I’ve built a few “vintage” hang gliders, nothing modern, nothing fancy, materials all common hardware store variety. One was when I was 16 with a buddy who had a farm and a barn within which we could build. This one was built from plans and was called the Hang Loose.
Hang Loose, 1996
At university while doing my master’s degree I found the time to build another biplane glider, with some other aerospace students, this time it was a replica of a glider built in the 1920’s in Germany.
Replica of Pelzner’s Glider, 2002
We had the permission to build it in Penn State’s Sailplane Workshop, it was a lot of fun.
Pelzner Replica, 2002
So, recently I started building another multiplane hang-glider. This time I had a carpenter select and saw the wood pieces as this step is sooo crucial. Nearly impossible to find knot-free unwarped lumber in the local lumber-yard.
Stay tuned, watch this space, as we are working to finish the glider before early July, when the workshop closes!!!!
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3 Responses to “Multi-Plane Glider Construction Part I”
Sehr anschaulich dagestellt und kommentiert, dazu die angenehme Stimme. Das macht echt was her. Das ich das erste Mal unsere Werkstatt auf youtube gesehn habe, finde ich witzig. Viel Glück für den ersten Flugversuch!
Michael
Danke Michael,
die Stimmen sind auf die Videos immer leise, da ich immer um 1h morgens aufnehme, und moechte die nachbaren nicht wecken!
Danke sehr, fuer das Holzschneiden und die froehliche Mitarbeit.
Gruss
Will
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Sehr anschaulich dagestellt und kommentiert, dazu die angenehme Stimme. Das macht echt was her. Das ich das erste Mal unsere Werkstatt auf youtube gesehn habe, finde ich witzig. Viel Glück für den ersten Flugversuch!
Michael
Danke Michael,
die Stimmen sind auf die Videos immer leise, da ich immer um 1h morgens aufnehme, und moechte die nachbaren nicht wecken!
Danke sehr, fuer das Holzschneiden und die froehliche Mitarbeit.
Gruss
Will
medium haircuts…
Very nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have truly enjoyed surfing around your blog posts. After all I’ll be subscribing to your rss feed and I hope you write again soon!…