Classic Menez-Hom VTPR

.Video courtesy Poedras Pierre-Louis

Some great fun yet dangerous VTPR flying in classic Menez-Hom flying site fashion. Some of the composite planes flying here are the Sonic, Excalibur, Limande, Twister and more. All 2.5 meter size. Take special note how all the pilots line up and take turns doing their thing trying to match or out do their mates. More importantly there are no foam planes present. A sign of true and ultimate no holds barred VTPR! You get a real sense of friendship and a challenging experience versus just flying back and forth or alone in the sky speeding around aimlessly. VTPR truly is thee most comprehensive and fun flying style on the slope.

Dueling 2.5's at the Menez-Hom!

Eté 2009 au Ménez-Hom by PLP35

Most scenes are snuff on a slope behind the Menez-BICHEM (camping Pentrez).
The slope is facing south-west and the view is superb (and more is a field of corn!)
We are well vented that day. Judge for yourself! Man oh man what FUN!!! AAA+

Good VTPR fun between friends

Vol de Pente au Menez-Hom (VTPR) by PLP35

A great example of fun at a meeting of VTPR (very close to terrain flight) between good friends at Menez-Hom. The French really know how to do it... A+

All time VTPR video!

This video is considered the all time standard bearer in French VTPR aerobatics. Contained in this post is a time line of notable sequences worth observing closely. There is a lot to learn watching Rémi Lebesque and Eric Poulain in this 6 year old masterpiece of low glider aerobatics. Enjoy the flight!

0:00  signature French roll on launch - EP
2:30  radical low left roll
3:13  graceful left deck flip
3:33  low deck rolls fast and slow
4:29  low left flip to inverted low pass
4:45  continuous low right rolls going left
5:05  touch & go into low left flip off deck
5:19  another touch & go to right hand flip off deck
5:56  falling knife edge going left into an outside right turn
6:44  low pass into multiple flip rolls
7:01  low outside right turn and more great low passes
7:45  low left pass into multiple hovering flip rolls
9:15  multiple hover rolls
9:40  knife edge going right
10:10  another French roll on launch - Remi
10:46  slow left pass into slow off-camber floating rolls
12:00  low deck rolls
12:38  overland low pass into deck rolls up front
13:13  low left inverted pass into a right flip roll
13:20  beautiful low pass into an off-camber floating left roll
13:30  and my favorite, inverted overland slow pass into the wind to a flip roll out front, all overland!

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