plastic bag model hang glider

[@GentleFlyerHG]

Nice! I feel funny to admit, but I made one too last year when I was waiting to take a first lesson. 😅 I used bamboo skewers, a reusable plastic grocery bag, and hot glue. Tape would have been easier and lighter. I used a small binder clip as the weight. The dihedral must have been just right because it surprised me and actually did stall recovery in its own! 😲 At least, it did until it had a few hits. 😬 I couldn’t get the dihedral right after that.

[@keepyourairspeedup]

@@GentleFlyerHG that's awesome, glad you got it too work, it is impressive how these things stay stable no rudder ! I will keep on trying !

[@keepyourairspeedup]

I also think in a real hanglider the center tension bar slightly shifts left to right a bit, the weight shift and pull on lines either left to right adjust either wing , so as to make for easy steering left to right. After making this model that is my speculation.

[@GentleFlyerHG]

Yes, the control frame is a bit wobbly and the leading edge and crossbar move slightly. When hang gliders launch, you can see the side wires go from slack to tensioned. The side wires help spread the weight of the inputs across the wing.

[@keepyourairspeedup]

@@GentleFlyerHG I need to get some rip stop nylon and some aluminum aero shafts and make a better model, thanks for input !

[@keepyourairspeedup]

After some more test glides, forcing there to be a bit of dihedral in wing helped with stability not sure if it would be fully steerable if I came up with some weight shift mechanism?

[@GentleFlyerHG]

You might not even need the wires at this scale and with this sail material... 🤔 Try it out 👍