1/17/2024 0 Comments Diy hang glider![]() We find they winch-tow as easily as a Falcon/Malibu but when you crank on speed on these H2 single-surface gliders, they don't drop out of the skies. The next step up is the single-surface, curved tipped gliders - the NorthWing Freedom and the Icaro Piuma. Here in the flats, once it gets over 15-20kmh winds, it is very tough to have a multi-thermal soaring flight on a Falcon/ Malibu without being forced to go cross-country - the thermal drift is just to great to thermal up and confidently make your way back upwind to get back to where you took off from.Īt that point, we see the curved tip gliders bring a nice performance advantage. They have ample performance for ridge soaring and light thermal flights. I can see even in the mountains, you could easily enjoy a Falcon/ Malibu for much longer than in the flats. They are just so much more roll and yaw stable and especially since aero-towing is the big goal here in Ontario, that stability can make the difference between making aerotowing easily manageable or a stressful situation. That leaves you with an Alpha, Falcon or Malibu. Relaxed, carefree airtime is critical when you are starting out and for that matter, the 3rd longest Ontario XC flight in 2020 was on a Falcon3 - he got more airtime than the other pilots flying that day - what could be more fun!?Īt some point extra performance is nice but for your first glider, I think it should be with truncated tips (not curved tipped). Taken right from WillsWing's article - today's lowest performing glider on the market (the Falcon at time the article was written) is higher performing than the highest performing glider on the market in 1980 - and they were flying 100 mile flights then. This graph below just adds the rough cost a new glider as well to throw that into the equation. ![]() Hover your mouse over any of the lines and bars in the charts for detailed values. Conversely, the red area (to the left of the intersection) indicates how much your experience & skill level needs to compensate for the reduction in passive safety. To me, the light blue area (to the right of the intersection) shows a margin of error the glider MAY help you with when, not if, you make a judgement error. He also threw the cloth cover from a towable tube (like you'd pull behind a ski boat) on the pile, which I think will be a great donor for durable cloth like the bottom of packs.I thought it was interesting that the two lines intersect as you migrate from an H2 to an H3 glider - I think that it shows that after you move on from an H2 wing, you should be in tune with your realistic skill level. ![]() The main body looks similar in weight to the 1.1 silnylon I have. The parachute has spectra for the weight bearing lines. I wonder if the wing will work as a base camp tarp? The creative side of my brain is in overload! Both were folded when I got them, and I won't have time to really look at them for a couple of days. I haven't had time yet to lay them out and measure them, or even get a look at their shapes. what to make with the wing and parachute? While part of me hates to cut up such well crafted items, the eco-weenie in me is tickled at the chance to keep some great materials out of the land fill and give them new life. He gave them both to me so that I could a) study the construction techniques, as both are obviously used in perilous conditions where integrity is very critical and construction methods are well thought out, and b) as a source of raw materials for future projects.īoth items were very actively used and are considered "worn out", although to my untrained eye they look fine. a high performance boat made for towing a parachute. Is that called a parasail? (no, not a normal boat. It may be one that they used to tow behind their boat. Then he went in the house and pulled a parachute of some sort out of a closet. He rushed off to the garage and said "follow me", and emerged with a huge sail or wing (not sure of the right term) from a hang glider. I visited a friend yesterday and showed him the GVP G4 Scout pack (made almost entirely of recycled materials) I made for my son, and my current project: The FrankenHammock / DIY WBBB.
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