Nixus Project

Looks great. Is it an ASH30 or ASH30Mi fuselage?
Would be interesting to know more about the fly by wire control system and how much redundancy there is in the system itself and the power source.
Also if the designer thinks it is possible to land it with the fly by wire inoperative. With enough dihedral rudder will control roll by yaw - roll coupling.

Also interesting would be if part of that wing could be used on an 18 meter glider.


Would be interesting to know if there is a market for an advanced 18m wing kit older 15/18 meter gliders. Bob K. ?

Mike Borgelt

On Sunday, January 29, 2017 at 7:44:55 AM UTC-7, wrote:
Who is the "driver" of the Nixus Project and where are they located? Thanks.

https://www.facebook.com/NixusProject/

Just wondering what happens if the glider is struck by lightning ?

I believe that the outboard flaperon section has a mechanical link to the stick as a backup. Every servo is dual redundant.

Ive long thought that rewinging existing gliders would be a great way to improve performance without huge cost, there are a lot of good composite gliders that would be suitable.
In a lot of cases a more modern stab/elevator could offer significant gains. Not saying it would be easy..

You would have other worries than fly by wire if struck by lightning, the wing pushrods in a K21 were destroyed in a lightning strike!

As Bob said the outboard flaperon is mechanically connected so in the case that the electrical system failed there would still be aileron control. Also as Bob said each of the servos is actually 2 servos working together so the servos have dual redundancy and the flight computer (which controls the servos) has triple redundancy. Thus the chances of the FBW system failing are low, and the consequences are not excessively dangerous.

Always better to keep danger at a "normal" level. Avoid excessiveness!

On Monday, 11 March 2019 19:41:24 UTC+10, Charlie Quebec wrote:
Ive long thought that rewinging existing gliders would be a great way to improve performance without huge cost, there are a lot of good composite gliders that would be suitable.
In a lot of cases a more modern stab/elevator could offer significant gains. Not saying it would be easy..

That's all the manufcaturers do anyway, most of the time.


Mike Borgelt