![]() 1: 1: Winch rather than hill when training by Peter Chapman. Are you an old hand, with wisdom to share Moderator: Peter Chapman. ![]() I just cannot see how this plan is supposed to get off the ground.uh, so to speak. 3: 3: convex undersurface of hangliders useing flat ski battons by skeatezsy 19:33:05 GMT -5: Tips of the trade. All of our launches are H3/P3 H2/P2 pilots must be either signed off by or under the direct supervision of an authorized CSS instructor before using any of the launches. ![]() Any Mongol who actually has the ingenuity to invent this will A - have been ostracised by his tribe for lack of devotion to his horse and B - die testing an early model. Welcome, Visiting Pilots Before you fly, you must join the CSS and have a valid USHPA membership and rating. Are they really going to invent a 200 metre tower that can be dragged at the speed of their horses?Īnd let's not forget that the hangglider was invented in 1960 according to the OP when aeronautical theory was already highly advanced and technology was great enough to ensure that most of the dangerous part of the testing had already been done by people who had engines attached to their inventions. The Mongols weren't exactly known for their cutting-edge scientific breakthroughs, and hated any kind of technology that couldn't be carried at the speed of a galloping horse, because their military campaigns existed on their capacity for fast moving. Elementary physics says that a glider must fall a certain altitude before it gets enough of an updraft to start gliding. Building a launching tower? Or a catapult? Ridiculous. How many Mongol battles were fought under the shade of a nearby mountain? None, the Mongols were a steppe people and lived on the plains. I'm sorry but this idea is pretty stupid, no offense intended OP.
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