Name and define hang gliding tasks that may be practiced, enjoyed,
and perhaps mastered
from a 20 m-high artificial launch platform-ramp in flatland.
[ ] Name and define or describe hang gliding tasks that may be
practiced, enjoyed, and perhaps mastered
from a 20 m-high artificial launch platform-ramp in flatland or its midway
stations, say at 1-m increments.
[ ] Design flatland-set ramps. Consider tensairity, tensegrity,
inflatables, collapsibles, rotatables, etc. What have we? Consider
the one-post-held-ramp. Kite-system-held ramp? Send
designs for others to consider.
[ ] Find outdoor and indoor placement for the ramps.
[ ] Embellish the scene with auxiliary systems (audio, video, water, food,
spectator services, restrooms, communications, energy-from-wind devices,
shaded napping space, wind-tells, whole-space wind
readers/reporters, inspection posters, variety of trial harnesses,
task-option posters, bungee, V-bungee, etc. )
All are welcome to send in such descriptions, definitions, and names for
envisioned tasks.
http://www.energykitesystems.net/Lift/images/20mTasks.jpg
Some motivations? (Further
motivations???)
= Exercise. Advance in strength, endurance, awareness, timing,
abilities, ...
= Health
= Fun
= Competition
= Experimentation
= Introduction of hang gliding to the world at visible places
= Mastery of certain skills (What skills?)
= Niche HG activity
fulfillment
= Enjoy muscle-providing the potential energy to be used in the gliding
= Joy of many foot-launches to flight
= Joy of many free-flights
= Joy of many flight landing experiences
= Joy of introducing a great many people to free-flight hang gliding
= Possibility of flight site near home
Historic priors:
= First decade of 1900s saw some launch inclines. Reports are welcome. One
was a built incline in Breslau where our triangle control frame
cable-stayed with pilot hung from short tether from keel was exampled.
= A college gliding club in early 1900s had an artificial launch incline
on flats. Notes on this are welcome.
= Someone had an incline as the roof of a glider workshop and storage. The
whole affair was rotatable to face wind. Report on this is welcome in this
thread. |
STARTING:
Distance straight out task with stand-up
landing:
From each station, say 5 m station: Go for distance.
From 10 m station: Go for distance.
From 15 m station: Go for distance.
From 20 m station: Go for distance.
Practice logging parameters of each flight. Wind, weights, anomalies,
clothes parameters, etc.
Do same perhaps at each 1 m station increments.
Log challenges of this task. Describe personal fitness for the task. Plan
training on this task to care for fatigue, relaxation, mastery of speed to
fly.
Repeat this task on different days. Compare notes and differences.
Identify growth of skills, awarenesses, and achievement on the task. Log
any whacks or odd stresses placed on body or glider.
Oversight: improvement,
consistency, staying aware, video, weather, wind, comparisons, questions,
instructor critique, errors, …
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