The delicate translucent appearance of this craft and the beautiful rich purple makes me think of a precious gem. The way she dances so freely and gracefully in the clear coastal air is pure poetry in motion. As she frolics in the sky like a ballerina and almost teases one with those elegant maneuvers, she tells me her name is Amethyst Dancer.
I would call it the "Agiletto" for Agile-Stiletto. The ability to slip or fly "sideways" without changing direction and keep flying straight and level is extraordinary. That would be a highly desired capability for crosswind take-offs and landings, as well as cruising with a rear-quartering tailwind for full size aircraft. Your flying and video work is always the best. Excellent design!!
This is easily my favorite glider of yours so far. From the beautiful transparent purple to the pointy horizontal and vertical stabilizers in the way that thing flies, incredible! Thanks for sharing.
@@elmar2B The Ocean Breeze is the only design I've tried to draw up a proper plan before starting the build. A friend then digitised them for me, so they could be uploaded. Normally I just draw an outline and then make up all the detail as I actually build. It's really hard to then reverse engineer a complete plan.
@@SlopeRCGliders I've watched many of your videos, always good, well edited with great music. I love your designs and your passion for the hobby. You bring joy to a lot of people, I'm sure!
Wow your glider rocks in the air, very beautiful lines. You could call it Deep Purple like that band from the 70-ties. They were good musicians for sure. Dimensions would be handy even if I can estimate it on sight, just to ease our pain. Don't need much, wingspan, wing cord, fuselage length and fuselage diameter at leading wing edge. THX.
Simply splendid mate! im not much for nameing but with that flight, . horizontal stab an color. I first thought of a Purple Martin. Thanks for sharing!
That’s a really interesting design that seems to fly beautifully. Love the fuse shape; it has an airship look and feel. The tail reminds me of some of the very early biplane tail designs. I like it. Well done sir!
The way it darts effortlessly and with the tail configuration it must be the BLUE DART. Side note, there's no slipping or skidding apparent, so she's happy in her design. Obviously light weight, control appears to be immediate and precise, like it's on crazy rollercoaster rails. Yes, I believe I would label it the BLUE DARTER .
Fabulous flyer. Good to see you wearing a matching shirt. Not very original, but I'd call it the Swift. The way it flies reminds me of the swifts that zoom up and down my street in summer.
Grabbing it by the end of the wing and just giving it a little hand to float away just too cool had to watch that several times Amazing how it catches the wind beautiful build
The aspect ratio reminds of the Mid Phase by Chris Foss.Your tail feathers unique. Beautiful glider , beautiful slope Thank you for sharing this beautiful BLUE BIRD XXX
It reminds me of the Aerial Steam Carriage (Ariel for short). Look it up on Wikipedia. Are plans available for purchase (.PDF format) for us in the former British colony of Virginia, USA? This would make a great winter building project.
Totally graceful, perfection in the air, stunning design & always loved the transparent covering I'd call it "the purple poet" as it's poetry in motion, also where abouts do you fly from, the scenery is amazing, keep up the good work.
Very nice build, and very nice handling. It appears the plane and your flying site are a terrific fit for one another. I always enjoy the flying there.
Sleek shape,looking grossly as TATIN Torpedo plane of the early 1900,the first concept of turbine plane.Anyhow very nice performance as usual.Congrats and cheers.
Unique and beautiful looking model! At first, I thought the combination of pointy tail feathers, rectangular windg and drop shaped fuselage doesn't fit - But it quickly grew on me, half way into the vide I alreay loved it! :) Its clearly got some WW1 biplane vibes with the described combination of shapes... Therefore - As much as I like the transparent purple covering - I bet it would look awesome in a WW1 camo pattern as well :)
@@SlopeRCGliders Interesting to hear that the albatross did indeed influence your design there - That's exactly the family of ww1 craft I was thinking about when writing my first answer ;)
Thank you for posting another well built and flown glider. Video work is excellent as well. Looks like a great place for slope flying but it sure does look like you are close to the edge at times. Best of luck to you . Chetlongshooter
Thank you. Don’t worry, the camera is quite deceptive. It’s a little lip and a fairly shallow slope down to to the costal path about 50 meters below. Only then does it get steep. There is no way I can fall off.
