The traditional difference in the “definition” of a glider, compared to a sailplane is that sailplanes are capable of rising higher than the point at which they were released from tow. A sailplane is capable of harnessing the energy of warm rising air (thermals) or of flying in wave lift. (Waves are the rising air [...]
Welcome to the Soaring Stuff blog. What a bizarre word that is… Blog. It almost sounds like something that my Scotish ancestors might have eaten, that was cobbled together from various inedible portions of various inedible animals. Yccchhhhhh! Anyway, this is the “launch” of the Soaring Stuff blog, so what better subject to deal with [...]
If you haven’t already discovered it, there is a great new website that is dedicated to R/C Aerotowing. And it’s got an easy to remember URL….www.rcaerotowing.com. Len Buffington and Dave Dolly have done an outstanding job with this site. It is entertaining, if you do nothing else but load the home page, and watch the [...]
Thanks to our brilliant new web consultant (Jennifer Blair, of Stralim Technologies) Soaring Stuff now has a new look for our website. Jennifer has done a total re-build, and made things much easier to find and access. We’re going to be posting a lot of great information, photos, and videos in the next few weeks, [...]
