wings came off

In French Alps last week end..

http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...e-en-plein-vol

In article ,
"hinterland" wrote:

http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...aneur-se-dislo
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.

It was the new Archaeopteryx high tech hang glider/microlift glider
(http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/english/index.html):

L/D 28:1, VNE 130 kph, + 5.3 g/- 2.65 g, and, as demonstrated, a
balistic recovery chute :-) Very interesting concept that puts it
between a hang glider and a full fledged glider as we know it.

The pilot was doing acro, after some spinning he was coming out of his
second loop and must have pulled a little too hard on the stick during
recovery... Here a better view of the sequence of events:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgOR5PLTn84

Markus

On Sep 20, 5:11*pm, Berry wrote:
In article ,

*"hinterland" wrote:
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...are-un-planeur...
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.

On Sep 20, 3:11*pm, Berry wrote:
In article ,

*"hinterland" wrote:
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...are-un-planeur...
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.

Since Coupe Icare is primarily a hang-glider/paraglider event, I think
it is safe to assume that this was an ultralight, possibly foot-
launched aircraft.

No doubt we will be further enlightened by our European colleagues in
due course.

Mike

Mike

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 15:46:19 -0700, Mike the Strike wrote:

No doubt we will be further enlightened by our European colleagues in
due course.

Here you go: http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/english/


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On Sep 20, 3:46*pm, Mike the Strike wrote:
On Sep 20, 3:11*pm, Berry wrote:

In article ,

*"hinterland" wrote:
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...are-un-planeur....
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.

Since Coupe Icare is primarily a hang-glider/paraglider event, I think
it is safe to assume that this was an ultralight, possibly foot-
launched aircraft.

No doubt we will be further enlightened by our European colleagues in
due course.

Mike

Mike

Indeed it was an Archaeopteryx - the schedule had two of them flying
there. Good photos and video on their website:

http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/english/index.html

Hope that their naming it after an extinct Jurassic flying dinosaur
didn't jinx it!

Mike

On Sep 20, 5:42*pm, Markus Graeber wrote:
It was the new Archaeopteryx high tech hang glider/microlift glider
(http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/english/index.html):

L/D 28:1, VNE 130 kph, + 5.3 g/- 2.65 g, and, as demonstrated, a
balistic recovery chute :-) *Very interesting concept that puts it
between a hang glider and a full fledged glider as we know it.

The pilot was doing acro, after some spinning he was coming out of his
second loop and must have pulled a little too hard on the stick during
recovery... Here a better view of the sequence of events:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgOR5PLTn84

Markus

On Sep 20, 5:11*pm, Berry wrote:



In article ,

*"hinterland" wrote:
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...are-un-planeur....
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Looks to me like the first loop would have been pulling more G's than
the second. Higher speed, harder pull. Perhaps the damage was done on
the first one.

In article
,
Mike the Strike wrote:

On Sep 20, 3:11*pm, Berry wrote:
In article ,

*"hinterland" wrote:
http://www.ledauphine.com/isere-sud/...are-un-planeur...
que-en-plein-vol

What sort of glider was that? Wings looked sort of like an Lo-100, but
the fuselage looked like a pod-and-boom affair. One of the wings
appeared to chop off the tailboom as the fuselage was tumbling.

Good thing it was equipped with a ballistic chute. I think it might have
been hard to get out of with it tumbling like that and not too high
either.

Since Coupe Icare is primarily a hang-glider/paraglider event, I think
it is safe to assume that this was an ultralight, possibly foot-
launched aircraft.

No doubt we will be further enlightened by our European colleagues in
due course.

Mike

Mike

Ah, I see now. Thanks.

Pretty little machine. Must be great fun to soar those microlift
machines. Not so good for aerobatics, apparently.

Hey, make these gliders cheap enough and we'll have a new "extreme
sport" with competitors vying to produce the most spectacular in-flight
breakup.

On Sep 21, 11:05*am, Berry wrote:
Hey, make these gliders cheap enough and we'll have a new "extreme
sport" *with competitors vying to produce the most spectacular in-flight
breakup.

If they use weak links instead of spar pins, the aircraft could even
be reused!

B.

If they use weak links instead of spar pins, the aircraft could even
be reused!


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