12/27/2023 0 Comments Hang glider forum![]() ![]() See his Alatus,whcih is available as a pure glider or SSDR self launcher Flylight Airsports Ltd. Ben Ashman's 'Flylight' company is the agent for one. There are various self launching gliders which come under microlight & ultralight regulations. It was displayed at the Farnborough airshow one year, and was later tested with eight model aircraft type electric motors for propulsion! Probably for the reasons above, it did not catch on.Įarlier there was the Manuel Wren? in the 50s or 60s, but I don't know much about it. John Edgley, who designed the Optica, built a glider called the EA-9 Optimist, largely from folded honeycomb panels. If you prefer going it alone you can get a hang glider which can be stored on the stairs (if you're single) or in the garage, or even a paraglider which you can keep on top of the wardrobe. If you are going to pay the insurance and storage costs for a glider, you would probably want a reasonably high performance one, and join a syndicate if you can't afford one outright. The BGA has quite a rigourous airworthiness process which deters all but the more experienced aircraft engineers from attempting it. Modern composite glider construction is not conducive to homebuilding from scratch, and if you are going for older wood or metal costruction, see 1 above. The vintage glider club provides support to people who keep the older machines flying. You only need to look on and eBay to find them. There is no shortage of 'hangar queens' gathering dust and unused gliders sitting in trailers which can be had for a song. There are four main reasons for the lack of homebuilt gliders in the UK:
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