Last Flights of 2011: Le Fish Light at Merriam Crater, AZ from Dawson Henderson on Vimeo.

1st Place: cliffhanger – Jedi in the Welsh mountains

2011 Slope Comp. Entry-Jedi in the Welsh mountains. from Cliff Hanger on Vimeo.

2nd Place: Le.frog- Drawings in the sand

3rd Place: PlayinInTheParK – Mad Slidin 2

4th Place: Dawson H – Flip Fantasia

Flip Fantasia from Dawson Henderson on Vimeo.

5th Place: L1pulsif – Oxid -Double Dose

Oxid -Double Dose- from l1pulsif on Vimeo.

Big thanks to all who participated and congratulations to the winners! This year is definitely the best yet… the breadth of sites and flying styles on display is pretty amazing! Really cool to see that slope aerobatics is growing and getting better and better!!

Yak 40″ 3d glider with midair from John Scahill on Vimeo.

Another PSS/acro crossover… this time it’s a 40″ Yak! Looks like a fun, nimble little plane. Very cool! Another cool offering from Dan McCleary of Extreme Gliders. Here’s his contact info again for those interested:

Dan McCleary – Extreme Gliders
Email: d...@Xg-eXtremegliders.com
Phone: (909) 648-4982

Flippin’ Out with Le Fish Light, 08-30-11 Mormon Lake Overlook from Dawson Henderson on Vimeo.

Groundbreaking!!! Some really cool new stuff here from Dawson: knife edge flips, flips with rudder added, and a whole bunch more. Seriously awesome!

Trainingday frenzy from Tobias Jönsson on Vimeo.

More fun flying and beautiful scenery from our friend Tobias in Sweden… love the sun through the clouds, with the plane looping ’round!

Fred “LoopingFred” Marie of Ireland has begun construction on a very cool upscale version of his Quark Mini EPP aerobat. This one is fully built up and features a 2m wingspan… so cool! Check out all the details in his build thread on RCGroups.

Can’t wait to see this one fly… is it too much to hope that he will release a CNC plan for lasercutting? Would love to build this one!!

Voltij goes HD from Phil Taylor on Vimeo.

Nice smooth Voltij flying from the UK… love that plane so much

Doug Montgomery of Glendale, Arizona has started producing laser cut servo pulleys / wheels that can be used to create a 200°+ rotation Madslide-style stabilizer based on Dawson Henderson’s innovative design. They look really nice and simply bolt to a standard 4 arm servo horn. They have a 1.6:1 ratio between the servo side and the stabilizer side and are cut from a combination of G-10 and 1/16″ plywood.

You can order by contacting Doug via private message on RCGroups. The post announcing these, including prices, is here in the “How to build a Swiss Fish” thread on RCGroups.com.

After having tested pull-pull and pushrod setups, I’m convinced that this pulley solution, pioneered by Dawson Henderson, is the best. All the drawbacks of the other solutions are addressed in an easy to set up, reliable, and durable solution that lets you whip a multiflip with ease. I will be getting some soon from Doug and can’t wait to try them out!!

Doug is also offering lasercut SB96V/SB9VS and MG05 airfoil templates in chord lengths designed for the 1.5m (60″) Le Fish. You can order his templates via this thread for the SB96V/SB96VS templates and this thread for the MG05. He also provides PDFs of the templates if you want to cut your own. Please note that the current Leading Edge Gliders Le Fish uses a modified SB96V/VS airfoil of Jack Cooper’s design, which is different from what Doug is offering here.

Wow! I’m so totally floored and excited by this development! Huge thanks to Doug for providing these valuable resources to Le Fish scratchbuilders worldwide!!

Flyin’ Light at Mormon Lake Overlook, 08-21-11 from Dawson Henderson on Vimeo.

Dawson testing his pulley driven, 200 degree movement flying stabilizer in Arizona… awesome

Voltij at Slieve Mish from Chris van Schoor on Vimeo.

Another winner from Chris van Schoor… gotta love those beautiful Irish slopes!

Chris’s Voltij has a four servo wing. He’s had it for a while and, like me, find he likes it more and more with time. They’re truly great planes and a joy to fly. Keep up the great work, Chris… really like those low passes!!