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Competition News

The last competition if of the year, F3F, was held on 2nd November and won by Tom Noble
results here

Well done John!

Picture copyright Mike Shellim, RC-Soar.com

John, Gary, Tom and Julian all went to the Welsh Open this year with high expectations... Unfortunately we were not blessed with consistent conditions and there were only 3 complete rounds flown over the 2 days.

However, John managed to make the absolute best of it and was not only crowned Welsh Open Champion 2008 but also managed to scoop the Fastest Time of the Competition trophy as well with an exceptionally well flown 42 second run on the back of the Wrecker which is probably the hardest slope in Wales! Time to build some more shelves John!

Gary (37th), Tom (32nd) and Julian (40th) all donated their thermals to John! Big thanks to Kevin and Andrzej for organizing in difficult conditions (at least we had no rain!).

More info and reports can be found on the following sites - www.rc-soar.com and www.knewt.com

Newsletter

The September 2008 edition of our club newsletter Soarpoint is available to download in pdf version.

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

Dave Cox and his scratch built (building) Vulcan

UPDATED 3/08/07

Dave has spent most of the last 3 years building it :-)... Read about it here!

(June 08... Anyone seen Dave recently for an update? J)

Gary decides to modify his Pike

"Went up firle for a quick fly, had one flight went ok so I landed and filled up with lead. Threw it off again, whizzing up and down got a bit low and close to the fence. The picture tells the rest of the story. The wing is repairable but fuselage not much good. At least the fuselage fitted in the boot on the way home!"   click the image for a larger version

Interesting Eastbourne live weather station

Chris Bell found this, a real-time wind reporting service in Eastbourne! - 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.