we all know you are a brilliant flier...fact...but for me this is a video of the motor on quite a lot and a very flat day which is useless for gliding and showing the glider off.....it looks more like a powered airplane to me....more continuous footage is better for gliders pure flight....i would guess you are one of the best glider fliers in the world but this video is not for me.....keep flying :)
Hallo, beeindruckend die Flugleistungen von dem Modell. Können Sie mir sagen welche Ausführung das Modell im Video ist? Explorer 5 4000mm V-Tail "Strong" Version?
Great designen Superb! But is it Mind CONTROLED because How the heck does the glider return to your hands Launcher ?!!!!!. Fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing your video. All the Very Best to you and keep gliding. JB. UK. 🇫🇴🇦🇺.
Don't fully remember (it was ~25 years ago), at least half an hour, I think longer. Had my Mirage 2M fully specked out. Now it seems with the new RPAS regulations in Canada this plane would be considered too heavy without significant paperwork, and you're not allowed to fly that high. I am hoping to build a small DLG to fly at the farm, so some servos would help out.
Very cool.... This is an old video of Dave Banks hand launching his Dodgson Designs Windsong... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-KJj2p5vMEko.htmlfeature=shared
My first 2 channel build (balsa) was a Sig Riser 2m. Still have it after 25 years. Flew it for close to 2 hours once in very good thermal conditions. Brought it down to land as my neck was getting quite uncomfortable.
I am the only surviving Alberta 1982 HangGliding champion who then placed 12th of of 60 in the National championships in Mont St. Pierre Quebec Canada. I thermalled from Mount Swansea BC up to cloud base at 9800 feet ASL before flying along a cloud street 19 miles north to Edgewater before landing with a bad case of hypothermia. Those were non-events compared to subsequent years as hang glider l/d ratios rapidly improved. But on a final landing approach less than 150 feet from the ground I also thermalled up to the peak of Mount Swansea 2600 feet above the valley. Obviously the variometer provided the feedback needed to help core those thermals.
28 years ago i built my first glider, a great planes 2 meter spirit. Launched by high start, I'll never forget the day I realized it wasn't coming down because I had encountered a thermal. This video brought back fond memories of that unforgettable day. Thank you.
OK that is very cool. I like the idea but at the same time that’s not necessarily a glider that is an airplane. That kind of defeats, the whole purpose of having thermals and doing the whole glider experience. But that is a really cool airplane.
The strength and what that enables is what amazes me about this. We've all seen light things fly, but to have the strength to maneuver and not flex massively is wild to see.
I got a beat up (literally in pieces) balsa 2 channel glider for free, ripped out the 30 year old electronics, rebuilt the broken parts, and upon putting modern electronics in it, it decreased the weight so much the main wing mount had to be moved about 1 foot back on the fuselage. This meant other bits on the design had to change, had to add strength to some places, change the rudder since it had less leverage, but after months of fixing things as they broke, I've managed to come out of it with a stellar glider. I've managed several 10 minute plus flights using a 150ft high start bungee, with my best time being roughly 11 minutes 48 seconds, starting the timer after the bungee dropped off the plane. I've yet to experience a modern composite glider like this one, but to anyone wishing they could get their hands on a better glider, go build one yourself with like 30$ worth of balsa, glue, and wing covering, 60$ worth of electronics, launch it with some medical tubing with a 150ft string attached to it, and just have fun, a 300mah 2s goes for over 5 hours while running two cheap 9 gram servos, and while frustrating at times, there's truly nothing like it.
