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Walkalong gliders
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:11 pm
by b29flteng
I just saw a neat video on walkalong gliders. I've never heard of them before. Has anyone made any and fly them?
http://www.geocities.com/x_surfer2004/index.html
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:41 am
by the330thbg
Wow.., i am just amazed someone was allowed to patent..,
'GROUND EFFECT"!!!
Re: Walkalong gliders
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 5:06 pm
by airnutz
I hadn't seen one of those before, but I have seen a YouTube video of a fellow with the store bought Wind Ryder
flying it using his hands to create the ground effect.
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:40 pm
by tom d. friedman
i know a guy that makes them. they are as light as a piece of lint. he does endurance competitions with them, no fanning required. it's fascinating as a science & takes gentle skill to build them. when it comes to flying them though, i'd just prefer to stare at my eye lids. zzzzzzzzzzzzz
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:56 pm
by the330thbg
I could fly my Schweizer 2-33 from one end of the field to the other on a hot August day, thanks to G.E. Very cool!