The shape of the fuselage and tail kind of reminds me of a Exocoetidae "a Flying Fish" which happen to be good gliders. Short story: One year I was in a jetski race from Catalina Island and back. On my return run a flying fish popped out of the water and was cruising in front of me for 30-40 yards. At the time I was doing about 50-60 mph and I could swear he was out pacing me. I got a real good look at him while he was flying, it was the first and only time, "so far", I had ever seen a flying fish in flight.
Agree on the name... I have crossed the Atlantic a few times on various sailing boats, flying fish make an excellent breakfast. They just jump on board, no lines needed..
@@SlopeRCGliders It's getting harder to come by these days. China has almost stopped using it for making models...They use balsa to make Wind turbine blades apparently...😏🤔😳🇬🇧
Others beat me to it: Purple Martin, or at least “Martin” just in case you want to use a different color someday. The fuse and tail remind me of a bird and the covering color clinched it when it comes to a name. BTW, my first time commenting on one of your flights. Seeing your videos has inspired me to give sloping a try. Thank you!
Suggestions: Dart, Bullseye, Bullseye Dart, Scud, Dart Zeppelin, Rocket, Miss Zile, Fat Arrow .. or in style and explanation as for Agiletto (suggested by You Tube) - Slippery Sloper .. since it flies sideways .. Skippy? Skippy the Slippery Sloper? Sloppy Sloper? Sloppy & Slippery Slope Slapper? Flappy the Slope Skipper? BTW - Nice build and flying model .. as always 😀👍
Given the nice tail feathers, maybe we should stick with an Angry Birds theme? Like "Chuck" ...he's yellow though... Ella would be purple ... like "Edgy Ella" or "Ellagance", maybe? (Oh dear, I'm off before it's getting even worse... 🥴)
Good looking model and I would love to see you do a build video one day showing how you manage to build a circular fuselage without it being distorted. I don’t think I have that skill yet.
It looks difficult to build but it’s actually quite simple. I built the bottom half of the fuselage upside down, flat on the building board. Once the stringers are glued in place it holds its shape nicely and it can be removed from the building board. Then you just build the top half directly onto the bit you’ve already done. I’ll have to do a video sometime.
The lines definitely conjure images of birds and fish. It is rakishly beautiful, and simple at the same time. When I first saw it, the name "Raven" popped into my head. It's lovely, regardless of the name.
I would name it: The Purple Dart or Bullseye or The Gull or Sparrow. The wide sleek pointed fuselage design gives it these names in my eye. Great custom design and flyer!
I have tried flying with FPV but it’s really hard with a slope glider. The biggest problem is you are normally facing the ocean so you don’t really get any perspective on how high you are, how far away from the slope you, are or what speed you are flying etc. A few years ago I did try flying PFV with a powered model and it was easy by comparison.
Looks like a flying fish… ergo, the Exocet. However, it also reminds me of the blue fish that hangs around with Nemo, but I can’t recall his name. Well done creating another distinctive ship. I’ve just adapted Lee Renaud’s Esprit into my own take, and called it the Merlin. Maiden any day soon. 🤞
@@SlopeRCGliders Darn it! I've built your Ocean Breeze as an electric. The thing can fly for hours in a single charge! It's so beautiful. Please let us all know if anything becomes available as a cad for free or charge, and I'd certainly help (free of charge) for any drafting work that is needed!
I have 2 balsa gliders I've built but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do the coating without it looking horrible or twisting things. Yours look amazing ever time
The delicate translucent appearance of this craft and the beautiful rich purple makes me think of a precious gem. The way she dances so freely and gracefully in the clear coastal air is pure poetry in motion. As she frolics in the sky like a ballerina and almost teases one with those elegant maneuvers, she tells me her name is Amethyst Dancer.
