Microlighters

Here's an interesting idea based on an inflatable wing - sorry text in French but also pics

http://www.woopy-fly.com/

whoopy micro


whoopy kite

If you fill it with helium will it have vertical take off ability

That will realy upset Rotokop

Looks like a lot of fun......



Its a pity about the french brochure, (im limited to one french phrase: allo babeeee, i weeesh to fondeeeeel your buttocks); I wonder what the going price and performance figures look like......

That will realy upset Rotokop

(i doubt he would AP a craft with more plastic bags....... anyone wanna PM the link to him)

And if you get a puncture you get a whoopy in your pants. :D

Very interesting.

You can get a translation (of sorts) by going to
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish

Load the web address http://www.woopy-fly.com/ and select French to English translation.


Elle est pas belle la vie !?

Griffen wrote:Elle est pas belle la vie !?

oui la vie est bonne mais il est meilleur avec un Firefox de Mozilla

I've said it before....get rid of that crappy Internet Explorer and start using Mozilla Firefox. Outperforms IE by at least 10:1

Almost zero vulnerabilities from a security point of view and if you get the Google toolbar installed, it has an automatic page translation button :D as well as a multitude of other features :D :D

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Duck Rogers

whoopy micro

HELLS BELLS - he thinks..."reminds me of a flying deck of cards, what happens when we pop a little puncture aaarrrrrggghhhh, better have a lotta that snow below ....

I've said it before....get rid of that crappy Internet Explorer and start using Mozilla Firefox. Outperforms IE by at least 10:1

HAIL CEASAR!!

Junkie wrote:

HELLS BELLS - he thinks..."reminds me of a flying deck of cards, what happens when we pop a little puncture aaarrrrrggghhhh, better have a lotta that snow below ....

I think a little puncture would not matter unless, as someone said on AVCOM, you get hit by an Ibis..... as these things appear to work on the same kind of pressurisation as a parachute - they have great big holes in them anyway (cant speak French so guessing here) It could be the inlets in the pics have a 1way flappy valve type thingy...



Ever seen the 'holes' in the front of a parachute ? as long as you're moving forward its pretty solid - on the bigger ones we use for Canopy Formation you can actually climb inside the thing while its flying - dont ask me how I know this, just beleive me......



Cheers
G

Slaan my dood met a nat VIS

Interesting concept though - looks grreat for those occasional oopsies whens wees hits de ground a bit haarder then expected