Skorpion on Rushup Edge...

Flying buddy Will Deighton and I braved -4C today to try to get some light DS in at Rushup... The snow scenery was spectacular! Trudging up the path to the top was fun, with the snow anything from knee deep to nearly up to your hips in the big drifts...

Sadly the wind was waaaay to far off - maybe 45-50 degrees off slope to the West, and too weak. But I sent the Skorpion up anyway, and tried to get her going, but alas, I had to land on my first DS circuit as I just hadn't managed to gain enough height for the decent dive in. Still, she went up again and I enjoyed 45 minutes of gentle thermal flying over the magnificently white blanketed hills.

Splinter goes 169mph!

Yes the Splinter has done it again - this time on the Skirrid... This was all the more remarkable in that it posted equal top speed for the day as a very well flown Opus MCT. What a model!

Anyway, here's some photos from the day - thanks to George for getting the pics of my Splinter whilst I was flying. The Opus is Adam Richardson's triple carbon MCT - stunningly smooth model and looks to be a superb sport model for strong frontsiding as well...

The Splinter with the white tips is Adam's oak one, and the other one is mine - the 169mph one! Adam's oak one went up to 164mph in the end, but I suspect that he finds it tough to really wind his one up - it's the prototype after all, and the only one with that beautiful pterodactyl planform...

Enjoy!