FlooredCOBRA

Not to long ago I got my hands on Aero Fly Sim and have been having a good time with it. There are many gliders in there to fly some powered some not. I was looking for some help on how to fly off a slope.

In the sim there is a nice slope to fly off of but I dont know the correct way to keep the glider in air. I turned the wind up some I found the direction of the wind and was able to keep it up in the air after while. I think it was mostly luck though. My question is how are you supposed to keep flying with wind off the slope only? I assume it pushes up and off the slope. Yet I am having a hard time flying them.

Also I seen some very fast gliders flying off a slope going crazy speeds in videos. How can I grab the wind to make the glider pick up speed like those?

slopemeno

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I've never flown slope in a sim, but the bottom line is, the air goes up faster than the plane goes down. Launch, turn, and run along the ridge, and try to fly as fast and level as possible. Use small control inpts, especially the elevator. Turn back 180 degrees and run along the slope. Repeat. You can start to add energy by gently diving between the turnarounds, kinda like a skateboard ramp.

And, hey, get a light combat wing and get out there and do the real thing. Something like a Richter Alula will fly nearly anywhere.

MustangAce

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G3 has a great slope and the Mistral is the plane to fly. Awesome training.

papermache

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your basic slope pattern is an elongated figure 8 turning into the wind on both ends. Your variance will be how close or far away from the slope itself for the best lift line. Once you find it you're sitting pretty.

papermache

FlooredCOBRA

Great thanks for the help guys. I gave it a shot and was able to keep it up in the air for as long as I wanted. Really different type of flying without an engine in nose but it is a lot of fun. I just wish I had the locations like on the sim to really fly at.

Oh another question, how should I adjust the wind speed? What is it like in real ife when you fly off a slope? Is the wind pretty strong or is it a light breeze steady breeze? Right now I have the wind at about 1/4 on the setting. Not sure how many mph it actually is but it did allow me to keep the plane in air.

slopemeno

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Ive flown on days where there was no wind, just the sun heading the slope causing thermals that would come rolling up the slope..and I flew in 55 mph just a month ago. The big air is so much fun you cant believe it. I have a John Higgins "Alias" thats a 60" 70 ounce rocket, and it screams around effortlessly. You can easily do 300' half-pipes, and did a loop tat day that had to be 500' in diameter. You should start looking around for slopes- they're everywhere.

Oh, and go over to "Youtube" and search for "DS" or "Dynamic soaring". They go even faster that way.

satinet

the conditions are very variable - as mentioned above you can fly in insane winds with a "lead sled".

You can also launch your gentle lady and pootle around in thermals.........

different slopes respond differently to wind speed and direction. My local slope is good on a south west and flyable on more southerly or westerly winds, but becomes rubbish in very strong winds, due to the shape of the hill..........

for your 1st tries i would not attempt to fly in very heavy wind, or very light wind - both are a challenge. the best thing is to fly where other people are flying - use their experience rather than your own trial and error.

you might want to see:

http://www.phoenixmp.com/articles/slopeselection.htm