Methods of Launch

The book I read was:
'I Learned To Fly For Hitler' by Joe Volmar

Kron Publications
1864 Irish Road
Dundee, Michigan 48131, USA

ISBN0-9671389-0-6

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 99-62464

Good reading, so add it to your library!

Ray



At 23:12 15 November 2006, Jack wrote:
Ray Lovinggood wrote:

Of course, the World War II vintage German rocket
interceptor,
of which I've forgotten who produced. Rocket power
for launching and after a few minutes of fuel burn,
it became a glider. Read the book, 'I Flew for Hitler'
(is that the title? And I have forgotten the author's
name. Good book!)


_I Flew for the Fuhrer_

by Heinz Knoke


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...37/nbookcom-20

One of my favorite old soaring photos shows the use of the "greased plank"
launching method off a cliff. The photo is in the book Wings Like Eagles by
Paul Schweizer. When ready to launch, just tip up the board and the glider
slides off an over the edge.

Paul Remde

"Tim Taylor" wrote in message
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Direct on a step downhill


Robert Gaines wrote:
How many ways can a glider-sailplane be launched?
Winch
Autotow
Towplane
Gasoline engine self launch
Electric self launch
Off Back of 747
Belly of B-29
Bungee

How many more ways?

Wayne Paul wrote:
"Frank Whiteley" wrote in message
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Robert Gaines wrote:
How many ways can a glider-sailplane be launched?
Winch
Autotow
Towplane
Gasoline engine self launch
Electric self launch
Off Back of 747
Belly of B-29
Bungee

How many more ways?
Helicopter
Balloon
Foot (Woodstock option?)


I don't believe the Woodstock can be "foot launched."
http://members.aol.com/sparkstj/rim45.jpg
http://members.aol.com/woodglider/wander1.jpg

The "foot launched" sailplane designed by Jim Maupin is the Carbon Dragon.
http://www.sailplanedirectory.com/Pl...cfm?planeID=54
http://www.sailplanehomebuilders.com/arndt_dragon.jpg

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/
That it's, I knew it was a Maupin design.

Frank

Frank Whiteley wrote:
Robert Gaines wrote:
How many ways can a glider-sailplane be launched?
Winch
Autotow
Towplane
Gasoline engine self launch
Electric self launch
Off Back of 747
Belly of B-29
Bungee

How many more ways?
Helicopter
Balloon
Foot (Woodstock option?)
How about this sled ride?
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/p...ain_H-2340.pdf

Has anybody ever tried to launch a glider purely by gravity without the
aid of any other means? Ok - pushing it over a cliff would be one way.
I am more thinking of a steep incline, which a glider could just roll
down, i.e. a slow glider flying and a steep straight mountain road.

Uli Neumann


Frank Whiteley wrote:
Robert Gaines wrote:
How many ways can a glider-sailplane be launched?
Winch
Autotow
Towplane
Gasoline engine self launch
Electric self launch
Off Back of 747
Belly of B-29
Bungee

How many more ways?
Helicopter
Balloon
Foot (Woodstock option?)

Team of horses
Dirigible

Ralph Barnaby did both.

GM wrote:
Has anybody ever tried to launch a glider purely by gravity without the
aid of any other means? Ok - pushing it over a cliff would be one way.
I am more thinking of a steep incline, which a glider could just roll
down, i.e. a slow glider flying and a steep straight mountain road.

Uli Neumann


There are some videos on the web of this, but I can't find the link at
the moment.

Frank Whiteley

Frank Whiteley wrote:
GM wrote:
Has anybody ever tried to launch a glider purely by gravity without the
aid of any other means? Ok - pushing it over a cliff would be one way.
I am more thinking of a steep incline, which a glider could just roll
down, i.e. a slow glider flying and a steep straight mountain road.

Uli Neumann


There are some videos on the web of this, but I can't find the link at
the moment.

Frank Whiteley
http://tinyurl.com/vewfc
Gravity launch thread
2003 post, unfortunately with broken links.

Frank

GM wrote:
There was another one of these 'Wunder-Waffen': the Bachem Natter,
which was a manned rocket powered interceptor with a bunch of unguided
missiles in the nose. It was launched vertically and was supposed to
return as a glider. The climb rate was 11,300m/min !! (37,000fpm) I
wonder what kind of a vario they had installed in that one.
See: http://www.luftarchiv.de/flugzeuge/sonstige/ba349.htm

Uli Neumann

Here's a good description and history:

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero...t/bachemba.htm



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GM wrote:
Has anybody ever tried to launch a glider purely by gravity without the
aid of any other means? Ok - pushing it over a cliff would be one way.
I am more thinking of a steep incline, which a glider could just roll
down, i.e. a slow glider flying and a steep straight mountain road.

There's a video somewhere on the 'net of a PW-5 being launched exactly
that way, rolling down a steep, smooth grass slope. 2 or 3 people push
it at first before peeling off as it gains speed and then lifts off into
the slope lift. I think this was filmed in Poland.


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