Some misc. explorations regarding TCF  Triangle Control Frame

 

           Scratching, rough:

 Canard WingSled™    for Hang Gliders  ; LandingSled™

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  1. Downwind downslope landing of hang glider ....what to do?  If the slope is steep, then fly downwind with extra airspeed and then use that energy to fly out and make a turn to do a quick upslope landing into the  wind.
  2. GS will be wind speed plus flying airspeed in a tailwind landing.   Do keep flying; keep up airspeed no matter that the ground is going by fast. Things will be OK if the texture of the ground is OK and some preparations are made for this kind of landing. What could those preparations be?  
  3. The trip from TCF feet is the challenge. Even if there were wheels at the feet, they are in a place that does not solve, if the wheels are low tread and the texture of the landing is with sand,  rock, or plants that would catch the basebar and bring rotation of nose to a beaking.  Small wheels do not keep the basebar up away from stones and plants. Plants and rocks can hit the basebar and trip the glider into beaking.   Ball, turn, and ?
  4. Idea fuzzy: quick shortening of the hang lines.
  5. Idea fuzzy. Hang line that stretches without rebound, but takes up energy when stretched.
  6. What is wanted in one tactic for downwind downslope or even just downwind level is to ski over the irregularities of the ground while flying.  Tailwind downslope.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


G. C. Beidler, filed June 24, 1909

Now that the sport of aviation, and therefore the industry

of aeroplane manufacture also, is rapidly reaching

a comparatively settled stage, and now that a very

active season is evidently before us, it is fitting

once more to consider the best directions in which

to encourage the energy of pioneer pilots for the

development of the machines that are destined at

an only slightly later stage to bring the sport within

the sphere of the bona fide amateur owner. During

the past year there have been a considerable number of

competitions of one kind and another, and although any

type of event, or even, for that matter, every individual

flight, is instructive and to that extent useful, it has become

evident that in order to cultivate both progress and interest

at one and the same time, and to the very best advantage,

there is room for the display of some amount of discretion

in the selection of the kind of competition that is most

calculated to serve these ends. Above all, we think it

must be recognised that, at the moment, the aeroplane of

to-day is somewhat of a forced growth, in spite of the

veritable marvels that can be performed with it. It is

useless to deny that, even if the actual art of flying is no

longer an altogether uncertain matter, yet the construction

of the machines still leaves a good deal to be desired as

regards the reduction of the risk that is run by those

riding upon them.

Jan. 8, 1910, Flight, aero weekly, page 18.

New Zealand    Richard Pearse - inventor and aviator.    See his control cage.  See the triangle base.  Pearse monoplane.  http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/Gallery/Pearse/Pearse.html

Etrich flying wing of 1908

http://www.456fis.org/HISTORY%20OF%20FLIGHT/1906%20Vuias.jpg

Explore all 1900-1920 monoplanes.

Training device:

Mr. A. Sim

First Paris Aeronautical Salon.  Are there photos of all craft that were displayed?

Santos Dumont's La Demoiselle

The Automotor journal.

Publisher: London : F. King and Co., Ltd.,

Description: v. : ill. ; 28-31 cm.
Began in 1896.

 

B.I.Cheranovskiy's Flying Wings   [[BICH pic file]]

 

http://www.compositecreations.com/Nano-lightTrike.htm

JpF sent further: July 21, 2010:   Spring out sled from beneath control bar held by hinged legs that stow to front of TCF legs; at trigger, the sled pops out forward and attains a sledding angle of attack; the sled is as wide as the basebar of TCF and is stayed off by two or more set-offs from the bottom of the TCF legs and basebar. Ratchet lock prevents return when rocks or brush are hit. Much broader tread than wheels by far; and the basebar does not get caught by rocks or brush or sand or gravel or holes; rather, the wide sled skips or sleds over the top of the obstructions.   Primary sketches are in spiral notebook used while waiting at the hospital on July 20, 2010, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital near Beverly Center.  LandingSled™

sledges      Spelling used in 1851 version of A treatise on the æropleustic art, or navigation in the air by means of kites, or buoyant sails: with a description of the Charvolant, or Kite Carriage      
A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a vehicle that moves by sliding. Usually runners or a smooth underside enable a sled to slide. Sleds are used for transport on surfaces with low friction, usually snow or ice. In some cases however, mud, grass, or even smooth stones make a good surface for sleds.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sledges

2010 July

aero craft, aeroplane, aerial craft, flying machine,

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Study all text in detail:     "of deck"    "side-wings"  

Build replica of both the Lilienthal wing and of the Pilcher wing ....mods ... with modern materials and fly at Dockweiler.

Mod: go high hat (HH)  with the OL and PP   for a FOL and FPP   : )     FaustHHOL... and FaustHHPP.    And mod with the Breslau TCF of 1908.  And a mod of the Santos-Dumont hung strap seat.

Notice the tensioner wire.

Bleriot Monoplane showing disposition of the aviator.  Note the wheels, control frame, aviator position.

 

 1909:  Wire-suspended chair:

double-biplane type

1909: Is this the root of "hangar" ???