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Gliders => Slope Soaring => Topic started by: Fred on November 02, 2007, 16:17:57 PM

Title: Sooo... You said flexible wings ?
Post by: Fred on November 02, 2007, 16:17:57 PM

Real ETA glider in a meeting (http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/planeur/video/x2s14v_passage-du-planeur-eta_extreme)...

Enjoy !  :D

Title: Sooo... You said flexible wings ?
Post by: joe on November 02, 2007, 19:35:19 PM

Wow! They are some bendy wings  :clap:  :clap:

Title: Sooo... You said flexible wings ?
Post by: cvanscho on November 03, 2007, 18:48:05 PM

They seem to help to give him some extra "ping" over the top of the climb!

I reckon if the pilot had to look sideways out of his canopy while pulling max up stick he would cr#p himself :shock:

Title: Sooo... You said flexible wings ?
Post by: Alan_Perse on November 03, 2007, 20:59:58 PM

:shock:  :shock:  :shock:  :shock: Man they almost bend to a half circle