Ideas and Experiments

This document does not include trikes, ultralights, and paramotors. However, interesting rigs with unique or related ideas may appear here. Please forward any videos you find inspiring.

Prone launch configurations

The reason I include these here is because prone launching removes the need to control a throttle and glider during a running launch. There’s no immediate altitude with a flat land launch so simplicity has its advantages.

Reidar Bernsten

• Twin electric tractor

• E-Help R&D 2017, the bowsprit Dolly and rewound motor

• Keel-harness hybrid frame

Japanese prone setup:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82-JIf86bYs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKZ9CX1SIWo

Ivan Melero double tail wheel (not electric)

Schwarze Minimum Trike

Not electric, but some prone configurations:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7in0pW-uOF0

• Flyped: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gynjOMZDDJo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BBTrvMpG30

Sustainers

• Charles Allen’s cool on-the-keel twin XTM 5500 build video and flight video:

Seated

• PPG-like backpack

• Altigenerator. Interesting keel mount

• Very lightweight Russian design (seated but could be prone)

• Interesting ideas: suprone, wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npBn50XRphA

Trike-ish

• Commercial seated trike-like setup: https://www.altigenerator.com/

• Footlaunch-able trike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa61ZeByFuM

From Paraglider-land

Justin’s paraglider Blimp drive. Interesting twin off-the-shelf parts setup.

Contra rotating twin setup