This is the most practical type of aviation on the planet. With paragliding and speedflying, all the equipment fits in a backpack weighing anywhere from 25-50 pounds (or lighter!) depending on your equipment choices. Pilots' prone position when flying gives hang gliding the feeling of flying like a bird. Hang gliders can withstand more G-forces than many single engine aircraft and can be folded up into a bag that is 16’-18’ long and a foot in diameter and easily transported on the roof of a car. That means they fly 16 feet forward for every foot of altitude they lose when flying in calm air. Although gliders normally fly between 20 and 30 mph, they can reach speeds in excess of 80 mph and have a glide ratio of up to 16:1. Hang gliders are now made of aircraft aluminum or carbon fiber, stainless steel cable and Dacron (the same material sailboat sails are made of) and weigh between 45 lbs. Hang gliders have evolved from Francis Rogallo’s original flexible wing (as described in the History) into modern day flying marvels. It’s the best thing I have ever done.” Or as Leonardo da Vinci said, Once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been and there you long to return. Hang gliding is the closest thing I’ve found to matching that feeling in my dreams.
A recent student summed it up like this: “I’ve had dreams of flying my whole life. It’s everything you think it would be (and probably more). It has a diameter of 1.4 metres, and it guarantees high propulsive efficiency.Trying to describe the feeling of flying a hang glider is almost impossible. The maximum flight time varies according to pilot weight, the style of flying, and the surface area of the wing.ģ Flytec batteries type are available: LiIon 24 Ah 12,5 kgįolding propeller The folding-blade propeller in carbon fibre was specially developed for the electric motor. Using a modern rapid-charge lithium polymer accumulator, flight time can be extended to about 30 minutes, or up to one hour's flight when two of these accumulators are connected in parallel, providing a total of 80 Ah. Two batteries connected in parallel (48 Ah) provide a flight time of 40 minutes. The standard accumulator is a 24 Ah lithium ion model, providing a flight time of about 20 minutes with an RX18 or RX21 wing and an 80 kg pilot. The motor's functioning is constantly monitored by an interface that displays all operational parameters, such as voltage, power in amp-hours, current absorption, motor temperature, the Motor Management System, the state of the accumulators, and so forth.īatteries Various accumulator systems are available. If essential parameters are exceeded, the power supplied is automatically reduced, and the pilot is informed of the problem by means of an error message on the control interface.
The motor is regulated by the MMS system (Motor Management System).Īn advanced control system prevents accidental motor activation. It is a brushless, rotating-can motor which directly powers a 1.4 m diameter folding-blade propeller, with no reduction gear.įor further details on the electric motor, see the following websites: Has extended its range with the construction of the electric parts of the rigid wing Swift.Įlectric motor The HPD (High Power Direct) motor was developed by Werner Eck and is distributed by Flytec. Introduction Icaro 2000, one of the most important hang glider manufacturers in the world,
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