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Engineless!!! Two extremes in sailplane design

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:00 am
by Ivan
From minimalistic modern hang-gliders to extremely complicated vintage wonders.... there is a sailplane for everyone

Complicated Vintage... The Horten Ho-IV, predecessor of the B-2
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And a very simple modern hang glider
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Altimeter, speedo and a large VSI... what else do you need.

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In flight

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Takeoff! It will only takeoff on a downward slope, but its really funny to see the guy running to get airborne.

Re: Engineless!!! Two extremes in sailplane design

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:03 am
by Daube
They made an animation to make the guy run while the "plane" rolls down the slope ? That's cool, I have to try that !
Very nice shots by the way. I love the view from the HangGlider.

Re: Engineless!!! Two extremes in sailplane design

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 8:02 am
by patchz
[color=#000000]The Horton is a lot of fun. But I haven't seen that particular hang glider before. What model is it?
Nice shots btw.

Re: Engineless!!! Two extremes in sailplane design

PostPosted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 2:20 pm
by Ivan
[quote][color=#000000]The Horton is a lot of fun. But I haven't seen that particular hang glider before. What model is it?
Nice shots btw.

Re: Engineless!!! Two extremes in sailplane design

PostPosted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:49 am
by JakesF14
The first one looks very unstable to me with the short fuselage. Interesting compilation!