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How to slope soar Mynydd Meio | Bird of Prey attacks glider
This is a guide to how to find Meio and where to fly once you're there.
If you require any further info then please leave a comment and I'll get back to you.
One thing that I did forget to mention in the video, is that the main slope faces south westerly. The northern end of this slope then swings around to the right to face NNW to NW. Follow the path to the back of the hill which then faces NNE to NE.
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Відео

Woodspring Wings Model Aircraft Show 2023
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Josh and I enjoyed a day out at the Woodspring Wings model aircraft show. A fab day until the rain came in.
Light wind slope soaring with Thomas from Germany
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Thomas contacted me on Instagram, saying he was coming to South Wales on holiday and could I tell him where to fly. So better than that, I arranged to meet Thomas. The weather was good but the wind was very light at about 7 mph. A few of the local guys joined us for a few hours and we did have a good day.
Vintage Original SAS Thing
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My flying buddy Josh aqcuired this 1980's? vintage SAS Thing. We think that this may be the original balsa built model prior to the EPP production version of the SAS Wildthing. Unless you know better? Comments below please as we'd love to know more about this model.
Easter Soaring Session - Part 2
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My second day of flying and the wind had turned to south easterly and around 8 mph, so our best bet was to fly the light weight foamie chevron wings. Also because the hill is covered in dried, dead ferns which could scratch or damage other model materials.
Easter Soaring Session - Part 1
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Easter Good Friday. A thermal soaring session with a few guys on the top of Mynedd Meio in south Wales. Part 2 to follow where Josh and I hiked to the top of Blaen Bran to fly foamie slope soarers in a light south easterly breeze. Don't forget to subscribe and share with your friends.
1st Slope Soaring session of 2023 and it's flippin cold!
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A couple of hours out flying the slope at Manmoel Common near Ebbw Vale in S Wales, and it was a wee bit chilly. Wearing fingerless thermal gloves I could only fly for a few minutes before my finger tips felt like they were freezing. Models flown were the Beevolution (chevron wing) SAS Models Wildthing mk3 FVK Signal Valenta L213 A
Rain rain rain & Cows again
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It's been weeks since I've been able to do any flying, mostly due to every weekend being rainy. But I took a chance today and managed one flight before rain stopped play again. My GoPro Hero 7 is acting up and working intermittently. Ideally I'd upgrade to the new Hero 10, but unfortunately with the rising cost of living, and Christmas just around the corner, I can't afford that at the moment. ...
Dynaflite Bird of Time - 1st Hi Start launches
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Launching my Dynaflite Bird of Time on a homemade 90 metre hi-start. Watch how it goes.
Slope Soaring the Bwlch & PSS A4 Skyhawk maiden flight
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A fun day on one of my favourite slopes, with a bunch of guys and a bunch of different models. Great fun & great banter. What more can you want from a day's flying?
Slope Soaring Dodman Point Cornwall
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Slope Soaring Dodman Point Cornwall
FVK Signal flies again & fly tipping on our slope
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FVK Signal flies again & fly tipping on our slope
August light wind slope soaring & the farmer has blocked our parking lay-by!
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August light wind slope soaring & the farmer has blocked our parking lay-by!
Vintage Gliders Weekend - Part 2
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Vintage Gliders Weekend - Part 2
Vintage Gliders Weekend & landing out (the walk of shame)
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Vintage Gliders Weekend & landing out (the walk of shame)
Summer Soaring
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Summer Soaring
Awesome Welsh Slope Soaring
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Awesome Welsh Slope Soaring
Vintage Robbe Verso trimming flights & a curious Red Kite
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Vintage Robbe Verso trimming flights & a curious Red Kite
Llantrisant MFC guest visit & FrSky Tandem X20
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Llantrisant MFC guest visit & FrSky Tandem X20
PSS Fly For Fun - Day 2
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PSS Fly For Fun - Day 2
BMFA Centenary Record Attempt
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BMFA Centenary Record Attempt
PSS Fly For Fun - Day 1
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PSS Fly For Fun - Day 1
May Day holiday flying
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May Day holiday flying
Bird of Time glass fibre repair
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Bird of Time glass fibre repair
Vintage Robbe Verso 1st flight
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Vintage Robbe Verso 1st flight
Vintage Robbe Verso CG test flights
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Vintage Robbe Verso CG test flights
Micro Bird of Time 2022 | flight problems
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Micro Bird of Time 2022 | flight problems
Easter Good Friday on the slope
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Easter Good Friday on the slope
Foamie slope fun on Blaen Bran
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Foamie slope fun on Blaen Bran
TR1 Mantis 1st flight & MPX Heron in a huge thermal
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TR1 Mantis 1st flight & MPX Heron in a huge thermal

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @WhereintheWorldisWales
    @WhereintheWorldisWales 14 днів тому

    A great video. Nice and calming to watch you fly. I hope you got everything sorted out with the farmer.

