Article 24393 of rec.kites: Path: tug!ibmpcug!laura.pcug.co.uk!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!psgrain!uct.ac.za!news From: Rodger Duffett Newsgroups: rec.kites Subject: Re: Single Skin Chevron Date: Tue, 23 Apr 1996 19:39:20 -0700 Organization: University of Cape Town Lines: 19 Message-ID: <317D9458.30C3@ray.uct.ac.za> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: med131.med.uct.ac.za Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Andrew Beattie wrote: > > A few weeks ago, I found myself at a bit of a loose end and without anything > to fly, so I thought I'd throw together an idea that I'd wanted to explore- NASA worked on a single skin steerable parachute once upon a time! I believe that some rec.kiters were working on a kite version of this. I saw one made by Chuck van Eekelen in Holland. It was a low aspect ratio triangular type shape. Apparently it pulled very hard but at that stage of development did not control very well. Cheerio -- __________________________________________________________________ Rodger Duffett Internet Address: rodger@ray.uct.ac.za Dept. Radiation Oncology Telephone : +2721 404 3135 Radiobiology Section University of Cape Town Groote Schuur Hospital South Africa