Thank you, like it
I would call it the "Agiletto" for Agile-Stiletto. The ability to slip or fly "sideways" without changing direction and keep flying straight and level is extraordinary. That would be a highly desired capability for crosswind take-offs and landings, as well as cruising with a rear-quartering tailwind for full size aircraft. Your flying and video work is always the best. Excellent design!!
This is easily my favorite glider of yours so far. From the beautiful transparent purple to the pointy horizontal and vertical stabilizers in the way that thing flies, incredible! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you. I think it’s my new favourite glider.
@@SlopeRCGliders will the plans join ocean breeze on outerzone?
@@elmar2B The Ocean Breeze is the only design I've tried to draw up a proper plan before starting the build. A friend then digitised them for me, so they could be uploaded. Normally I just draw an outline and then make up all the detail as I actually build. It's really hard to then reverse engineer a complete plan.
@@SlopeRCGliders Same here, build it as you go, "eyeballing" everything and when your done
'CRS' erases everything you did ! LOL !
Sailfin...it has a distinct aquatic look to the design, complimentary to the scene.. looks like a superbly balanced and nimble design.
Purple Haze! Fantastic flying of this gorgeous plane! Love the way you just pluck it out of the air every now ad then. Subscribed!
Thank you! Enjoy the channel.
@@SlopeRCGliders I've watched many of your videos, always good, well edited with great music. I love your designs and your passion for the hobby. You bring joy to a lot of people, I'm sure!
I'll second that, I was thinking along the lines of Deep Purple/Speed King but I like your Purple haze better.
@@fins59 Very gracious of you to tell me, thank you!
@@yobrojoost9497 Can't beat those lyrics "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky"!
Purple Marten. When I was young, we had Marten houses and I could sit and watch them dive and soar and do their acrobatics all day.
That's the PERFECT name! Very well done, Mel Gillham!
John, make some plans, stick a rudder on it and I would buy it! Love the shape.
Fabulous design, modern and traditional mix beautiful.
Wow your glider rocks in the air, very beautiful lines. You could call it Deep Purple like that band from the 70-ties. They were good musicians for sure. Dimensions would be handy even if I can estimate it on sight, just to ease our pain. Don't need much, wingspan, wing cord, fuselage length and fuselage diameter at leading wing edge. THX.
You must have a factory full of oompah loompas assembling all these amazing planes for you John... What a Beauty she is... WOW !
Thank you!
Purple Martin
Simply splendid mate! im not much for nameing but with that flight, . horizontal stab an color. I first thought of a Purple Martin. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
That’s a really interesting design that seems to fly beautifully. Love the fuse shape; it has an airship look and feel. The tail reminds me of some of the very early biplane tail designs. I like it. Well done sir!
Thank you. I used a set of wing ribs meant for a biplane so carried on the theme and copied the tail design from an early biplane.
Purple Rein!
Love the shape, and transparent covering! B-E-A-Utiful!
My only suggestion is you offer to sell plans! LOL!
Thank you for this magical moment. The color of the glider is beautiful, purple suits it very well!
Thank you. I think I’m definitely going to put some white trim on it.
Excellent building and flying as always. I’d call it the ‘Woodfield Wanderer’ !
Very cool design; given its shape and maneuverability it reminds me of a swallow.
Good job!
I'd go for "Swallow that", in honour of the bold and gorgeous design. 😁
The way it darts effortlessly and with the tail configuration it must be the BLUE DART. Side note, there's no slipping or skidding apparent, so she's happy in her design. Obviously light weight, control appears to be immediate and precise, like it's on crazy rollercoaster rails. Yes, I believe I would label it the BLUE DARTER .
But...
it's PURPLE! 😛
As another commenter pointed out it does look like a swallow. My vote as well. Thanks for video!!
Fabulous flyer. Good to see you wearing a matching shirt. Not very original, but I'd call it the Swift. The way it flies reminds me of the swifts that zoom up and down my street in summer.
Grabbing it by the end of the wing and just giving it a little hand to float away just too cool had to watch that several times Amazing how it catches the wind beautiful build
Thank you!
