Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Old ideas being revisited: design nr. 3

Today i would like to share another "conventional" solution:
When i sketched that sailplane, the main idea was to design something similar to the Genesis concept.
What does it mean?
Well, i wanted to reduce parassite drag to the minimum by designing a very short fuselage. The wing is equipped with a low pitching moment profile, and that allows to use a short lever arm for the stabilizer. Fuselage length is below 4 meters, making the glider easily transportable. The fuselage has an open floor to allow foot launching. At first i thought about an open cockpit, but also a closed canopy should be feasible. For safety reasons, the sailplane is equipped with a ballistic parachute positioned on the back of the pilot and connected to the main wing spar.
As usual, comments are more than welcome!

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