http://www.slopeflyer.com slopeflyer.com slope soaring sites, pilots and photos en-us http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/leg-epp-dvd.shtml This 4-DVD set covers EVERYTHING about building a Leading Edge Gliders PSS slope plane. We take it from right out of the box through building, taping, covering, painting, weathering and even test fly it at the slope with plenty of great general rc slope soaring type info thrown in as well, so don't think this is just for PSS guys. While this video concentrates on the building of one of Jack's 60-inch PSS Warbirds, many of the tips and techniques are applicable to other EPP planes as well as model building in general. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/Rotor_4.shtml In this part, fabrication and installation of the internal parts is demonstrated. The internal parts include the ballast tube, crush blocks, servo trays, canopy formers, and other parts that you can’t see from the outside of the plane. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/new-york-slope-sterling.shtml We like water out in front of our slope sites because without upwind turbulence-makers, we fly in smoother air. One such site available in upstate central New York is Sterling Bluffs in Sterling Park, located on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario, northwest of Syracuse and south of Oswego. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/Rotor_3.shtml After getting the wings mounted, it is time to mount the fin and stab. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/Rotor_2.shtml Rotor Build Part 2: Pitcheron/Wingeron Hardware Installation http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/Rotor_1.shtml Thought I would share my typical TWF assembly procedure. This particular TWF is my version of a Rotor. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/weaselfest-midwest-08.shtml Join us for a Radio Controlled Slope Flying party at The Omega Hills Slope as AstroWings of Wisconsin welcomes slopers to The 1st Annual Midwest WeaselFest; A “Weasel-centric” Sloping Fun Fly to happen concurrently with the West Coast edition on Saturday, April 19th and Sunday, April 20th, 2008 http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/concordia-033008.shtml Chris and I arrived about 11:00 AM near the fisherman statue. The wind was more from the south and I thought that we might be better off flying from the bowl on the north end of Concordia, since the wind came more from the right than on Saturday. So we drove over there, parked, and I set up my 100” Dynamic, which I use as a test plane for first flights when the wind seems light. Temperatures were again about 38 F with a gray sky. This area was somewhat muddy compared to the south end, but it had a larger landing area. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/concordia-032908.shtml We had blue sky at Concordia on Saturday, starting at about 11:00 AM with Greg joining around noon and Dave somewhat later. Winds were ESE, about 13-15 mph, with whitecaps on the water and 38 degree temps. Not a raging wind but plenty of wind to fly my heavy Wizard, even later in the day when the whitecaps disappeared. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/berry-pasture-slope.shtml Berry Pasture Trail has long been a popular hiking trail leading to Burton Peak on Temple Mountain in Sharon, NH. A timber harvest was completed during the summer of 2007 which provides great views of Mount Monadnock and some awesome soaring when winds are blowing from the southwest. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/deer-island-slope.shtml Deer Island is just minutes from downtown Boston and offers both east and west facing slopes. The property is part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. Public areas are open dawn to dusk every day. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/clearmont_slope_soaring.shtml Greg from Florida sent in several slopes in and around the Clearmont area. Nice to know that there is sloping going on in Florida! http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/midwest-weaselfest.shtml http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/twf-vac-sys.shtml http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/mwsc-2006.shtml Hooo, Haaaa! I thought I'd uploaded this a long time ago but apparently not. I was reminded recently that I'd taken a bunch of pix, along with help from Texas James, during the 2006 Midwest Slope Challenge so here they are! http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/merritt-island-slope-soaring.shtml Mirko sent in this report on slope soaring in Florida the 30 foot dunes at Merrit Island located about 10 miles north of Cape Canaveral. If you look closely at the photos you will see the gantries in the background for shuttle launches! http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/twf-joiners_4of4.shtml This is the fourth and final part of a series of articles on installing joiner tubes in sparless TWF wings. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/twf-joiners_3of4.shtml This is the third part of a series of articles on installing joiner tubes in sparless TWF wings. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/twf-joiners_2of4.shtml This is the second part of a series of articles on installing joiner tubes in sparless TWF wings. http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/publish/twf-joiners_1of4.shtml My goals with my sparless wing joiner tube installation technique are 1) to minimize time spent preparing the cores for vacuum bagging the skins on, 2) result in a sufficiently robust structure, and 3) be simple to execute. Using the technique described below, I can have an Ultron, JARTeron, or Rotor prep’d for bagging with a few hours of work, if I do not make any mistakes that require additional time to fixed. I have yet to have a wing in-flight failure, and for those less than optimal landings, this joiner system performs better than a conventional plywood rib and sub-rib system. And, the technique does not require any special jigs or other tools not found in the typical scratch builder’s shop. Here is the step-by-step procedure for joiner tube installation that I use...