The aspect ratio reminds of the Mid Phase by Chris Foss.Your tail feathers unique.
Beautiful glider , beautiful slope Thank you for sharing this beautiful
BLUE BIRD XXX
Thank you!
You’ve got yourself a real winner there, John. I favor “Purple Passion”.
looks very much like a bird with that fuselage + tail. If it's not already taken, I think "sparrow" would be fitting
Beatifull... very beautiful nutcracker suite in a glider driven by a real artist
Just an amazing plane. Takes right off and soars over the ocean. My name would be Amelia.
Yeah, but if you did that and it crashed you'd never find it :-))
It reminds me of the Aerial Steam Carriage (Ariel for short). Look it up on Wikipedia. Are plans available for purchase (.PDF format) for us in the former British colony of Virginia, USA? This would make a great winter building project.
The "Flash" because it reminds me of Flash Gordon rocket ships.
2 words spring to mind; SPOOKY or MIDEVIL . Fantastic model!
Totally graceful, perfection in the air, stunning design & always loved the transparent covering I'd call it "the purple poet" as it's poetry in motion, also where abouts do you fly from, the scenery is amazing, keep up the good work.
Thank you. I’m located in Perranporth, Cornwall.
Ah right, thought the beach looked familiar, we visit the watering hole when on holiday there 👍
Very nice build, and very nice handling. It appears the plane and your flying site are a terrific fit for one another. I always enjoy the flying there.
Thank you.
Sleek shape,looking grossly as TATIN Torpedo plane of the early 1900,the first concept of turbine plane.Anyhow very nice performance as usual.Congrats and cheers.
1:59 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ on that “landing” very cool design 👍🏻
Keep em coming, nicely done! Picnic on the beach next…😃
Very nice design John. I like the thin wing with lots of ribs. Well flown and filmed as always.
Thank you!
Magenta Majesty. Wonderful glider!
A purple velvet dancer. Greate! My compliments.
I'm wondering if your shirt came with the glider....... Absolutely wonderful 😎
hearing tchaikovsky´s masterpiece while watching woodfield´s masterpiece - the day can start now :) Beautiful Bird, fantastic flying!!!
Thank you!
I thought my mom burned that shirt in 1973. I'm glad to see it doing Soo well. Perfect Friday (Texas) evening relaxing vid. Ty
Can’t beat a bit of retro cool.
Great colour!
Unique and beautiful looking model! At first, I thought the combination of pointy tail feathers, rectangular windg and drop shaped fuselage doesn't fit - But it quickly grew on me, half way into the vide I alreay loved it! :) Its clearly got some WW1 biplane vibes with the described combination of shapes... Therefore - As much as I like the transparent purple covering - I bet it would look awesome in a WW1 camo pattern as well :)
Thank you. I did take my influence from a WW1 Albatross biplane.
@@SlopeRCGliders Interesting to hear that the
albatross did indeed influence your design there - That's exactly the family of ww1 craft I was thinking about when writing my first answer ;)
@@SlopeRCGliders Could not have picked a more aerodynamically efficient fuselage than an Albatross from the First World War unless
it was a Pfalz.
Thank you for posting another well built and flown glider. Video work is excellent as well. Looks like a great place for slope flying but it sure does look like you are close to the edge at times. Best of luck to you .
Chetlongshooter
Thank you. Don’t worry, the camera is quite deceptive. It’s a little lip and a fairly shallow slope down to to the costal path about 50 meters below. Only then does it get steep. There is no way I can fall off.
Let’s see…a rectangular wing, a triangular tail section and circular fuselage sections … geometry…Geo? Something like that? Very interesting model!
Good idea - what about Geometric?
Great L@@Kin & Flyer John! As For Names? PURPLE-PULSAR, For The Way It Makes Your Heart Pump, Jumping & Gyrating Around In The Air? 🤔🤪🤣😁😎
Superb! I'd call it "Angel of the North ... Coast of Cornwall"
The shape of the fuselage and tail kind of reminds me of a Exocoetidae "a Flying Fish" which happen to be good gliders. Short story: One year I was in a jetski race from Catalina Island and back. On my return run a flying fish popped out of the water and was cruising in front of me for 30-40 yards. At the time I was doing about 50-60 mph and I could swear he was out pacing me. I got a real good look at him while he was flying, it was the first and only time, "so far", I had ever seen a flying fish in flight.
