Looking for an ASG29 pure glider in excellent condition, not for me, but my wife. She might let me fly it at times, I was planning to buy her a newer glider for Xmas, and considered a sustainer, but she told me that she would rather have a pure glider.I know she is a bit old, but can handle any glider she flies, I don't think she would find it too slippery. Old Bob, The Purist
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs when
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs when
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
On 10/15/2022 9:15 AM, Eric Greenwell wrote:One of the Canadians during Region 8 mentioned he was selling his 29. I’ll try an figure out who it was and text you the info. Only downside is he only had the 18 meter tips.
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs when
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
A bungee break was often called the "dreaded bungee-bang"; fortunately, the gliders of 60
and 70 years ago didn't weigh as much or fly as fast as now, so the amount of bungee
required was small enough that bungee-bang injuries weren't so bad. By comparison, after
Rudy Allemann and I calculated (in 1985 or so) the amount of bungee needed to launch our
ASW20's off the local slope-soaring hill, we decided a bungee break was almost certainly
lethal, and gave up on the idea.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self. Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
UH
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil fuelsto launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self. Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
UH,
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
I tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down honey, I
😁 JJ
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:56:13 PM UTC-4, johnsin...@yahoo.com wrote:fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote: >>> Bob:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
I sent you a private email.Got it
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
will try and find you a used glider. Old Bob, The PuristI tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down honey, I
😁 JJ
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 3:26:02 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:56:13 PM UTC-4, johnsin...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote: >>> Bob:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
I sent you a private email.Got it
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
I will try and find you a used glider. Old Bob, The PuristI tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down honey,
😁 JJ
Why waste the money for the mediocre flights the two of you do? Save your money and fly what you already own. You're welcome.What a nut job, DH is crazier than a pet raccoon. Now you want to attack an innocent nice old lady. Old Bob, The Purist
Tom
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil fuelsto launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self. Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
UH
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 8:41:02 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:fossil fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 3:26:02 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:56:13 PM UTC-4, johnsin...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
I will try and find you a used glider. Old Bob, The PuristI tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down honey,
😁 JJ
Why waste the money for the mediocre flights the two of you do? Save your money and fly what you already own. You're welcome.
TomWhat a nut job, DH is crazier than a pet raccoon. Now you want to attack an innocent nice old lady. Old Bob, The Purist
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 7:18:41 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:fossil fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 8:41:02 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 3:26:02 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:56:13 PM UTC-4, johnsin...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
honey, I will try and find you a used glider. Old Bob, The PuristI tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down
😁 JJ
Get help , you need medication! OBTPWhy waste the money for the mediocre flights the two of you do? Save your money and fly what you already own. You're welcome.
Hey PottyMouth, I am doing the both of you a favor. You're welcome.TomWhat a nut job, DH is crazier than a pet raccoon. Now you want to attack an innocent nice old lady. Old Bob, The Purist
On Monday, October 17, 2022 at 2:15:41 AM UTC+10, jfitch wrote:fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
If you charged your electric glider only from solar, is that any different from taking a thermal? Just another way of capturing solar power.Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH
You'd have no objection then, to me surfacing the wings with solar panels and running a small propulsion motor throughout a nationals contest? No different than taking a thermal.....fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Monday, October 17, 2022 at 4:57:25 AM UTC-7, Matthew Scutter wrote:
On Monday, October 17, 2022 at 2:15:41 AM UTC+10, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
You probably will rig a way where the recorder will not pick up the motor start, Now your talking Motorglider!! Old Bob, The PuristOn Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote: >>> Bob:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
I sent you a private email.Got it
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
If you charged your electric glider only from solar, is that any different from taking a thermal? Just another way of capturing solar power.Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH
On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 12:07:00 PM UTC-4, jfitch wrote:fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
You'd have no objection then, to me surfacing the wings with solar panels and running a small propulsion motor throughout a nationals contest? No different than taking a thermal.....
On Monday, October 17, 2022 at 4:57:25 AM UTC-7, Matthew Scutter wrote:
On Monday, October 17, 2022 at 2:15:41 AM UTC+10, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of fossil
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote: >>> Bob:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
I sent you a private email.Got it
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
You probably will rig a way where the recorder will not pick up the motor start, Now your talking Motorglider!! Old Bob, The PuristIf you charged your electric glider only from solar, is that any different from taking a thermal? Just another way of capturing solar power.Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
--
Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH
On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 1:06:58 AM UTC-4, 2G wrote:fossil fuels to launch and retrieve. Whether you put the gas in the glider, the Pawnee, or the charging generator is a minor detail.
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 7:18:41 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 8:41:02 PM UTC-4, 2G wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 3:26:02 PM UTC-7, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 5:56:13 PM UTC-4, johnsin...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Sunday, October 16, 2022 at 9:15:41 AM UTC-7, jfitch wrote:
Hang gliders are "pure" gliders, at least when not using a winch launch. Run off a hill and fly. Especially so if you hiked up the hill with the thing on your shoulder, as we used to do. Sailplanes in all their forms require expenditure of
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 4:29:22 PM UTC-7, Hank Nixon wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 12:15:02 PM UTC-4, Eric Greenwell wrote:
On 10/15/2022 7:28 AM, john firth wrote:
On Saturday, October 15, 2022 at 7:49:50 AM UTC-4, youngbl...@gmail.com wrote:I've read that bungee launching can provide self-launching: the pilot hooks the tail to a
On Friday, October 14, 2022 at 11:44:06 PM UTC-4, Roy B. wrote:A really pure glider will only have a bungee hook./
Bob:Got it
I sent you a private email.
ROY
JMF
sturdy post on the top of the hill; he stretches the bungee ends with a vehicle; once
ready in the cockpit, he pulls the release cord for the tail hook, and WHOOOSH he is
lofted off the ground and begins ridge soaring.
Even more exciting is to stretch the bungee using a horse. The exciting part occurs whenIt's only really pure if the pilot stretches the bungee him(or her) self.
the bungee breaks, snaps back at the horse, and the horse reacts as you'd expect. Still,
using a horse does seem pure compared to using a car.
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Eric Greenwell - USA
- "A Guide to Self-launching Sailplane Operation" https://sites.google.com/site/motorgliders/publications
Everything else has varying degrees of impurity.
UH,
honey, I will try and find you a used glider. Old Bob, The PuristI tried that, “ I’m going to buy a new sailplane for you honey”………She just said, “ I’ll take the cash” !JJ you just ruined my day!!! She knows about the boat, tried to hide it the best I could, but it is difficult to keep that Freeman under covers. She said, "I could have bought two new gliders for what you paid for that damn boat"! Settle down
😁 JJ
Why waste the money for the mediocre flights the two of you do? Save your money and fly what you already own. You're welcome.
Get help , you need medication! OBTPHey PottyMouth, I am doing the both of you a favor. You're welcome.TomWhat a nut job, DH is crazier than a pet raccoon. Now you want to attack an innocent nice old lady. Old Bob, The Purist
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