Re: [ULF-1] Member 137 Home builder asking for advice

From: Member 89
Date: 2012-09-06 17:28 UTC-04:00
Message: #0385

I am located in the north eastern corner of America, and I am on a
scholarly quest if you will, i am not planning on flying anything I build
but I'm doing this to see if I have the credentials to overcome a task such
as this. This project is a scholarly gain and if I can make a 1/4 scale
model that has potential in a local wind tunnel or show potential to an
actual full scale model then my goal will be completed. At my local glider
port there are a fair amount of hang gliding pilots converting to gliders.
Now I may or may not use this particular glider as my plan but I felt as if
the builders would be a perfect place to start and unsurprisingly the
gliding community has come with open arms, and to this I thank every one of
you.
I am a senior in high school for anyone wondering. I've spent about 5 years
around gliders and I have just recently soloed in a Schweitzer 1-23, one of
my proudest moments of my life, first being the first solo. I love the
sport and I'm hoping to further this passion by going hands on and seeing
what a person with limited knowledge about home building and a
little ingenuity can do.

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Member 1 <[email]> wrote:

> And where are you located, Sam? Have you had any exposure to hang gliding?
> If not,
> this could be quite valuable to you, and I might be able to help you find
> some
> mentors in the sport.
>
> Doug
>
>
> > Hello,
> > My name is Sam Member 89 and I am beginning a personal project involving
> > building a home built foot launched glider. I am hoping to receive some
> > information as to how I should approach this project as well as advice on
> > building an aircraft of this type. I have limited knowledge on building
> > machines of this nature so any advice or considerations would be greatly
> > appreciated. I am not necessarily looking to make a fully operational
> > glider, but a prototype. A flying varient may be the final outcome but
> that
> > is not 100% my main goal. Thank you very much
>
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