I bet that was amazing to see!
I like flying fish! They are amazing to watch.
Agree on the name... I have crossed the Atlantic a few times on various sailing boats, flying fish make an excellent breakfast. They just jump on board, no lines needed..
It's the Purple people eater ! Good camera work missus 👍
The purple torpedo 😃
Excellent choreography/timing in the cutting!
Thank you. It takes a surprisingly long time to edit the video to fit the music but I enjoy doing it.
Yes, I get that, haven’t worked with it my self. But, it shows how much effort and time you put into it. One is building, the other is editing.
Woodfield Special.
It’s hard to slip with elevons isn’t it. Very precise flying bro. Very smooth.
Thank you
Buzz Bomb...reminds me of the V1.
Where do you buy all your balsa sheet from John..?...🤔😳😳🇬🇧
I haven’t had to buy balsa for a long time, as I’ve got loads in stock. But I bought from SLEC quite a bit.
@@SlopeRCGliders It's getting harder to come by these days. China has almost stopped using it for making models...They use balsa to make Wind turbine blades apparently...😏🤔😳🇬🇧
Others beat me to it: Purple Martin, or at least “Martin” just in case you want to use a different color someday. The fuse and tail remind me of a bird and the covering color clinched it when it comes to a name.
BTW, my first time commenting on one of your flights. Seeing your videos has inspired me to give sloping a try. Thank you!
Thanks Bob! I really hope you enjoy sloping. It can be frustrating when the wind or weather is wrong but that just makes the good days even better.
It is interesting - fuselage and tail feathers aren't too different from Gnosspellius' Gull from, I believe, 1923.
Gorgeous, John and a really neat colour, the production team is also still at Stellar levels very nice
Thank you.
flies lovely, my choice would be the blue tube, no pun intended another great model john
👀 😍 What a pretty machine !!
Suggestions: Dart, Bullseye, Bullseye Dart, Scud, Dart Zeppelin, Rocket, Miss Zile, Fat Arrow .. or in style and explanation as for Agiletto (suggested by You Tube) - Slippery Sloper .. since it flies sideways .. Skippy? Skippy the Slippery Sloper? Sloppy Sloper? Sloppy & Slippery Slope Slapper? Flappy the Slope Skipper?
BTW - Nice build and flying model .. as always 😀👍
Thank you!
Given the nice tail feathers, maybe we should stick with an Angry Birds theme?
Like "Chuck" ...he's yellow though...
Ella would be purple ... like "Edgy Ella" or "Ellagance", maybe?
(Oh dear, I'm off before it's getting even worse... 🥴)
A very good flier and interesting 'vintage' shape. Looks like a lot of build time to put it together.
It would have taken even longer with elongated, inverted double dihedral wing (as a seagull), which would fit very well on that splendid fuselage
Thank you. I do tend to build quite fast. It only took about 4 days to scratch build and another day to cover it.
Muzika i let perfektno!!!🇸🇮❤️❤️❤️
Agree that Dart suits it but as it is purple, I think 'Part'. Also like the 'Geo' thought, which allows for the slightly odd looking tail.
I'd call it The Kemper, the champion that strives for greatness.
I think this design should be called "Stiletto" or "Stiletto Lite". Amazing looking plane!
Good looking model and I would love to see you do a build video one day showing how you manage to build a circular fuselage without it being distorted. I don’t think I have that skill yet.
It looks difficult to build but it’s actually quite simple. I built the bottom half of the fuselage upside down, flat on the building board. Once the stringers are glued in place it holds its shape nicely and it can be removed from the building board. Then you just build the top half directly onto the bit you’ve already done. I’ll have to do a video sometime.
