http://player.vimeo.com/video/39325401

As an old glider pilot this looks great

Seems perfectly safe…

It’s just a hang-glider, only a bit more sophisticated, and offering the pilot a bit more protection from the elements.

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

party_pants said:

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

AussieDJ said:

party_pants said:

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

Yeah. I just wonder what you’d train on

party_pants said:

AussieDJ said:

party_pants said:

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

Yeah. I just wonder what you’d train on

Treadmill?

AussieDJ said:

party_pants said:

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

.Not weight shift, three axis control using rudder, ailerons, and elevator and flaps/dive breaks.

bob(from black rock) said:

AussieDJ said:

party_pants said:

It’s a rigid construction which appears to be controlled by flight surfaces connected to a stick. I thought hang gliders were fabric and controlled by body-weight.

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

.Not weight shift, three axis control using rudder, ailerons, and elevator and flaps/dive breaks.

Clarifying .. the ‘old’ fabric hang-glider was operated by weight-shift.

This ‘new’ fibreglass glider uses a three-axis control system for the various in-flight functions.

AussieDJ said:

bob(from black rock) said:

AussieDJ said:

Weight-shift, actually.

I just thought on the initial view he’s taking off just like a hang-glider … runs down a slope, and lifts his legs into the cockpit.

Anyway, it does look like fun.

.Not weight shift, three axis control using rudder, ailerons, and elevator and flaps/dive breaks.

Clarifying .. the ‘old’ fabric hang-glider was operated by weight-shift.

This ‘new’ fibreglass glider uses a three-axis control system for the various in-flight functions.

Yeah that’s what I was thinking. If it is classified as a hang glider how would you train on it? If you are used to the classic hang-glider it would be a radical change getting into one of these things.

bob(from black rock) said:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/39325401

As an old glider pilot this looks great

Me two, but not this model..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThqVX8XjeIo

bob(from black rock) said:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/39325401

As an old glider pilot this looks great

Two main issues with this aircraft: its best L/D is 38:1 (modern sailplanes would have a minimum of 40:1). It also has poor penetration (as the aircraft’s speed increases the L/D decreases rapidly); the other is its price: >$100k. It’s a fun toy, though.