How high is it when a 16' glider is just a speck? Been there, done that once. Would prefer not to do it again.
We never thought we'd get it down, but soehow a few hours later we did.

Originally Posted by Hance

I could join a half mile club. I have had my radian up over 2600 a couple of times. Can't imagine going much higher with that size of plane. A mile is really freaking high.

I have Radian with a spektrum ar500 receiver. I don't even think I could see it at 2600 feet. I have a tough time seeing it at 500 feet.

What type of receiver are you using and what do you think the max range is for your receiver?

Originally Posted by rjp0325

I have Radian with a spektrum ar500 receiver. I don't even think I could see it at 2600 feet. I have a tough time seeing it at 500 feet.

What type of receiver are you using and what do you think the max range is for your receiver?

I am using an AR500 rx in the the radian. Max range appears to be a lot farther than I am comfortable flying. Other than that I don't have any idea. Have you had an altimeter in your radian ? You might surprise yourself how high you actually are.

So far,

DLG 1180'
Radian 2400'
2M duck 4199'
3M duck 5477'

Troy

I have been to 3200 ft with a 11' 6' 10" chord model against cloud. Could not see the stab. Just the wing (orange) fuse (white) The nose was the short git of white
cheers

Dang! Now there are 2 Mile High Clubs I'll never get into!

The easy way...

http://milehighatlanta.com/

Randy

7718 feet -- Bob Vixie Vixen XC

http://msh-co.com/record/index.html

G'day All


I have had a wooden Streached Paragon (132 inch) to 3200. Could not see the stab.

A real buz.

I will look for the file and post here.

Cheers jq

Originally Posted by howard4113

7718 feet -- Bob Vixie Vixen XC

http://msh-co.com/record/index.html

Nicely done Howard... and starting at 5400 feet ASL to boot.

breathless..

Had my Bubble dancer up to 4000ft was a littttttttttle X in the sky flew out of the lift to try and get down as soon as I went into the blue gone strained to see it. took about 10 long seconds to pick up a little glint then pulled the spoiler and spun down to 2000 got a gps tracker after that but still have the trace to prove 4000ft

Get the Mile-high stare.....do not even blink. Train yourself to have a altitude loosing setup without visual

Peter

I was just wondering how you cross country guys manage to keep on flying a spec.

When my 3 meter plane is nearly a spec I get really scared and start trying to bring it down. The spec may disappear and I find it really depressing to lose a fine thermal machine.

When you can no longer discern direction how do you keep flying ?

Craig

Originally Posted by craigrrr

I was just wondering how you cross country guys manage to keep on flying a spec.

When my 3 meter plane is nearly a spec I get really scared and start trying to bring it down. The spec may disappear and I find it really depressing to lose a fine thermal machine.

When you can no longer discern direction how do you keep flying ?

Craig

ANNE SHELTON ~ COMING IN ON A WING AND A PRAYER ~ 1943 (2 min 47 sec)

It depends a lot on the air that day. On a clear day you can see a 13" root to about 1800m. On a hazy day the visibility may be as low as 1200m. At high altitudes we keep the plane directly overhead and have two people watching it. Usually the tail has disappeared but they are set up stable so they will track unattended. Sometimes you just have to trust that it is still going the way you want. On occasion it is necessary to spiral down because the plane has reached the visibility limit but is still going up. Color is very important to visibility.