January 2011 LIFT
- Video of 25 minutes: Part
3: NOVA The Light Stuff (human-powered flight)
Discuss.
- Indoor kiting from a chair
Play indoor kite on chair----"zen
flyer" The pilot's muscle power increases the
potential and kinetic energy of the wing.
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[ ] Storing one's muscle power for next
flight assist off the flats Open-discussion project.
Target: 10 m AGL limit off flats. Store one's muscle energy; run
wing; trigger release of the stored energy for climb to 10 m AGL; come
in for a glide to a safe splat landing. Repeat cycle. Solutions
are invited. Project notes, video, analysis, comments, plans, etc. are
invited. Continuing muscle power beyond the stored power is
invited. Aim for affordable solutions. The English Channel crossing by
muscle power used realtime muscle power. We can climb stairs to 10 m
AGL in seconds; carrying 40 lb up the stairs adds a bit of time
and energy. Storing that energy and using the energy for a powered
flight to 10 m following a wing running effort in order to feel takeoff,
glide, and feel landing operations are part of the vision. The
project's first blush is not about flying far, but mostly about having
many cycles of takeoff and short glide and landing off level flats. The takeoff
and landing may use results from the project
Safe
Splat.
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