Foot Launcher plus

[Cosmick]

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Looks great and versatile

 

 

[facthunter]

Does indeed. Nev

 

 

[Head in the clouds]

Archeopteryx is a great concept but there's a limit, in my mind, as to how light you make the wing structure just so you can foot launch it. I think any aircraft this light still needs to be capable of at least +6g and -3g just to cater for gust and turbulence loading, let alone deliberate manoeuvring accelerations. You'd ordinarily only pull around 2g at any point in a properly executed loop and in a loop gone wrong it shouldn't be more than around 3-4g in the worst possible case so it'd be nice if the wings stayed on at around that loading but -

 

 

Here is the pilot's report where he talks about both exceeding Vne and pulling too much g loading entering the second loop. Useful reading for anyone getting a bit too adventurous in lightly built craft ...

 

 

[boingk]

Bottom line... don't do aerobatics (which we aren't certified for) in a light aircraft (which isn't certified for them).

 

- boingk

 

 

[Cosmick]

Here is the pilot's report where he talks about both exceeding Vne and pulling too much g loading entering the second loop. Useful reading for anyone getting a bit too adventurous in lightly built craft ...

Having read the Pilots report (good read) he freely admits pushing the Aircraft beyond its boundaries - Human Factors

 

 

[boingk]

At least he had the ballistic recovery system - he'd most likely be dead without it, especially the way de describes his descent.

 

- boingk