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Zak commented on Claudio Natoli's blog post iPad Ground Control Station"Very cool, impressive work!"
Zak commented on trappy's blog post Las Vegas (TBS @ USA Road Trip 11/13)"Why did you do this? In the previous episodes, you were playing safe by doing your flying in desolate areas, not in the dense area of the strip in Vegas... This is exactly the type of thing people are looking to regulate and make the…"
Zak commented on Chris Anderson's blog post What's in-between manned and unmanned? "Optionally piloted""Very cool."
Zak commented on Andrew Van Der Plaats's blog post Rupert Murdoxh's 'The Daily' iPad News shows report using Toy UAS"It will be interesting to see if he (or his show) gets fined by the FAA for commercial use of an RC plane..."
Zak commented on Doug Weibel's blog post On-Board Video from SparkFun AVC - collision with light pole"Wish I could've been there... Looks fun!"
Zak commented on frederic reblewski's blog post Small UAV Design and Application talk at Carnegie Mellon's Silicon Valley campus"Anyone know if this can be taped & shared?"
Zak commented on ARHEXA's blog post PARACHUTE anyone ?"Interesting. They (hobbyking) offer some parachutes, but they are more for paragliders. (Strangely, they don't have any airframes built on paragliders, but I digress on that point.) Looking at the forums on line, apparently when…"
Zak commented on Duane Brocious's blog post What does the FAA consider "commercial""What about other types of recreational type devices (ie kite photography)?"
Bertrand Duchiron commented on Zak's blog post An Alternative Platform..."Airfoilavia have a good reputation on parafoil forums, you can also try http://www.seabreezeparachutes.com/ , they sell only the parachute (and gondala for small models, for bigger models they just show you how to build the gondola). price and…"
Zak commented on Zak's blog post An Alternative Platform..."Interesting. The demo video (from airfoilaviation) was from July 16th of 2000..."
Bertrand Duchiron commented on Zak's blog post An Alternative Platform..."there is cheapest model from airfoilaviation range from 1:8 to full size UAV model
http://www.airfoilaviation.com/"
Rory Paul commented on Zak's blog post An Alternative Platform..."This is para glider based UAV that has been around for at least 5 years.
http://www.bluebird-uav.com/Products_Blueye.html"
ModeratorMorli commented on Zak's blog post An Alternative Platform...
"Interesting. A little more $ and you could fly with it. :). Thanks for sharing."
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An Alternative Platform...
Posted on May 29, 2010 at 9:24am 5 Comments 0 Likes
Hi Everyone,
I got interested in aviation via this website, and I'm thinking of becoming a pilot myself in an ultralight of some sort. I was intrigued by powered parachutes. Basically, you have a fan, a parachute (similar to para-gliders) and shift weight around to steer. You go at a nearly constant speed of 25 mph. Because the structure is stable, it's very hard to crash. Even if the engine were to die, you have a 7:1 glide ratio to get somewhere safe. A company has a design which you… Continue
I got interested in aviation via this website, and I'm thinking of becoming a pilot myself in an ultralight of some sort. I was intrigued by powered parachutes. Basically, you have a fan, a parachute (similar to para-gliders) and shift weight around to steer. You go at a nearly constant speed of 25 mph. Because the structure is stable, it's very hard to crash. Even if the engine were to die, you have a 7:1 glide ratio to get somewhere safe. A company has a design which you… Continue
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