I had the opportunity to fly the prototype of the HP-24 project last weekend, aka the Tetra-15. Here is the report:
The Tetra-15 is the first glider built as part of the HP-24 project. Brad Hill...
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I had the opportunity to fly the prototype of the HP-24 project last weekend, aka the Tetra-15. Here is the report:
The Tetra-15 is the first glider built as part of the HP-24 project. Brad Hill...
i wonder if it was all the unnecessary protective clothing that he was wearing that he is allergic to...
The Schreder HP-18 was a popular all metal homebuilt glider that had bonded wing skins...
i'd recommend contacting Dave Bahnson at dbahnson@comcast.net
Are you sure this is still the case? A lot changed between April and now and I'm pretty sure the FAA was given the blank check to rob the airport improvement fund not only for ATC but for whatever...
really, i've always found the flex of an open class glider to be downright beautiful. The vide of the Eta doing a low pass on Youtube is breathtaking and when I was at Uvalde for the World...
i applaud your optimism.
part of the deal congress made to stop ATC delays allowed the FAA to rob from the airport improvement fund to keep sleepy unnecessary towers open too. AOPA celebrated the move.
Awesome podcast about the Concordia sailplane project.
http://omegataupodcast.net/2013/05/124-the-concordia-sailplane/
I would start out by spending the $10 and ordering the CD for the aircraft you're wondering about. I would think the waiver might be in there, or at least the operating limitations, it could give you...
It looks to me like Dick Butler used carbon rods for the controls on Concordia. One of the pictures at least showing the final control setup appears to have a metal rod end bonded and riveted to the...
i don't know much about them except that they were good performers but also very susceptible to contamination. rain or bugs on the leading edge would have a significant impact on glide performance.
i've got about 40 off field landings in gliders and only one has been on a road and that was only because it was the most perfect road in the world and all the fields were muddy. perfect like a solid...
works now for me
so do the runup somewhere else. are you angry because they ask you the question in order to avoid traffic congestion at the end or because they didn't add concrete at the end for you?
i've flown one, very fun airplane to fly.
LSA was created to bring "fat" ultralights into regulated aviation where they belonged. any other "reason" was invented by EAA, AOPA, and anyone else who was hoping to make a few bucks building LSA...
You want to see a big homebuilt aircraft...check out the Concordia project on www.soaringcafe.com. I got to put water in it a few days at the world championships. What a glider...
http://www.aigaviation.com/aviationsalvage/salvagelist.aspx
Not 100% sure on your question but I think I know the glider you're talking about and I'm glad to hear that someone is taking on the project.
FWIW i think that most people with "modern"...
maybe they need to be renamed the in-accuracy landing team? :)
i agree Mark. I have made decisions and understand that the consequences of those decisions allow me to fly. there was also a fair amount of good and bad luck that led me to where I am.
Fact is...
potential young pilots are busy paying school loans, then comes love, marriage, and a baby in a baby carriage, and there isn't much point in trying to get them into flying until they are at least 45.
At least some of the Schweizer 1-26's use top only forward hinged spring return spoilers. I think the D & E models went to top & bottom spoilers similar to the 2-33.
My Cherokee II also has spring...
enjoyed the magazine.
you should do an article on Dick Butler's Concordia. It doesn't get much more experimental than that...
http://soaringcafe.com/2011/01/concordia-supersegler/