Finding the core of the thermal and staying there is such a skill, especially as it's invisible 👍 Lovely flight even with the extra challenge of the sun in your eyes 😎
Thank You for your words! Yes, the slight elevation of the nose of the plane helps to indicate when the plane passes through a heat bubble. I now find thermals from these signs. It helped that I made the glider a bit nose-light (removed some of the nose weight). It is usually the case that the elevations are facing the sun, as if the heat energy were coming from the sun. :) Somewhere this is understandable.
some beautiful flying. I really like how you can turn so tight and flat. It was a nice day here today, but my longest flight was 1 minute lol. Looks like I'm a better builder than a pilot. :) I need more time flying I guess. Thanks for the video, it's inspiring.
Thank You! I wanted to finally have a self-made DLG in good condition that I could get away with. Now I can see the limitations and the performance that can be gotten out of it, although I will still test a factory DLG when the servos arrive. In the beginning, I also had flight times of 1 minute or less. The good thing about this is that no two flights are the same. Then somehow the thermals came to see and maybe catch them. I think I often did not fly in suitable weather conditions. These calm times are for adjusting and trimming the glider, I think. I wish You nice flying minutes and successful construction!
Finding the core of the thermal and staying there is such a skill, especially as it's invisible 👍 Lovely flight even with the extra challenge of the sun in your eyes 😎
Thank You for your words! Yes, the slight elevation of the nose of the plane helps to indicate when the plane passes through a heat bubble. I now find thermals from these signs. It helped that I made the glider a bit nose-light (removed some of the nose weight). It is usually the case that the elevations are facing the sun, as if the heat energy were coming from the sun. :) Somewhere this is understandable.
some beautiful flying. I really like how you can turn so tight and flat.
It was a nice day here today, but my longest flight was 1 minute lol.
Looks like I'm a better builder than a pilot. :) I need more time flying I guess.
Thanks for the video, it's inspiring.
Thank You! I wanted to finally have a self-made DLG in good condition that I could get away with. Now I can see the limitations and the performance that can be gotten out of it, although I will still test a factory DLG when the servos arrive. In the beginning, I also had flight times of 1 minute or less. The good thing about this is that no two flights are the same. Then somehow the thermals came to see and maybe catch them. I think I often did not fly in suitable weather conditions. These calm times are for adjusting and trimming the glider, I think. I wish You nice flying minutes and successful construction!
got some nice altitude
Thank You! The highest altitude was 57m according to telemetry.
How do you form core, is it sanded or hot wire cut?
I used this foamcore preparing method.
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It is very simple to hold and make the airfoiled shape on this way.