Proairsport. New ultra light glider/airplane

Interesting concept - wondering how many takeoffs are planned per battery charge?

And unless the tires (tyres?) are a bit wider, it might have trouble at some of the rougher grass fields I've flown from.

But a more important question: What does GloW mean? C'mon, guys, if you use a cute acronym (and you Brits are worse than us 'Muricans - QinetiQ, really?) at least explain how it was derived!

Kirk

The electric powered wheel is such a bad idea that Airbus has been testing it on airliners. Using it for taxi and acceleration during take off reduces fuel consumption considerably and shortens takeoff distance. Newer electric motors can produce tremendous amounts of torque and are much lighter. Just what you need for initial acceleration.

Current self launchers are many times equipped with finicky engines and complicated mechanics to expose the prop. When you need the lowest sink rate to prevent a land out, deploying the motor decreases the glider's performance to it's lowest.

If our sport is to survive, we need innovation. A low maintenance, affordable self launch could go a long way toward that goal.

Charlie

At 09:40 20 March 2015, wrote:
The electric powered wheel is such a bad idea that Airbus has been
testing
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it on airliners. Using it for taxi and acceleration during take off
reduces=
fuel consumption considerably and shortens takeoff distance. Newer
electri=
c motors can produce tremendous amounts of torque and are much lighter.
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t what you need for initial acceleration.=20

Current self launchers are many times equipped with finicky engines and
com=
plicated mechanics to expose the prop. When you need the lowest sink rate
t=
o prevent a land out, deploying the motor decreases the glider's
performanc=
e to it's lowest.

If our sport is to survive, we need innovation. A low maintenance,
affordab=
le self launch could go a long way toward that goal.=20

Charlie

Launch price now on the website www.proairsport.com - hit the Priority
Price button or go to Contact/Order in the menus.

We think this fits with the themes in Charlie's last para.

Roger