Greg's Tumblelog

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Slope Trash Magazine Contributor Guidelines

Original Slope Trash Magazine logo. We uncovered these Contributor Guidelines for Slope Trash Magazine from original publisher, Roy G. Biv, dated August 15, 2000! Well, all the basics still apply so read on. We made just a few updates to account for 17 years of Interweb advances. Slope Trash Magazine strives to present high grade articles and photos of interest to extreme RC slope soaring…

Ahi One Design Aerobatic Contest – My Entry

This video is my entry in the dream-flight/slopeaerobatics.com Ahi One Design Aerobatic Contest. Check it out and vote early and vote often! It was a windy day with 20-25mph winds at the small Big Bay slope in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin and it was a good opportunity to try out my GoPro Session 4 on the my helmet to make a bit of a…

Requiem for a Vindy

Requiem for a Vindy The forecast was for rain, but they made a slight correction “Winds gusting to 30 from the westerly direction” When picking planes for days like these I’m not a big debater This clearly was a job for my trusty Vindicator I drove up to the slope with a reckless abandon and did a quick range check at the top of that green canyon The ocean down below was wild and filled with foam…

Slope Trash Magazine Flys Again!

If you remember past iterations of slopeflyer.com, you may remember a section called Slope Trash Magazine. Well, in the kerfuffle of porting old content to a new system I lost that part of the site but just found, on an old computer, much of the content! I will be rebuilding that section of this site over time including a separate site look for Slope Trash Magazine stories. Meanwhile I’ll be…

Finding a Local Hobby Shop That Supports Soaring

When my favorite independent hobby shop closed a couple of years back it was quite a blow. I’d been going to Greenfield News and Hobby (and it’s previous incarnation Cudahy News and Hobby) for 40+ years and really tried to make most of my hobby related purchases there. Unlike a lot of other shops I’ve tried over the years the staff at Greenfield was always willing to do what they could to get in…

Slope Soaring Flight Log 8/29/17

I got out for some flying a couple of days ago and although the wind was minimal at least it was from the right direction to hit slopes along the Lake Michigan shore. I made it to three, two I’ve flown before and one I hadn’t! The only plane I took was my Ahi because I need a bit of practice to attempt making a video to enter in the dream-flight Ahi One Design Video Contest, not just for flying…

Ahi One Design Video Contest Prizes

Steve over at slopeaerobatics.com has posted the list of prizes for the dream-flight Ahi One Design Video Contest. Here is the prize list: First Place: $350 Dream-Flight Cash + SlopeAerobatics.com T-Shirt Second Place: $150 Dream-Flight Cash + SlopeAerobatics.com T-Shirt Third Place: $100 Dream-Flight Cash + SlopeAerobatics.com T-Shirt Head over to slopeaerobatics.com to learn more about the…

ATOMiK RC Radio Case for Spektrum DXE, DX6 DX7, DX8 Gen 2and DX9 Transmitters

The Atomik radio case for the Spectrum RC transmitters listed in the title is a nice, lightweight unit made from a thermo-formed nylon and now houses my Dx6E transmitter. I was using it as compact storage for my DX9 Black Edition but since that one came with its own aluminum case I’ve given the job of housing the DX6E over to this case. I’ve actually owned this Atomik case for several months and…