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Old 01-07-2012, 01:45 AM   #8
Rolling Thunder
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Hey fishbonez you will love the wildhawk as a sloper.Got a flying bud who used the wildhawk to learn sloping with.It handled 10mph winds great.Anything over 15mph is a little tough on it.With its relatively large wing area it will get pushed backwards in big winds and as anyone whos sloped before knows once you get behind the ridge you loose all your lift & down she comes unless you got a big enough motor to pull you back in.

But dont let that deter you.Under 10mph is spot on for it.

Out my way we got a spot called the cajon pass.Situated in the san bernadino mountain range.On one side of the mountains is desert.On the other side of the mountains is the cooler ocean air.By the middle of springtime when the deserts heat up the hotter air draws the cooler air up & over this mountain range.Winds blow consistently every afternoon 15 to 25mph every day.Thought for a long time this had to be one of the worst places to fly rc planes.That was untill I found out about slope flying.

Heres a vid of me flying my speedo out at cajon
http://youtu.be/Br6NM8VEjvk
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