The Rogallo wing is a flexible type of wing. In 1948, Francis Rogallo, a NASA engineer, and his wife Gertrude Rogallo, invented a self-inflating flexible...

Rogallo's flexible wing and subsequent development by the Paresev engineering team's innovations and then others. On 1948, engineer Francis Rogallo invented...

speed scale, the Rogallo flexible wing proved a practical design for the hang glider and other ultralight aircraft. The delta wing form has unique aerodynamic...

Together with his wife, he is credited with the invention of the Rogallo wing, or "flexible wing", a precursor to the modern hang glider and paraglider. His...

Port in La Jolla. He soon moved from the traditional Rogallo wing design to a rigid flying wing biplane design he called Icarus. Icarus I is now at the...

reduced to drumstick-shaped halteres In 1948, Francis Rogallo invented a kite-like tensile wing supported by inflated or rigid struts, which ushered in...

ring-shaped - are uncommon. Sport parachuting has experimented with the Rogallo wing, among other shapes and forms. These were usually an attempt to increase...

and ultralight aircraft designs, with such types as the delta-shaped Rogallo wing and the fully collapsible paraglider. More recently, the advent of high-strength...

called the Rogallo wing with the intent of possibly implementing the design as a recovery system for the Gemini space capsules. The wing's simplicity...

swept wing is a straight wing swept backward or forwards. The delta wing is a triangular shape that serves various purposes. As a flexible Rogallo wing, it...

glider. On 23 November 1948, Francis Rogallo and Gertrude Rogallo applied for a kite patent for a fully flexible kited wing with approved claims for its stiffenings...

kite-parachute studies by NASA engineer Francis Rogallo. Between 1961 and 1965 the ability of the Rogallo wing (also called "Parawing") to descend a payload...

wind pressure to maintain the aerofoil shape. Common types include the Rogallo wing, parafoil and most kites. An otherwise rigid structure may be designed...

hang gliders was in 1951 when Francis Rogallo and Gertrude Rogallo applied for a patent for a fully flexible wing with a stiffening structure. The American...

shape based on the Rogallo wing, with two lines for control. Another common configuration is a W-shaped panel based on the Hadzicki wing, with four lines...

backwards or forwards. The delta wing is a triangle shape that may be used for several reasons. As a flexible Rogallo wing, it allows a stable shape under...

kites. The best known design is the NASA Parawing or NPW. For more, see rogallo wing. This is a very simple kite with mixed performance. It has excellent...

developed. These included Eddy's tailless diamond, the tetrahedral kite, the Rogallo wing, the sled kite, the parafoil, and power kites. Kites were used for scientific...

Octave Chanute Award for 1966 for his participation in demonstrating the Rogallo wing as a feasible land landing system for returning space vehicles and astronauts...

the 1960s the Rogallo wing was developed and many early types such as Australian John Dickenson in Australia Bill Bennett's Delta Wing series were developed...

before flight tag – RIAT – Roadable aircraft – Rocket turbine engine – Rogallo wing – Rotating detonation engine – Route structure – Rudder – Ruddervator...

training, particularly in when and how to deploy the parachute system. Rogallo wing "Flying Icon's A5 LSA seaplane". General Aviation News. Retrieved May...

triangular slots or strakes. It strongly resembles a paper airplane or rogallo wing. The correct angle of attack would become increasingly precise at higher...

Drogue parachute Paragliding Parachute Parachute landing fall Parachuting Rogallo wing "Orion's Parachute System" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2020-12-24. "Spring-loaded...

originally planned to have the Gemini spacecraft land on a runway with a Rogallo wing airfoil, rather than an ocean landing under parachutes.[citation needed]...

such as the introduction of the helicopter, development of the fabric Rogallo wing for sport flying and the reintroduction of the canard or "tail-first"...

vertical stabilizer. This occurs when the wing is swept back and in some cases, as for example on the Rogallo wing often used for hang gliders, means that...

Rocket launch – Rogallo wing – is a flexible type of wing. In 1948, Francis Rogallo, a NASA engineer, and his wife Gertrude Rogallo, invented a self-inflating...

who designed the collapsible four-tube Rogallo wing used in the experimental NASA Paresev glider. The wing configuration he created was used for manned...

results in the sail conforming a conic section, identical to half of the Rogallo wing commonly found in kites and hang gliders. The modern lateen is often...