Local records

HLG Duration, on the flat for Hand launched gliders

Tony had a flight of 3:33 mins on Minch with his HLG

Thermal duration, on the flat; winch or Electric

Phil 14:44  minutes on Minch Electric 11/01/2013 Friday afternoon
 

Height: thermal or of the slope

South Cotswold Soaring Association

20th January 2013

Due to the bad road conditions and the probability of a NE wind tomorrow, ie
Rodborough and -6 Deg C wind chill  we are going to postpone the comp. yet again.

Fees 2013

 Senior   £40.00 (Include BMFA membership and insurance costing £32.00)

Associate member:-  £8.00 ,  Junior        £17:00

Membership form

Mike wins the paper plane contest

After there was some heli flying

Download 2013 membership application form. no fee increase

Indoor flying every Saturday until March 2013.
6.00pm - 8.00pm. Bentham Country Club

Cost as of 1st December 2012 £6.00 per session for seniors.
£1.00 for juniors.

Non GMFC members very welcome BMFA insurance or similar required.

Photos from Saturday

Numbers were down due the cold weather, in one slot I was the only member in the air

Quadcopters are the latest craze, matching the helis in numbers and getting very sophisticated
The Beetle has three gyros and three accelerometers making it super stable, it will flip in four directions or hover rock solid

Andy's (seen below) has GPS and self levelling, the screen is great aid to setting up

Video clip 

Print a membership form.

Calendar of events  http://www.malvernsoaringassociation.co.uk/cal13.html

Monday

An Electric session on Minch 

Tuesday

A day without much lift, at times it seemed all the air was sinking
I got in one good flight, this could have been longer but I was put off by answering the phone 

Wednesday

A very cold afternoon at Haresfield with some snow flurries I flew my AVA but could only launch to 100 metres as the fog was descending

You can see the frost in the photos of Adam with his Elf
Andy's 3d model wouldn't fly as the lipos did not like the cold
 

Thursday

Friday

Sunday

Rodborough very cold