Self launch ultra-light sailplane

Check out the powered swift http://www.aeriane.com/
This is the most popular motorized ultralight sailplane/hang glider
and exists for many years.

Ramy

On Sep 27, 6:57 am, Martin Gregorie
wrote:
Markus Graeber wrote:
Also have a look at this new high tech bird:http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/english/index.html
It.s categorized as a Class 2 hanglider but at 28:1 and a min sink of
87 fpm and a Vne of 81mph it'll outperform a Ka-6 on weak to regular
days and fly when nothing else stays up. They are thinking about
fitting an engine as well but you got other self launch options like
running off a hill, bungee self launch etc. thanks to an ingenious
design and a weight of only 100 lbs. Very interesting concept.

Roger is a clever guy and an excellent craftsman with balsa and
composites. I knew him when he was flying the F1A and F1B free flight
model classes and was always impressed with his models.

But back to ultralights. Take a look at the ULF-1 hehttp://www.eel.de/

One or two of my fanatical woodworking friends would like to make and
fly one. No engine, though.

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