Welcome to The East Sussex Soaring Association

ESSA was formed in 1976 with two objectives. Firstly, to promote the flying of radio controlled gliders on East Sussex downland and, secondly, to work with the BMFA and landowners to ensure continued use of these slopes for slope flying.
We also have a licence with the National Trust which gives members the use of a tow/winch launch site for most of the year.

Club Photographer

Can I ask that at least one committed club member takes it upon themselves to try to get some good photos, more importantly of the competitions but general pictures are also welcome, while writing the scores and review for the Aerobatic competition I realised we don’t have one photo

How to join ESSA

Please use the details on the contact us page for Membership enquiries

or download a copy of our ESSA Flyer 2011

Conduct when using 2.4Ghz

The increasing use of 2.4 is having some unintended consequences for other users, particularly those using 35 MHz.

Firstly, do take care if you are a 2.4 user and also  a 35 user, especially on the same day. It is very easy to stop flying on 2.4, pick up another model on 35 and forget all about frequency control. It has caught two club members out so please do take care and check round all users or use the peg board.

Secondly, there have been two recent incidents, both on the same day, when the main group have been flying on, say, the higher west slope at Longman and others have approached and stopped at the SW bowl to fly. When approached the flyers on the SW bowl have said “Its OK we are on 2.4”. This may be OK for them but how do the flyers on the high west slope know that. They may be forced to land on the assumption that the other guys may be undisciplined users of 35. So please check out other groups who may be flying anywhere near you.

There is a further point that recent entrants to model flying may be using 2.4 and have no understanding of 35 frequency control issues.

Petes Data Sheet For Futaba T10C/T10CG

The Futaba T10C/T10CG is a popular tx, in Glider mode there are a large number of programming settings available, however, sometimes mistakes can occur,  settings accidently left out or you may somehow loose settings, therefore it can be useful to be able to see them  in a written/paper format.  If you wish to take advantage of Pete B’s datasheet then download the date sheet file, it is in pdf format so can be opened with Adobe Reader, print the sheets and then spend a happy hour filling in the settings from your tx.
(If anyone spots an error or maybe I have made an omission then please let me know and I will do the necessary amendment.)
Pete Burgess

Click here for T10C Glider Settings

Euro Tour 2012

Eastbourne is set to host one of the Euro Tour F3F dates in May 2012

Follow the link for more details Euro tour 2012

Essa Aerobatic Competition

22nd April 2012 the Aerobatic competition was held at the Longman, for scores and review click here or use the menu to 2012 results

Please try to attend, ESSA competitions are designed for all level of pilots and all classes of slope soarers.

Frequencies

Thinking of buying a new frequency, fed up with clashes on a Sunday morning? We have started a list of frequencies used by club members - click here

Fancy a Cross Country Flight?

Dave Cox has produced an excellent review of some of the Cross Country flights available in the area. Use the menu on the left or click here for more.