  • @r-k.fotografie2071
    @r-k.fotografie2071 24 дні тому

    we live for such days - Wonderful Country

  • @whoisthispianist194
    @whoisthispianist194 26 днів тому

    The trick to making a good video about any particular topic is to not talk about yourself and any other unrelated thing first. If the title of your video is about the thing people are interested in there’s no need to begin by talking about yourself, your day, or even the weather.

  • @beka8113
    @beka8113 2 місяці тому

    ... and the sheep jumps...

  • @davidjennings2733
    @davidjennings2733 2 місяці тому

    What a beautiful bird indeed.. I just love this plane.. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dfwfence
    @dfwfence 3 місяці тому

    What exactly does this do? Benefits over standard pull pull

  • @DiannaHough
    @DiannaHough 4 місяці тому

    I have flown Uontrol since I was 7. But RC has become my field of choice. It is so much fun. Been flying FAI control line Had a diesel that was ding about 88 mph and was fun also. . Love the friends you meet at these events, Have fun. Chuck _ c

  • @tyrinvanbaalen9999
    @tyrinvanbaalen9999 4 місяці тому

    Hi Steve, do you perhaps have the plans for this glider? I've bought one but it hasn't come with any.

  • @powerhousepaperairplanesrogers
    @powerhousepaperairplanesrogers 5 місяців тому

    I don't know if there is anything more beautiful on earth. Flight is number 1# for me

  • @samsmith2939
    @samsmith2939 6 місяців тому

    Brilliant video. I had no idea on how to get to the Meio and that it was so close to me. Please do one for the Bwlch. I hear many flyers saying they are going slope soaring at the Bwlch. I have no idea how to get there.

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring 6 місяців тому

      Yes, that is something I must do 👍

  • @ntr0pic
    @ntr0pic 6 місяців тому

    I've been asked to desist in flying my Baudis Banana at Dodman point by the NT warden (good few years ago now. 20+) Told me it wasn't allowed because of nesting birds.

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring 6 місяців тому

      The same thing has happened at St Agnes. But it isn’t the NT who have brought this ruling in, it’s Natural Resources England who put pressure on the NT to stop allowing model flying & paragliding on their Cornish sites. The fact that nesting birds are more likely to be disturbed by walkers and dogs off leads is irrelevant. More fun policing in operation 😤

  • @johnfreeman7005
    @johnfreeman7005 7 місяців тому

    Good on you Nick, was sure nice to see, i have the same glider and have not been came to high start. Please tell me ,what thickness and how long was your rubber. Im guessing you had too lengths . I have two 8mm dia .ten meters long, is that similar to what you used and hopefully that's enough. Would really like to know what you used. Thanks for sharing john.

    • @scottyreeves8179
      @scottyreeves8179 19 днів тому

      Hey there... I have a Great Planes, Sprit 100 , and my surgical tubing is 3/8" and 35 feet long. And the string is 150 feet. I use a fish scale to stretch it back to 20 pounds on the scale. And I'm getting 400 foot launches. Try that brother !! Let me know how it goes !!

  • @pierrealban2121
    @pierrealban2121 7 місяців тому

    hello, I don't like to give advise when it's not asked, but for my part you really need much more ailerons = At least x3. That's aerobatic glider, not an easy glider ! I know very well lot of Valenta's gliders and I know sometime we have to work at bench to get a good servo travel. For Roll we need fest response but for gust too. have nice flights with this beautiful glider.

  • @edwojtecki3851
    @edwojtecki3851 7 місяців тому

    The serenity of watching your plane fly on such a nice day takes me back to my days flying a Melora a dihedral plane with the same flight characteristics. Cheers

  • @Garethfrostturkeythroat113
    @Garethfrostturkeythroat113 8 місяців тому

    Hello I have the easy glider 4, would you recommend the Heron

    • @theoutdoorlife4870
      @theoutdoorlife4870 8 місяців тому

      Hi Gareth. Yes I would recommend the Heron. It’s a good full house glider that is forgiving and thermals well.

    • @Garethfrostturkeythroat113
      @Garethfrostturkeythroat113 8 місяців тому

      @@theoutdoorlife4870 thank you

  • @outlandersss8828
    @outlandersss8828 8 місяців тому

    Amazing Flight of the Heron. Can you tell me how to get those height readings as you enter the thermals. Which Transmitter, which voice etc? Many thanks...

