This channel is just getting started but we intend to have exciting videos of Hang-gliding, Unique electric hang-gliding motors designed by Rob Berndes as well as a unique boat project, boat building how-to videos and more crazy inventions.
Which is the best design of yours until now whether carbon boy or control frame shoulder twin motor set up? For quicker lift? Can we use the same motor for both design ? How to know whether pusher or puller type front facing or rear facing? What about clockwise or counter clockwise propellor to use?? Which is best for safety ? Would love to hear recorded voice chats on your RU-vid channel when you have free time. Your invention will keep hanggliding alive and thus hanggliding manufacturers. Thanks 🙏
How does your helper mortor carbon boy mount on kingpost snugly tight ? Do you drill holes in kingpost? Does it slide down during vibration? What is black tube attached to rear cable made of?? What material is mount made of?? Diy post more videos Thanks
We use tight elastic wrappings with Velcro at the end to secure it and there is soft rubber on the king-post side of the motor mount. And it stays nice and snug. The carbon rod out the back keeps the motor straight. The mounts are generally made of fiber-glass or carbon-fiber.
We don't have a falcon but it shouldn't be a problem because but the other great thing about this configuration is that the prop is no longer in line with the wires and so there is much more clearance and now possibilities for bigger props - more power!
Hi Robert just curious about the design -- (1) are the propeller counter rotating or spinning in same direction?? (2) how come they don't windmill and what did you do to stop it? (3) did you use two sets of ESC for this twin motor design? And two sets of batteries? What's the power thrust output of the two motors? Can we take off in zero wind? Thanks
*Same direction just simple off the shelf stuff for a proof of concept. *Once the props fold they no longer want to windmill *We have gone out on a limb and tried to use only one and also one set of batteries - for the sake of reduced complexity - and are pleased with it so far. A bit jerky at the start but pretty reliable. We haven't been able to measure thrust yet but by the Amps drawn (120A) and using the previous motors as a guide, we think we are in the 20kg ball-park. Taking off in zero wind is probably too dodgy unless you can really run fast to get the wing flying first but with a little primary dune and a little wind things should be good. See the electric motors on hang gliders ORIGINS 2 as a reference for that.
No promises but we hope to show a some more construction bits. There is not much time for making videos and we seem to be doing a pretty poor job of it at the moment if you read the comments :)
10 дней назад
Very interested in your setup for my Falcon. Are you producing these kits and selling them?
If this is advertising, you've got one thing right : it always pay to have a beautiful girl in a bikini. But there is a limit to all things : where is this f***g motor? And what does it do exaxtly? In short : this video is ridiculous and I lost 5 minutes.
This is so sad...You brag about this motor, then don't show it working on a glider or even provide data on how I can get the parts to build one. I own a falcon and need to put a motor on it...
Ciao Roberto ti scrivo dal Italia mi piacerebbe sapere se il motore elettrico per deltaplano è stato poi commercializzato,si può comprare e dove? Grazie per la tua risposta
A REAL 'blast from the past'....year was 1976 or '77, in Oregon, just after dinosaurs went extinct. A company developed a gas-powered, keel-mounted pusher propellor ('Skymaster' as I recall) and was touring the country showing it to hang glider dealers. I showed up at a meeting in Portland as a UP dealer from So. Oregon to learn about them. In attendance was another dealer who entered the room on crutches, one foot wrapped in bandages. He had tried the unit a couple days before and it turns out the original design positioned the propellor just off the end of the keel, but just barely reachable by the foot of a very tall pilot flying prone if he swung far enough back. Not really a confidence-instilling visual for those in attendance. I went on to try the modified version a few days later at the coast, but the free flight 'purist' in me overruled and I chose not to pursue powered options although later I did get involved in ultralights. Fly safe, everyone.
1:44 Frozen - no corrections what so ever. I've seen that over and over again. You need to let students run the glider on flat ground in low winds to get the feel for it and build some instinct.
Of course, we pilots pilot should should use this new technology with discretion in populated areas to avoid annoying the residents. But for exploring remote sites, I see this as a welcome development. Much lighter and more energy efficient than the old ultralight engines. And less stinky!
So if the guy ruins flying for the others because he wants that silly motor will he realize how silly it is? That thing would be annoying the people in the area no doubt. What the heck is he doing?
Very nice flights! I can relate to that last attempt: starting by the leg cross tail wind is a bit of stress, a good way to bend some downtubes (been there, done that 😁). I learn to fly doing dune gooning, many years ago, and don’t find time now to do it anymore, shame on me. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers from Bretagne, France
