Finding Thermals For Your RC Glider

Soaring. It is so relaxing and a really great way to challenge your skills as an RC Pilot. It’s you against the forces of nature, using rising warm air or thermals to stay in the aloft. The qualities that you will need are skill patience and of course a well designed RC Glider. Often on a sunny day you will notice a rise in temp and a drop in wind speed? Then you will notice a cool wind blows and the temp returns to normal? That was probably a thermal. Just what you need for good soaring.To learn more about RC Gliders click here

Thermals are generated when the sun heats the earth unevenly. The warmer surface areas heat the air above them, and the heated air mass can sometimes rise several thousand feet into the air. Thermals can last from just a few minutes to several hours and vary greatly in size and strength.

The strongest thermal activity usually occurs between 10:00am and 4:00pm on warm sunny days that follow cool nights. Typically RC Sailplanes can find loads of thermals on a good day And while thermals originate in areas where the ground heats the air above it, they usually break away and drift downwind, gaining strength when passing over moist warm areas like plowed fields, then eventually dissipating. Thermals are also produced on cloudy days, but they’re usually weaker and fewer in number.

Finding and staying in a thermal to gain maximum altitude before your sailplane gets blown too far downwind, then racing back upwind to find the next thermal is a challenging skill that’s fun and interesting to learn. You may find chasing thermals becomes a passion and your glow engines are hardly ever used.

Pick a good day for soaring

Some days are better than others for thermals. For first time soaring pilots, it’s best to pick a calm day with lots of strong, easy-to-find thermals so you don’t get blown downwind too quickly when you do hook a thermal. Nice sunny days with lots of cumulus clouds are ideal for RC Soaring. RC Sailplanes perform best over farmland on warm sunny days.

RC Gliders give us all a new dimension to our RC Flying I hope you enjoyed this article, look out for future information about the best RC Sailplanes for both beginners and experts alike. Find out more at this site dedicated to RC Airplanes.

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