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Tyler MacCready Describes His Background and The Commercial Walkalong Glider
xsurferpink
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At the 4th National Walkalong Glider Conference at the St Louis Science Center SciFest 2010 event, St Louis Missouri, USA, Tyler MacCready discusses his family ties to avia...
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Flatten the Camber, Dihedral and Elevon Angle to Begin Trimming Process
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The features of this wing are exagerated for clarity. Although the glider will still fly, reducing the camber, washout angle and dihedral will improve the glide ratio of th...
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Thermoform Washout Angle and Dihedral
xsurferpink
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If needed, thermoform more washout angle and dihedral to wing. The features of this wing are exagerated for clarity. Although the glider will still fly, reducing the camber...
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Thermoform Elevons to Trailing Edge of Wings
xsurferpink
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Step 8 Involves thermoforming the elevons.
For information about plans for foam walkalong gliders see:
http://sites.google.com/site/controllableslopesoaring/Home/foamw...
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Continue Thermoforming Airfoil Shape to Wings
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This is a continuation of step 7. The remaining two lines drawn on the bottom of the left wing are given bends to complete the airfoil shape of the wing. The iron is still ...
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Thermoform Airfoil Shape to Leading Edge of Wings
xsurferpink
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in step 7 each line drawn on the bottom of the left wing is given a bend to create an airfoil on the left wing. The iron is still a bit too hot and is sticking to the foam ...
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Thermoform Dihedral and Washout Angle for Each Wing
xsurferpink
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Step 6 involves thermoforming a twist and upward bend to each wing. The twist goes counter clockwise when looking from the wing root towards the wing tip. The wing root wil...
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Mark Bend Lines on Top and Bottom of Foam Cutout
xsurferpink
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In step 5 lines are drawn on the bottom of the foam material which was cut in step 4. The bottom side is rougher than the top side of the Raft-R-Mate material (if there is ...
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X-Surfer Walkalong Glider Flight Down Sidewalk
xsurferpink
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An X-surfer walkalong glider is flown down the sidewalk of a residential street. The flight was made in the evening when not a breath of wind disturbed the tree leaves. Nor...
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Controllable Slope Soaring Flight of Walkalong Glider with Toddler
xsurferpink
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A walkalong glider is flown for one minute. A toddler is excited and runs along with the pilot. Tragedy strikes as the toddler overtakes the pilot and the two collide. Cont...
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