Sat 10th March Meeting Logs

Sat 10th March Test Videos - homemade rogallo wing made out of bin liner, video 11 actually shows some sort of directional flight.

Test drop from balcony - On google video, A semi rigid rogallo wing.

The Black Rainbow - homemade powered powerfoil. Uses pretty standard parafoil kite, changes rigging method + uses a winch system rather than direct servo. Some videos showing that it does indeed work.

Cyberchute - info about commercial model powered parafoils.

NASA X-38 - Factsheet for a re-entry spacecraft that steers by a parafoil once below 24,000ft

Simulations of Parachute + Parafoil Dynamics - especially check out sliding reefers and parafoils.

Parafoil Project - check out the experiances from slide 11

HABET Parafoil project - lots of theory

Slope Soaring Sim - Free flight sim for mac and windows, requires registration.