What a day on the Crest!

 

  I seem to have made a habit of catching the good lift on the day before comps this year.  With 2 weeks to go to the Welsh open, the chance of a day on the Crest was just too good to resist.  My first model to launch was the original Wyvern, I had intended to switch to the Saker once I had some help launching.  I started off without much ballast in the Wyvern but as my confidence in the air increased I added more weight.

  The Wyvern felt so stable and consistent in the air.  I found myself coming closer and closer to the edge into the compression and hearing the wing come through the strongest lift as the energy built.  It really should not have been so easy to be ripping up the slope like this! It felt a simple process to keep on carving all day.

  Les and Andy were flying their new MambaS models and were having just as much fun, as was Mike Evans and his freestyler but it was the carving style of the Mamba that really caught my eye!

  Great day and good to know that the models can go that fast before my thumbs become my downfall on race day!