Nerd-Thema für Besitzer von Glasflügel Segelflugzeugen (Libelle, Hornet, Kestrel): Bei der Jahresnachprüfung gern genauer auf die Flügel-Beschläge schauen. Die rosten gern, was von außen unter dem Harz sehr schwer zu erkennen ist. Falls jahrelang nichts gemacht wird, schaut es so aus wie bei dieser Hornet. War teuer...
#Glasflügel #segelfliegen #Segelflugzeug #Glider #Gliding #Libelle
#gliding
Red Bull really does give you wings... Or a foil! #gliding
Gliding Like a Grasshopper
Many biorobots are built after flies and bees–insects that rely heavily on flapping flight. For small robots, this means carrying heavy batteries or remaining tethered in order to power their motors. Instead, researchers have turned to grasshoppers for a lesson in small-scale gliding.
Grasshoppers have two sets of wings. The forward set provide protection and camouflage, while the hindwings are used to fly. The team studied the corrugated, foldable hindwings of the American grasshopper, then 3D-printed model wing designs and attached them to gliders. They found that the corrugated wings performed well at low angles of attack, but that non-corrugated wings–which still shared the outline and camber of the insect’s wings–were more efficient gliders over a range of conditions.
The team hopes that their grasshopper-inspired gliders give insect-like biorobots more efficient flying options. (Image credit: Princeton/S. Khan/Fotobuddy; research credit: K. Lee et al.; via Physics World)
#biology #biorobotics #fluidDynamics #gliding #insectFlight #insects #physics #science
Glasflügel Fly-In 2026 im Juni
Erstmals kommt das legendäre Glasflügel Fly-In in den Norden!
Vom 25. bis 28. Juni ist über Goch-Asperden (EDLG) unweit der niederländischen Grenze mit vermehrten Libellen-Aufkommen zu rechnen.
Teilnehmer sollten sich zeitig auf der Homepage des Glasflügelvereins anmelden.
https://www.glasfluegel.net/flyin-2026/
Informationen zum Flugplatz
https://www.lsv-goch.de/infos-fuer-piloten
#glider #gliding #segelflug #segelfliegen #segelflugzeug #glasfluegel
I sometimes think the nicest part of any great flying day is actually when I get back home, to the comfort of my desk, and can reflect properly on the aerial adventures had.
#aviation #flight #soaring #gliding #photography #sky #clouds #silentSunday
First flight of 2026
#photography #flight #aviation #gliding #soaring #silentsunday
Three Xmas achievements - first time driving a tractor(!), first time flying Alpha Foxtrot, in wonderfully quiet and smooth conditions, and after two months am now solo again on aerotow #gliding #aviation #pilot #christmas #silentSunday
@KrajciTom @Aut @ikluft
If you decide you need about 16lb of ballast in the nose, and also some kind of blank-firing bird-scarer, I believe there are options...
Here's a way to travel abroad that I hadn't considered. 🙃 But seriously, it must feel so, so awesome to be "Above It all".
Captured from Brevent in the French Alps last season (wish I could go back for Christmas this year...).
#art #photography #winter #ski #skiresort #gliding #airtravel #air #clouds #cloudscape #sky #skyscape #Alps #FrenchAlps #France #Europe #Chamonix
Pokémon VS Palworld, o que sabemos até o momento do processo que gera polêmicas!
Já ando acompanhando tem bastante tempo sobre um processo que a Nintendo (e The Pokémon Company) t
#Artigos #Jogos #Multimdia #Pokmon #Variedades #bola #capturar #gliding #intelectual #lawsuit #lei #montaria #nintendo #pals #palworld #patente #patentes #Pokmon #processo #Registro #ride
🦀 in case anyone else needs it, I created a `xcsoar-tasks` crate. a reader/writer for XCSoar `.tsk` files. 👨✈️
"Above It All". And not just literally; you could make any number of critiques of how the few who are already privileged get to live life like this, but you know what? This is one of those moments where I feel like I just want to be up there with them. Perhaps, one day...
#art #photography #clouds #cloudscape #landscape #beautifullandscape #sky #skyscape #gliding #FrenchAlps #Europe #France #Chamonix #snow #winter #recreation #travel
The ocean of air consisted of myriad shades of grey today, until it was my turn to fly - deep pinks and golds all around at altitude. Scuds of cloud even running below the glider, during two very pleasant sorties.
#gliding #aviation #soaring #autumn #silentSunday #photo #sky #clouds #pilot
@PizzaDemon
Yeah, you should see the size of the tow-plane!
Into the evening - shot from earlier today (a rare chance to be a passenger rather than the pilot!)
#gliding #aviation #photography #silentSunday #autumn #sky #clouds
For a day where the soaring forecast was ‘fair’, it turned out pretty well. Two and a half hours soaring above Mount Palomar, and a sunset flight back to El Monte
After a morning of admin, granted myself a rare midweek reprieve this lunchtime - 44 minutes too, which, even with a long tow, isn't bad for the end of October (all thermal, no wave!)
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