Cool! My google searches never turned this up before. Yesterday I put my bungee powered catapult to the test and it worked. I like what you did with the bungee and hopefully my idea will turn out to be useful also. There are a lot of hills in Arkansas not steep enough for normal launching which the catapult might make the difference between flight and no flight.
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Well done! Look at their faces... specially the girls... I remember my first time... What a feeling!? Another dimension... literary. Thanks. I use to fly a Falcon 3.
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As a postscript - cable chutes can be made to fly a lot better by making the hole in the middle a big bigger, stops the 'kiting' effect. I once made one with six panels, 2m in diameter, 1m hole in the middle, almost a skirt! The launch loads were taken by a piece of winch cable through the parachute, same length as the 'collapsed' assembly. 10m strop to weak link. It opened with a pop!! Flew dead straight at any speed, but was a bit fragile compared to the wire fence around the field....
Very interesting! I've done 15,000 launches as a winch driver, launching the larger gliders. The flying parachute concerns me a little..... a better solution is one that is collapsed by tension through the line. And fitted with a much longer strop to the glider! I only mention this because of a fatal accident with a parachute carrying the steel launch cable over the wing.... not pleasant. Not on my watch though.
then we're in agreement: he looks tired; likely carrying more than 45 lbs too. I'm wondering if Missionsoaring provides lifts back up the hill for their students or do they have to carry the gear back up and if lifts are provided is it with an extra charge or included in the package. That is my question.
...during that first tow, pilot swung his legs about...oscillated a bit...but good to avoid having that nose high in case of a weak link break or winch failure... don't want to stall if bar is in a 'pushed out' position...good to get simulator practice on ground first.
A fine demonstration; I understand why you used the word "stall" instead of "flare" to make things comprehensible for the average citizens and near-wuffos in attendance. Keep up the goodwill ambassador work.