@@SlopeRCGliders Thank you John I hadn’t though of it as being in two halves, but understand now. Look forward to build video one day. Regards Chris.
who doesn't envy woodfield for this flight area?
Geometria, or maybe Euclidia. And she's beautiful.
Well that was fun as always! She has a very playful response to the controls.
Thank you.
Absolutely beautiful! Flies incredibly well.
Thank you
Inituition was Spectre, but it has a more Phantom feel
What source is there for Quality Transparent covering these days???
That is so amazingly purrrrrrrple.
Love the shape , the color and how it flies! Purple Poem
Thank you.
Reminds me of Flash Gordons rocket ship from 1936. Just call it War Rocket Ajax 😁.
If ever Professor Fate designed an airplane, it would look like this!😊
Your airplanes are so awesome!! Love your work!
Thank you so much!
The lines definitely conjure images of birds and fish. It is rakishly beautiful, and simple at the same time. When I first saw it, the name "Raven" popped into my head. It's lovely, regardless of the name.
Thank you.
Looks like a ROCKET WING glider to me!
Fine looking and flying girl!
I would name it: The Purple Dart or Bullseye or The Gull or Sparrow. The wide sleek pointed fuselage design gives it these names in my eye. Great custom design and flyer!
Thank you.
Nice John. It looks great, but I wish it had a tapered wing.
Yes, I was just using a set of laser cut ribs I already had, which were all identical
Do you think you would ever brave a DJI fpv setup for one of your gliders?
I have tried flying with FPV but it’s really hard with a slope glider. The biggest problem is you are normally facing the ocean so you don’t really get any perspective on how high you are, how far away from the slope you, are or what speed you are flying etc.
A few years ago I did try flying PFV with a powered model and it was easy by comparison.
@@SlopeRCGliders awesome. Cheers
"dancing fish" nice glider ;-)
Thanks, I will see what they have to offer. I love the color.
Purple Floyd... Of course!! 😁
Your shirt matches the plane. 😁 "Purple Martin"?
always exceptional models
minimal white trim ....... or ............ D-Day invasion stripes WBWBW outside of the aileron break .......
Nice what wind direction does that site take
Anything from a Westerly round to a Northerly. SW is okay off the dunes.
Hi - The Lilly Glider ? 🤔
I'd call it Helium! That's soooo sweet! Dude if you've got any washout in it take it out for better snaps! It's not going to tip stall!
Thank you. I don’t generally put any washout in any of my models.
@@SlopeRCGliders Welcome. I love that purple Heliumonster: It has unique almost dirigible flight parameters: SOOO cool!
Man, that thing is beautiful. What kind of covering is that and how can I get it in the States? How about Pandora for a name?
Thank you. I just used the cheap unbranded covering from Hobbyking, if you can that in the states.
So, plans? Maybe?
Looks like a flying fish… ergo, the Exocet. However, it also reminds me of the blue fish that hangs around with Nemo, but I can’t recall his name.
Well done creating another distinctive ship. I’ve just adapted Lee Renaud’s Esprit into my own take, and called it the Merlin. Maiden any day soon. 🤞
Thank you and good luck with the maiden. I like the name Exocet.
this really really reminded me of a fish, now i remember its name
it's a sturgeon
I would love to build on of these! Any chance that we can get a cad file???
Unfortunately I don’t have a CAD file. I just draw a basic outline on paper then make all the detail up as I build.
@@SlopeRCGliders Darn it! I've built your Ocean Breeze as an electric. The thing can fly for hours in a single charge! It's so beautiful. Please let us all know if anything becomes available as a cad for free or charge, and I'd certainly help (free of charge) for any drafting work that is needed!
another lovely model..
Oh.
WOW!
Nice!
& that color!
Flies very nice John. matches your shirt too maybe a splash of white to match your cap 😉
Yup, I’m definitely going to add some white for the next flight.
As Prince would say, “purple plane, purple plane”
I have 2 balsa gliders I've built but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do the coating without it looking horrible or twisting things. Yours look amazing ever time
Thank you. I still hate covering the models.