How to make an easy spot-landing target
Antoine Mateos and Jérôme Pommier show us how easy it is to make a perfect spot-landing target.
Photos by Armel Couette. www.armel-photos.net
Materials
An empty plastic bottle
A stake and hammer
A good length of line
Half a bag of plaster
A craft knife
Cut the bottle in half
Hammer the stake into the ground
Attach the line to the stake and the other end to the bottle neck
Fill the bottle with plaster and make your first circle
Repeat the operation as many times as necessary, adjusting the length of line each time.
Pull out the stake and pour plaster in its place to make the centre of the target.
Official FAI dimensions are as follows:
25cm 250 points
2m 175 points
4m 100 points
6.5m 50 points
Outside 6.5 m - zero landing score.
Aerial view
Happy flying and happy training!
