a S'Easter and long reef work's in a N'Easter and the other side of long reef works in S'Easter. If there's more than about 12-15 Knots there won't be any parra gliders to dodge

Bald hill at Stanwell Park is a great spot but It needs an easterly wind

There is a hill owned by the quary off Archabald rd that faces west. I few there once years ago but they asked me to move on. Now there are some big trees in front of it that would spoil the flow up the slope a bit I think.

There is also a place at Mt Annon but I've never been there and I don't know what wind direction it works in.

Can the planes be powered or are they strict?

I've flown electric models at Doberoid Head not that long ago. They were pretty informal about it, much less formal about flying than we are. It's not a club owned field there, It's just a designated area where RC flying is allowed. So anyone can fly there and your covered if your a member of the MAAA

A lot of the of the electric models we fly at PRCAC would be OK on the slope if it were a good day. In fact something like a funjet would make an excellent slope model on a windier day!! Something like a Trogen would be AWSOME too you'd just want to take the under carage off it and land it on it's belly. There isn't much of a strip at most slope flying sights.

I remember having a flying wing balasted with about 1.2Kgs of roofing lead taped to the top of the wings and flying in wind gusting over 40Kts at long reef. That was a blast, a sand blast in fact at times.