Oz Report
Volume 4, Number 10611 pm, Wednesday, May 10 2000
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"Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."
- In this issue:
New ATOS setup Stalker photos Brazil in August Static line car towing For sale – Wills Wing Falcon 225 For sale – Wills Wing Super Sport 145
New ATOS setup
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:00 pm GMTATOS|carbon fiber
Now that the ATOS has a nose lever instead of a turnbuckle, this opens the possibility of a new means of setting up the glider. Fortunately, Felix has been very clever (I assume it was Felix), and he has designed a nose catch that makes it easy to lift the wing tips off the ground. With the tips off the ground it is easier to set up the glider and reduces wear on the tips.
Once you spread the wings and attach the trailing edge rings to the keel, you can secure the nose catch. You don't have to put the curved tips in first. In fact, just leave the tip bags on the wing tips to protect them.
Go to the nose and using the whack tube, lever the nose lever together to connect the two leading edges at the nose – see the photo below:
If you have retrofitted the nose lever on an earlier-produced ATOS you'll need to drill and file a small hole in your whack tube to fit the nose lever. I found it best to offset the hole about 90° from the exist hole for the pop pip. The whack tube fits on the nose lever in the SLOT and the HOLE fits at the PIN:
You can then pull back on the nose lever while standing behind the glider to bring the two leading edges together as in this photo, or just stand in front of the glider and push the whack tube toward the glider:
Now the wing tip are up off the ground and it is easy to insert the wing tip tubes and curved tip. It is best to pull the sail tip back overt the end of the carbon fiber leading edges after opening up the trailing edge at the second panel fromthe end. If you have the new Mylar inserts that attach to the wing tubes, you can easily place them on the Velcro when the sail is pulled back.
When disassembling the ATOS, push the ninth rib into the second from the end panel and through the trailing edge before you undo the lever on the curved tip. This will make easier to roll back the sail and extract the tip tube.
When folding the tip material, just place the leading edge of the sail cloth at the tip on the top of carbon fiber leading edge, fold up the sail once underneath and place in the bag. Keep it loose.
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Stalker photos
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:01 pm GMTAeros Stalker|Alejandro Gonzalez|Brett Snellgrove
Brett Snellgrove, «snell14», passes on comments from Alejandro Gonzalez, «ag_elruso», along with photos:
As you see, this thing acts as a "more deflected" aileron in most cases except for the extreme control inputs, where it in fact partly becemes a tip drag rudder (even in this case, with a fraction of a drag of comparable wings). More than to overcome a famous adverse yaw that was not found (in my opinion, due to the combination of different dihedral and differential aileron setting), it helps to correctly coordinate turn and make control more effective.
The Stalker was flown after the exposition by Jobst Baumer, in less than ideal conditions with gusts and mild turbulence. What I have seen in terms of control was very similar to a good - handling hang glider, very nice! The flight lasted for half an hour and finished in a perfect top landing in a far less than perfect conditions.
I think the A-frame arrangement never was an issue, as it does not affect performance. Both possibilities have their strong and weak sides, and they just should take what they feel best
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Brazil in August
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:02 pm GMTABVL|competition|Luiz Niemeyer|WPRS
Luiz Niemeyer, «niemeyerIcaro», writes:
-Dates : August 6th to 12th, 2000
-Place : Brasilia (Capital of Brazil) around 1200km west from Rio de Janeiro
-Class : only class 1
-Contacts : ABVL (Brazilian HG Association), tel/fax : ++ 55 21 322-0266 or e-mail : «niemeyerIcaro»
-Conditions : Ridge take of +/- 600m agl flying over a flat land, thermals around 3 to 8 m/s, distances around 70km to 125km triangle tasks.
This competition is going to be sanctioned as FAI/CIVL category 2 event and results will count points for the WPRS. We are working to have some prize money but we're not able to confirm it until it's dully settled.
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Static line car towing
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:03 pm GMTKen de Russy
Ken de Russy, «WEFLYUNIV», points us to:
At http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=324343955
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For sale – Wills Wing Falcon 225
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:04 pm GMTWills Wing Falcon|for sale
I've got a large red and blue Wills Wing Falcon for sale. Four flights. It is like new. I bought it for my trike, which I sold. Great floater, tandem, or big guy's flying machine. $2,500. «davis». Boxed and ready to ship out.
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For sale – Wills Wing Super Sport 145
Wed, May 10 2000, 3:00:05 pm GMTBelinda Boulter|David "Dave" Glover|Wills Wing Super Sport|for sale
Belinda's nice little Super Sport for the smaller pilot. $800 at Wallaby Ranch. «davis».
Staff photographer: David Glover
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