    • @theoutdoorlife4870
      @theoutdoorlife4870 8 місяців тому

      My TX is the FrSky X20 which has built in telemetry & voice call outs, in conjunction with a FrSky RX which also has in built telemetry. It’s just a case then of setting up which telemetry readouts you want in the tx settings. It’s fairly easy with modern radios and why I upgraded from my Hitec A9.

  • @unisam71
    @unisam71 8 місяців тому

    super nice

  • @susansinclair4914
    @susansinclair4914 8 місяців тому

    Great video that brought back memories. God knows how you got that piano up there though.

  • @oldcornix8910
    @oldcornix8910 9 місяців тому

    Sorry, my dear, but that's not professional. The repair must initiate the force at the point of greatest load. 1. The material around the fracture is ground out 2. The glass mat is placed in layers 3. The resin is applied sparingly. This is how it goes and then...💪👌👍

  • @RickStringer-m3g
    @RickStringer-m3g 10 місяців тому

    Love your style of flying. Keep it up !

  • @Colin_Holloway
    @Colin_Holloway 10 місяців тому

    John's flying video's are our Bob Ross!

  • @modellerjeff
    @modellerjeff 11 місяців тому

    That brings back memories as I learnt to slope soar on Mynydd Meio in the 1970s. It looks more scruffy and unkempt down by the road now.

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring 11 місяців тому

      The local farmer puts his cattle on the ground by the road in winter and they turn it into a boggy mess. Such a shame.

  • @madsloper
    @madsloper 11 місяців тому

    Do you know if anyone has developed a full house sailplane template for the Ethos X20 system like the one for Opentx?

  • @jasona9393
    @jasona9393 Рік тому

    That A4 Skyhawk was fantastic, congratulations!

  • @jasona9393
    @jasona9393 Рік тому

    Watch the dog when the B52 goes up! Hilarious!

  • @davidmartin1093
    @davidmartin1093 Рік тому

    I remember a lovely Summer's evening flying from Kent's Holly Hill slope. It was nearing sunset past 9pm floating my Sunduster glider too and fro on the very light breeze seeing hot air balloons taking off from Leeds castle in the distance with their bright glowing intermittent burners going and gradually getting bigger and bigger in the sky. The orange from the sunset was lighting up the Sunduster's semi translucent tissue covering and for 20 minutes or so I created memories that will last the rest of my life. Great times. A very relaxing video thanks...👍

  • @CheifyRC
    @CheifyRC Рік тому

    Great video. We will be looking to put another event on in the new year. 🤛

  • @heartsoul4386
    @heartsoul4386 Рік тому

    Great! I see there is the Heron and the Solius. Which do you think is the better aircraft? I hear the Solius is quite arobatic, but is the heron also capable? I'm thinking of pure slope gliding in my case. Thanks!

  • @stevenvater8720
    @stevenvater8720 Рік тому

    Great flying mate, we got 213s and they take some beating

  • @stevenvater8720
    @stevenvater8720 Рік тому

    What's the power train? Fan, lipo

  • @paulthurston2883
    @paulthurston2883 Рік тому

    Hi Steve and all. Once I had the wing pylon in the correct position on the fuselage, I glued it using Airfix/Poly cement. Run a bead around each loop, back and front. It won't come unstuck. Makes this great little glider so much more ejoyable without the wing moving all over the place.

  • @paulthurston2883
    @paulthurston2883 Рік тому

    Rudder, Elevator will not help if your model gets caught in a thermal. Best bet is a DT.

  • @paulthurston2883
    @paulthurston2883 Рік тому

    I ended up using epoxy and PVA to glue the wings and tail feathers. Plastic glue (poly cement to glue the spinner). Worked great. I had to ditch the supplied rubber as it kept breaking so I bought 1/4 Lb of 1/8 FAI Tan Sport. I'm using the same 4 strands as per the 1/16 supplied rubber. It works well. Loads of power and runtime. No breakages so far. Now I need to add a DT timer or one channel RC. A really nice model. My RC planes are gathering dust. Rubber powered Free flight is so much fun. Back to basics.

  • @martinj9251
    @martinj9251 Рік тому

    Just Elevator & rudder?

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring Рік тому

      Yes, rudder & elevator only.

    • @w3vjp568
      @w3vjp568 4 місяці тому

      @@A470RCSoaringyou’d never know it by the way the BoT turns.

  • @MelindaGreen
    @MelindaGreen Рік тому

    What's the timestamp for the raptor encounter? I recommend adding it to your chapters since it's in your title. I love glider combat more than anything but sadly our group was broken up by the Great Polarization and just people aging out.

