Real Cartoon Gliders

[Kemp[_2_]]

In the category of "eccentric gliders", a non-soaring friend told me
that one run of the Japanese Animae cartoon series Eureka7, is about a
character who is or flies a glider (sorry, I've not actually read or
seen the series). Part of the story line is the search for lift.
Turns out someone has built a 1:1 of the cartoon glider:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2007-08-31/life-size-flying-nausicaa-glider-displayed-at-worldcon

with a short movie of the build/flight:

http://www.petworks.co.jp/~hachiya/works/OpenSky_movie.html

Just don't fall off!

Kemp

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On Sep 6, 8:33 am, Kemp > wrote:
> In the category of "eccentric gliders", a non-soaring friend told me
> that one run of the Japanese Animae cartoon series Eureka7, is about a
> character who is or flies a glider (sorry, I've not actually read or
> seen the series). Part of the story line is the search for lift.
> Turns out someone has built a 1:1 of the cartoon glider:
>
> http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2007-08-31/life-size-flying-n...
>
> with a short movie of the build/flight:
>
> http://www.petworks.co.jp/~hachiya/works/OpenSky_movie.html
>
> Just don't fall off!
>
> Kemp

That's cool! I remember that glider from an animae movie called
"Warriors of the Wind" in the mid-eighties. I watched it while in my
hotel room in Tonopah, killing an otherwise boring night. That was,
of course, before I began soaring full scale planes. I built a small
(around 15" wingspan) profile model of it, but had very limited
success with using weight shift for turning, although it worked fine
for pitch.

[Martin Gregorie[_1_]]

wrote:
> On Sep 6, 8:33 am, Kemp > wrote:
>> In the category of "eccentric gliders", a non-soaring friend told me
>> that one run of the Japanese Animae cartoon series Eureka7, is about a
>> character who is or flies a glider (sorry, I've not actually read or
>> seen the series). Part of the story line is the search for lift.
>> Turns out someone has built a 1:1 of the cartoon glider:
>>
>> http://www.animenewsnetwork.com.au/news/2007-08-31/life-size-flying-n...
>>
>> with a short movie of the build/flight:
>>
>> http://www.petworks.co.jp/~hachiya/works/OpenSky_movie.html
>>
>> Just don't fall off!
>>
>> Kemp
>
> That's cool! I remember that glider from an animae movie called
> "Warriors of the Wind" in the mid-eighties. I watched it while in my
> hotel room in Tonopah, killing an otherwise boring night. That was,
> of course, before I began soaring full scale planes. I built a small
> (around 15" wingspan) profile model of it, but had very limited
> success with using weight shift for turning, although it worked fine
> for pitch.
>
The stills show cables running up to the side rails, so it looks like
its using weight shift for pitch and hip rocking, like the Wrights, for
roll control.


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