Howard aka "Stealth Pilot" wrote in
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| On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:25:39 -0700 (PDT), "
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| ok so I'm the snake under the verandah here. I post with a nom de
| plume because the discussions arent about me (or any other ego) they
| are about aviation. if we kept it that way it'd be good.
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| the GOAT ! ....remember the GOAT.
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| that design uses modern materials. it appears to my eye to have
| overcome one of the faults of the original primary glider in that it
| isnt carrying surplus weight. this means that the thing can fly slow
| enough that momentum doesnt enter into the crash equation. it has full
| 3 axis control and can loaf along at 23 miles per hour.
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| it strikes me that such a design *could* be built reasonably cheaply.
| if you had some built and you had a hill and a breeze and a bunch of
| kids you could be set up for an afternoon of really fun flying.
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| personally if it cant do a hundred knots I'm usually not interested
| but when I was perusing the details it struck me that the guy has
| achieved something quite noteworthy. he has actually achieved a
| competent light weight minimal design. my engineering eye was quite
| impressed.
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| the other thing that impressed me was that he had the balls to present
| usable sketches of his work as a free zip download.
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| I really think that kids *would* be interested in this modern
| incarnation of the primary glider whereas they would probably turn
| their noses up at a vintage design. kids being kids.
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| it is worth checking out!
| Stealth Pilot
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Yeah, but you still think brakes are not designed to stop and aircraft.