The most challenging part is the airfoil situation. The Ram Air had a control bar with the apex sliding on a track built onto the keel, with a folding base tube all the wires stayed connected. If it could be easily "de-tuned" to trainer status it would be even more marketable.Īs I see it, the tech for most of it already exists, with something from this glider and something from that glider brought into one design. To be absolutely truthful, this "recollection" dates back to my rebellious youth, and therefor might have been hallucination, but even if so it still qualifies as inspiration.Ī good performing and sporty handling glider like the old Harrier, that sets up as quickly as a PG, would be wonderful to have, as either a primary or a back-up glider. A pin or two was installed, and that was it. The pilot unzipped the bag, stood the glider up on it's nose, and the wings fell open while the kingpost and control bar fell into position. I have a vague recollection from 25+ years ago of watching a glider being setup something like this: This has been done before, the battens were installed in "radial" orientation. So I'm thinking that this new design will need to have ribs already in the wing. Rob says he can set up a Falcon in 5 minutes, so this glider would need to be even quicker than that. Or perhaps the quick set-up/breakdown should be #1? Has very good handling, in fact handling gets the #1 priority. Basically, that thread reveals that there may very well be a market for a glider that is: The "Sweet Wings" thread inspires me to open a new can of worms.
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