Comments on: Experimental Glider Flies Like a Plane, Lands Like a Bird

By: california voting results

california voting results — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:42:03 +0000

There’s some grounds for being skeptical.
1) A steering motor? Why not rudder, elevator, and aileron? A glider with a motor seems like something other than a glider, frankly.
2) A 13 to 19 mph headwind is an awful lot of headwind for a craft this size — enough to negate (I imagine) its forward airspeed just above stall and allow for a nearly vertical landing even without fancy high-tech science.

By: Tim Felder

Tim Felder — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:01:26 +0000

Hang gliders have been doing this for 40 years. Nothing new.

By: Jeff Wise

Jeff Wise — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:32:54 +0000