ahofer Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 I flew here today (see maps link below). The driveway (from Federal City Road) traces the highest elevation through a wide open field, so the wind is decent down at the ground and doesn't seem to swirl much. I had a good day there with my Zen in 1-3 mph (with occasional 0). There's also a nice big flag visible to the flying area. I've been casing the local parks and this is the best so far. Battlefield and Rockingham actually set below the trees, so ground-level is dodgy. I haven't tried Mercer Park, but I've heard the same. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.330221,-74.759045&spn=0.027579,0.053773&t=h&z=15&iwloc=lyrftr:com.panoramio.all,13515370053551440407,40.328651,-74.760804&lci=com.panoramio.all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Sorry, URL truncated. Try this: http://tinyurl.com/2e3buaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted November 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I flew there again yesterday for a little while. The wind was out of the North, and was very strong along the ground, no random gusts. There were only a few people in the park, mostly kayakers, joggers and fishermen. Here's a better map with the right entrance marked (Federal City Road). The land over to the South of Blackwell Road has become park as well (it used to be AT&T's, if I'm not mistaken). I see a huge field there, which might be worth checking out. http://tinyurl.com/2defps4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted April 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Some pictures here: IMG_5106 by aphofer, on Flickr IMG_5041 by aphofer, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted April 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 APH_6757 by aphofer, on Flickr APH_6780 by aphofer, on Flickr APH_6856 by aphofer, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwmeek Posted April 25, 2011 Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 Uh-oh. Permissions set wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted October 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 So I went out there today for a few hours while my son was at a Birthday party in Pennington. There was a HUGE boy/cub/webelo scout camp-out all over the lawn. That's the largest crowd of kids wanting to try a rev I have ever encountered. Unfortunately, the wind was kind of light making for challenging beginner conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 A few pics from last weekend: APH_7140 by aphofer, on Flickr APH_7121 by aphofer, on Flickr APH_7120 by aphofer, on Flickr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamrith Posted February 13, 2012 Report Share Posted February 13, 2012 There are some great open park spaces back there. I grew up in Montgomery, school in Pennington. Cycled all over the area and found many a park. Wish I still lived back there, the winds and terrain out here have been terrible of late! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerochic Posted February 16, 2012 Report Share Posted February 16, 2012 Looks like a nice park! How is the tree situation there? Does it cause any nasty swirl or is there enough open space for that not to be an issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahofer Posted February 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2012 Looks like a nice park! How is the tree situation there? Does it cause any nasty swirl or is there enough open space for that not to be an issue? Lots of open space on either side of the access road, which also happens to be the high point. I've always been able to fly there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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