![]() ![]() This machine, once committed to landing, simply did not want to climb out before touching down! One time someone walked out onto the middle of the runway as the craft was coming in, to photograph as it came in, leaving the only option to land in the 'glades next to the runway. With a rate of climb with the two blade propellers of only 60 feet per minute, the craft, though very docile in handling, took careful power management when flying at low levels. ![]() The craft, which had a 26.5 foot wingspan and weighed 145# empty with a 180# payload, originally started out with 32in diameter 1 blade propellers, with counterweights and flapping hinges, but one of these units tossed itself out of the test zone and made the designer go conservative. The craft took off, flew, and landed at very near to 25mph. "Paraplane" used two West Bend (Chrysler) 820 engines (8hp reduced to 4700rpm maybe 6.5hp for a total of 13hp, for propeller matching reasons) direct driving a pair of two blade 27in diameter polyester fiberglass over balsa propellers. ![]() Notice his difficulties controlling the wing (Which I might add is an older performance wing.I have one of these old k series gliders and would never fly it with my harness).Completed in March of 1967, This is possibly the earliest example of a trike. Watch this video, look at how the harness cancels out his control inputs as he makes his approach. It is possible to catch the legs on the harness on your flight wires! This has not happened to me BUT it is good to mentally prepare for it!! I found it best to stay in the bag (with harness legs down) till my final approach is complete. With our feet out of the bag the harness can cancel out your weight shift control inputs. DONT push out on launch and keep that speed pulled in when you come to land. Shift your weight parallel to the keel, the lead with your feet thing feels funny under power. Fly with respect to trim, your bar position will be very different due to the fact that you have more mass at your feet, Trim speed will be further back as far as bar position is concerned! It can make you feel like you are at best glide when you are really at minimum sink.or worse!! I am no expert in anything hg that is for sure! But I think you should keep the following in mind with your power harness: In my short time in hg I have seen several very experienced guys get into deep trouble because they are simply too confident in themselves and are delusional! That said if you just let off the throttle it is easy to get the wings level again. Power harnesses can kind of "wind into" turns under power and bumping out of them can be very challenging especially if you don't have your feet in the harness. With my beginners glider I have never experienced oscilations during towing. This also can be applied in case of trust wich is pushing a glider instead of pulling. ![]() This coincedes with one of the Skyting criteria:"center of mass towing". My own experience: osscilations during towing with my Litespeed, when the release is connected to my chest instead of the shoulderstraps. Nothing about a combination with high performance flex wingsģ. We have discussed this in our national (MX) forum and we think that these wing overs were oscillations induced by the engine and that high performance gliders are to unstable for the combination with an engine.ġ.If you look at the webpage of Icaro2000 you can see multiple worldchamp Manfred, demonstrating Icaro´s new electromotor.but with a beginnerglider, not his Laminar.Ģ.In the Oz report I also read an article a few years ago about the new fashion in Germany: rigid wings in combination with electromotors. It´s not likely that he intented to do this voluntarily. I know this pilot well and have never seen him doing wing overs / aerobatics. According to the one who sold it to him, during his first (last) flight, he saw severe wing overs before the endsection leading edge broke wich resulted in a fatal crash. Leonvanseeters wrote:(if you wonder why.ask me)Ī few years ago, a well known local pilot / flying buddy here in Valle de Bravo, with thousands of flight hours and about 25 years of experience bought a Mosquito and went to te beach in Acapulco to try it out. ![]()
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