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...
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Ultralight trike (redirect from Delta Wing Mariah M-9)
Rogallo's flexible wing and subsequent development by the Paresev engineering team's innovations and then others. On 1948, engineer Francis Rogallo invented...
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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...
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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...
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Parachute (section Rogallo wing)
ring-shaped - are uncommon. Sport parachuting has experimented with the Rogallo wing, among other shapes and forms. These were usually an attempt to increase...
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reduced to drumstick-shaped halteres In 1948, Francis Rogallo invented a kite-like tensile wing supported by inflated or rigid struts, which ushered in...
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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...
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History of hang gliding (redirect from History of flexible wing hang gliding)
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...
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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...
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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...
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Hang gliding (redirect from Delta wing gliders)
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...
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NASA Paresev (category Tailless delta-wing aircraft)
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...
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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...
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wind pressure to maintain the aerofoil shape. Common types include the Rogallo wing, parafoil and most kites. An otherwise rigid structure may be designed...
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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...
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Airplane (redirect from Powered fixed-wing aircraft)
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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]...
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Waverider (section Caret wing)
triangular slots or strakes. It strongly resembles a paper airplane or rogallo wing. The correct angle of attack would become increasingly precise at higher...
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training, particularly in when and how to deploy the parachute system. Rogallo wing "Flying Icon's A5 LSA seaplane". General Aviation News. Retrieved May...
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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"...
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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...
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before flight tag – RIAT – Roadable aircraft – Rocket turbine engine – Rogallo wing – Rotating detonation engine – Route structure – Rudder – Ruddervator...
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who designed the collapsible four-tube Rogallo wing used in the experimental NASA Paresev glider. The wing configuration he created was used for manned...
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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...
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Drogue parachute Paragliding Parachute Parachute landing fall Parachuting Rogallo wing "Orion's Parachute System" (PDF). NASA. Retrieved 2020-12-24. "Spring-loaded...
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