Hephaestus
Well-Known Member
Hangar beers discussion last night that got me curious.
What we were discussing is an option to get back to "old school" glider training. Students spend a bunch of time waiting around between flights, most of the time getting "busy work". While primary gliders operating as hang gliders don't get logbook time, they could be valuable stick and rudder time. Especially if they could be winch launched.
Canadian rules at times suck. Don't really have an equivalent to part 103 glider class.
However we are allowed 45kg/99lb hang gliders in a pretty much deregulated class.
Eyeballing the Sandlin goat / compact 110, most use the American rules - so they run 30-40lbs heavier.
But the swift hits the target at 100lbs... But at costs approaching 6 figures.
All of them suffer from the 170lb pilot weight issue, pretty sure 210lbs is the new minimum at least in our vicinity.
I don't suppose any of you have put any pen and paper time into a project that might come close? Or have some great thoughts as to how to achieve a 99lb primary glider?
What we were discussing is an option to get back to "old school" glider training. Students spend a bunch of time waiting around between flights, most of the time getting "busy work". While primary gliders operating as hang gliders don't get logbook time, they could be valuable stick and rudder time. Especially if they could be winch launched.
Canadian rules at times suck. Don't really have an equivalent to part 103 glider class.
However we are allowed 45kg/99lb hang gliders in a pretty much deregulated class.
Eyeballing the Sandlin goat / compact 110, most use the American rules - so they run 30-40lbs heavier.
But the swift hits the target at 100lbs... But at costs approaching 6 figures.
All of them suffer from the 170lb pilot weight issue, pretty sure 210lbs is the new minimum at least in our vicinity.
I don't suppose any of you have put any pen and paper time into a project that might come close? Or have some great thoughts as to how to achieve a 99lb primary glider?