Soprano at 2000ft

[Brendan Miller]

So today I was out at our field and caught some really nice lift that was over me, I wanted to see how high I could go till I felt uncomfortable, which was 2000ft. What is your highest with a R/C TD glider?

[atmosteve]

Wow Brendan, thats respectably high!

I don't know what my past ceilings were when I flew a Sag 900 competitively years ago, we didnt have logging devices back then.
The thermaller I am building now sure is getting a zlog though, so we will see. :D

[Curare]

um, so high I lost sight of it.

It went into cloud base, so I'd assume that was above 2000 ft.

[Wingtech]

Flew A 100" rudder elevator to over 2000 it was just a pin prick thought I'd lost it but a spin and some inverted got it back.

Altitude was verified by a hanglider who was several hundred feet below me :D and came to find me when he landed as he had never seen a model go so high :D

Did a simillar thing with the same plane on top of dartmoor and 2 jets came over my head at a very low altitude,completley lost site of model but put it into spin and eventually caught site of it again 2 of my most memorable flight's


steve

[Brendan Miller]

I could have gone higher, but it just wasn't comfortable. It was just cool to see the plane that high. It makes me wonder how high I can get the astro jeff.

[lincoln]

A guy in our club flies a Wing Dragon as high as, I recall, 2100 feet. He's got very good eyes. I can see it when it's that high, but only if I know where to look, and it takes a long time to find it.

[rc7]

What is your highest with a R/C TD glider?
787 meter (2500 ft) with my BubbleDancer some weeks ago. The sky was clear so there wasn't any trouble with visibility.
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[harleym]

Loren Blinde of Lincoln, NE put his 2nd Genie LT/S to near 3,000 feet. Go to page 16 of the Gallery file at http://genie.rchomepage.com/.

[slopecat]

I'm not sure. A couple of weeks ago I had it very high though. I was starting to have trouble seeing it. A couple of times I took my eyes of it for a couple seconds and I had trouble finding it again. Thats not a good feeling!

Unfortunately I lost the data on my RAM2 alitimeter as I was uploading it into the compuer so I don't know how high I was. I did manage a personal best thermal flight of 26:00 though. I was surprised I did so well as the winds were a steady 20mph with gusts to 30mph. The highest that I have on record is about 1856'.

I have a contest tomorrow morning. Hopefully I can catch another one like I did last time out.

Mike

[Robglover]

I've had an Astro Jeff over 4000 ft with a Picolario reporting the altitude. I've had SBXCs higher, but without a reporting or recording altimeter on board. The highest I remember hearing for my Supra has been 2700 ft. Ava at 2500 is no problem.

[Brendan Miller]

wow thats high, I should really finish my astro jeff.

[tkallev]

Last weekend I put my HKM Nimbus 4 (6.6 Meter) about 4100 under high gray overcast. Earlier in the day under a clear blue sky, 2400 was about it.

I generally lose my Icon stabs around 3,000 ft, I've had an SBXC over 5,000 ft and was a spotter (with wide angle binocs) for Jack Hiner when he set the R/C Glider altitude record over 6,000 ft.

There are stories (confirmed) of Troy Lawicki over 4,000 ft with a 2M Duck, but the wing has a chord like an ironing board:rolleyes:

YMMV, color, contrast, haze and your eyes are all factors.

tk

[jtlsf5]

There are stories (confirmed) of Troy Lawicki over 4,000 ft with a 2M Duck, but the wing has a chord like an ironing board:rolleyes:
tk


I was flying with Troy at Traverse City, both of us flying 2M Ducks, don't remember what year (possibly 1987). Both specked, stabs not visible, planes just barely visible. A passing full scale pilot confirmed our altitude at just over 3000' agl. That was 20 years ago when I had better eyes. I hadn't heard of a Duck at 4000', but it wouldn't surprise me, Troy has great distance vision.

My 100K XC flight in 2006 was altitude logged and showed a max altitude at 3950' agl with many climbs to over 3000' agl.

JT

[Robglover]

JT -

You'll be happy to know that I had the Windsong up to 1700 today. I could have gone much higher, but I was playing the catch and release game. She's a sweety in good air.

[jtlsf5]

JT -

You'll be happy to know that I had the Windsong up to 1700 today. I could have gone much higher, but I was playing the catch and release game. She's a sweety in good air.

Great to hear. There's a little bit o'bling on the way for yours. Made some for myself and for another gentleman.
JT