(and Elsewhere)
Oliver Kirkwood once again files an international report
I was directed to this flat field
site by the aeromodellismo shop in Santiago. They fly i.c., mostly
.40-size fun stuff and helicopters. There was an electric
park flyer too. There is the usual chat and not enough flying,
but a bbq to finish the day off. Subs are about £50 p.a.
and the City maintains the shade and the strip. I was allowed
to fly free as a guest. They are on 72 and 78? MHz and they sign
in with the rep who writes up frequencies on a white board; a
sort of peg on system which can be followed up.
There was one smash by a pilot who was trying out spins but they
looked like spiral dives to me, and of course one too many, in
front of the sun, and that sudden quiet!
The Hi-light has quite a good climb for a 400 direct on 6x3
and 7 cells in a 60in plane, but perhaps a brushless would be
justified. I think a 2m version would be good too.
We had our July hols in the Atacama.
Here's me with the Zagi on the Grande Dune at the Valle de la
Luna. The dune was a hard climb, and the top is a few thousand
metres above sea level. I felt (and sounded like)
Thomas the tank engine conquering the gradient.