Places to fly gliders and people to fly with

[javachip89]

Hi everyone,
I'm looking for a place to fly or a group to fly with to better my flying skills for glider. Any suggestions?

[TWE75]

As long as the flying place is easilly accesible by mrt or bus ... . I may join in too . My phoenix 2000 only flown once til now . No chance to fly with someone experienced cos i'm working shift . Everytime they flying , i would be working sigh .

[javachip89]

Ahh i see.. Oh man.. I also work shift.. Where do yo normally fly? i hear the OHR field has quite a few flyers?

[TWE75]

Lol i maiden it at pioneer rd there . Fly once only , but i practise my heli in the cc near my house . Do you mean the field near queenstown ? I saw the field via google maps and saw a couple of trees in the area . Until now i haven go there to see yet . My phoneix2000 is 2m wingspan and i still very noob , so wherever there's trees i don't dare to fly it there .

[javachip89]

I lost one glider to the tree

[Parsifal]

If you are new to this hobby, please consider joining a club and stay away from built up areas / public parks etc.

[Deedubya]

Old Holland Road is a great place to fly gliders. The field is really large and there's a great bunch of guys that fly there. Can take a bus to Bukit Timah road, get off at the Tessarina (condo) and walk up the hill to the field.

-David-

[Sunstorm]

Ahh i see.. Oh man.. I also work shift.. Where do yo normally fly? i hear the OHR field has quite a few flyers?

Have you done any practice? What's your success rate? E.g. crashes per flight?

[javachip89]

Hi sunstorm,
I'm really still a newbie when it comes to gliders.. I have done a few successful flights. Lost a glider to a really tall tree.. misjudged the height and there went my 1.6m glider.. Was looking for someone to guide me in terms of glider flying..

[javachip89]

Old Holland Road is a great place to fly gliders. The field is really large and there's a great bunch of guys that fly there. Can take a bus to Bukit Timah road, get off at the Tessarina (condo) and walk up the hill to the field.

-David-

Hi david,
I've actually been to the field before, really huge field.. But didn't see any guys flying.. Saw a few heli flyers before but not really my cup of tea.. Hmm gna be a real challenge bringing the glider to the field! Planning to get the phoenix 2000

[TWE75]

Yeah dude , get it and there will be another phoenix2000 owner hehe , the plane is great and have lots of good reviews . Only problem is getting it ard sg due to its 2m wingspan . Even if its in the box , it still quite big . They ask me to fix the tail perm but i scare one day the tail may break while in transport due to my clumsiness . Hmmm maybe one day we go fly there dude .

Just recce the old Tang dynasty location just now , very big field with only a big tree on its left side . But its fenced up with a danger sign .... but somehow saw a pretty big hole in the fence somewhere (secret location ) hehe . Really tempted to go fly there .