Rotary-wing hang glider
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When a helicopter or gyrocopter is in engine-off deliberately or inadvertently, then a sector of flight occurs that is autorotation hang gliding. When human-powered helicopter flights experience the pilot in rest mode, then a hang gliding flight in autorotation could result. When a kited rotary wing aircraft is let go into free-flight, then a hang gliding flight begins; this manner of gliding after kiting became common with the Bensen 1953 gyroglider. An attempt at foot-launching a rotary-wing hang glider autogiro has been made and is the target of study. Slope soaring and cross-country soaring in a rotary-wing hang glider (RHG or RWHG) has not been achieved yet. However, as other types of hang gliders are using towed launch, the Bensen gyrocopters in engine-off or in no-engine towed kiting at release from tow are hung-pilot hang gliders, but not under some persons definitions when they require foot-launching in nil wind, which is not a universal definition.
[edit] Challenges
The challenges are several:
- FLRHG Foot-launched Rotary Hang Glider
- Flatland Kited RHG where soaring is intended and achieved, even for XC hang gliding with RHG.
- Slope-soaring of RHG
- Self-kiting launching of RHG followed by soaring with full-keeping of launching system.
- Man-powered RHG launching
- Motor- or engined-launched RHG with effective soaring of RHG.
- Pilot-power recharging of compressed air into double-purpose structural parts in RHG. And perhaps if excess lift is experienced, then tap the autorotation for some recharging of compressed air.
- Solar-powered assisted RHG (while landed in flikes). (flike= fly, hike, fly, hike,...]
[edit] References
Patents
Gyrocopters
Helicopters
The Bachstelze When kite line broke, a rotary-wing hang glider resulted; today, the weight would put the actual device as an ultralight aircraft in some countries.
