Easy Glider - Maiden Flight [slope]

First try at slope flying

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• slope
• sail
• plane

[paulkazjack]

COULD YOU POST THE LANDING TOO!

[Bostaevski]

I don't have the landing on video... at that site they are pretty much all crashes

[artrasa]

Climbed really nicely on the updraft... how much ballast did you put into the plane?

[Bostaevski]

I don't think we put very much in at all... This was my first (and pretty much only) time flying slope - prior to that it was just a few days of bungie launch. I got my feet wet with a Weasel for about an hour or so before trying the Easy Glider. I wish I had more footage showing some actual aerobatics (performed later) but for the first 30 seconds or so I was kinda white-knuckled just trying to make sure I didn't crash it.

[bhelpurii]

Same colour top and bottom of wing....not good for orientation

[Bostaevski]

Yeah I need to put some color on the wing bottoms... luckily it never became an issue that day out :)

[04geomar]

wow im amazed at how it handeled the wind

brilliant

[24262748]

I bet the landing was sucks in that wind ??

[retartedgrenade94]

half the video i was like "THROW THE FUCKING PLANE!!!"

[mateszabolcs]

Digital zoom is the worst invention ever. :(

During the first half it seemed to be a quite bold idea the maiden altogether. :)

[Adrenalfix]

Ive been thru 2 of these now, amazing for a quick put together glider, 1st glider I only used the tail for control for learning in light breezes, pitch and yaw only, and had a ball with it just ridge soaring at my local park, in up to 15 knot winds I could have nearly 80% on the nose and put it nose back into wind without being blown downwind for a pass back into wind. My 2nd one had roll control off the wings but was never as much fun to fly, maybe cos of the weight, not really sure.

[baeronautics]

can you tell me how can we make it stable and smooth at which angle should be the dihedrals how much weight should we put forward please tell me i m on a project to make one

[pol6455]

you should delete first 46seconds

[graham878787]

eeek, can you not fly back round wind behind, then swoop it round n carefully glide it back n matey boy catch it? Bet thats been tried n failed... like like the Multiplex Easyglider then?

[scmbyhbk]

ih ein nackter easy glider^^

[tjtg]

Nice. Sure was plenty of wind - no doubt the lift was on.