  • @paulthurston2883
    @paulthurston2883 Рік тому

    Hi Steve, great video. Could we not use epoxy (sparingly) to join the wings, and tail feathers ? I'm not a big fan of using packing tape and I don't think there would be much, if any additional weight. I saw a video where someone used PVA, but I wouldn't trust it for bonding the carbon spar or this type of foam.

  • @paulthurston2883
    @paulthurston2883 Рік тому

    I just ordered one. There is something magical about rubber powered, free flight models. I have a Gollywock I am hoping to build too.

  • @angelanbrentenlowndavis2949

    I love these bird of times. I have one thats 30 years old or better and an original in the box. Also a sagita 600 and 900. Rc soaring is the best. Great videos thanks. ❤

  • @tomcarmody1189
    @tomcarmody1189 Рік тому

    I had an opportunity to stay in St. Agnes for a few weeks this summer and fly with John Woodfield, a real gentleman and great flyer. Traveled south to Cudden Point when the wind was south. Flying anywhere in Cornwall is a treat. Will be back !!

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring Рік тому

      Great stuff. John is such a lovely guy. Have you seen my interview with John on my channel?

    • @tomcarmody1189
      @tomcarmody1189 Рік тому

      Yes I really liked the interview. Also saw his video where he emptied out his shop of all his planes !!!!@@A470RCSoaring

  • @michaelshellim5534
    @michaelshellim5534 Рік тому

    Glad you’re enjoying the template as I enjoyed the vid - those clouds are to die for 14:22 ! Just one point, there is no elevator compensation mix needed in speed mode as the reflex is preset, simply adjust the elevator trim.

  • @joobydooby
    @joobydooby Рік тому

    We used to have a standing joke about power off the slope - "Every launch, with motor on, causes the pilots balls to shrink ever-so-slightly, until eventually, they disappear..." ;-) Much prefer to chuck her off and fight for it, only giving in to the motor when admitting defeat!

  • @stepheny6321
    @stepheny6321 Рік тому

    Interesting video. Amazing how short a drive it is from the busy roads

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring Рік тому

      Of course I did edit a lot of the drive out, or everyone would have clicked away from my video before I’d even reached the M4/A470 junction. From my home to the slope is about 40 minutes ish, and the motorway is only 5 minutes from my home. Distance wise it isn’t far but I do drive quite slowly down those country lanes as I often come across walkers, horses etc.

  • @RcAircraft
    @RcAircraft Рік тому

    That was great. 👍👍👍

  • @meljones7066
    @meljones7066 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing, it is good of you. I`ve come across fellow flyers who are quite reluctant to share location of flying sites for fear of over crowding, nice to see that you are not amongst them.

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring Рік тому

      There’s no fear of overcrowding up there. If we get 5 or 6 fliers there at any one time, then that’s a busy day for us. More often than not it’s just my flying buddy Josh & myself.

  • @johnf3f810
    @johnf3f810 Рік тому

    Great guide to the Meio! Now what about a couple or three guides to the Bwlch slopes? Show them what big lift is like 😁

    • @A470RCSoaring
      @A470RCSoaring Рік тому

      If we get some flyable weather on a weekend then I could do that. But I do have plenty of videos in my playlist that show a lot of flying the Bwlch. But certainly something to think about for the autumn.

    • @johnf3f810
      @johnf3f810 Рік тому

      Yes you have a number of videos from the Bwlch. What I liked about this vlog was the complete guide to getting to and flying the slope, very useful for those who haven't flown them! Hope to catch up with you again soon.

    • @jeffridj
      @jeffridj Рік тому

      Excellent thanks for a great guide. Just what's needed. Would love to see similar for other sites. Not sure if you said the wind direction for the slope you were actually flying on but I believe its south west?

  • @docwunder1628
    @docwunder1628 Рік тому

    The bird only wants to play.😅

    • @RcAircraft
      @RcAircraft Рік тому

      Yes, Show him who is boss. 👍

  • @mgman6000
    @mgman6000 Рік тому

    Had a hawk attack my zagi once he left claw marks in the foam

  • @user-AdiUtomo
    @user-AdiUtomo Рік тому

    Fly max joooooon

  • @CliffHarveyRCPlanes
    @CliffHarveyRCPlanes Рік тому

    It would have been interesting to see what he would have done if you've done a loop 🤔😁

  • @theprinceofliberia6793
    @theprinceofliberia6793 Рік тому

    wow amazing!!!! I have the same exact kit. I bought it from Hobby Warehouse