Self-Sustaining Engine

Authors

  • Klaus Holighaus

Keywords:

Aerodynamics, Structures, Materials, Design

Abstract

The organizers of the Houston Convention asked me to talk about new technologies and our experience with the use of carbon fiber and Kevlar in modern sailplanes. We have built about 250 carbon fiber gliders and even the new breed of Standard Class ships being developed which use these outstandjng, but expensive materials in order to utilize thinner, faster airfoils . So, I'd like to talk instead about a new idea in soaring - a new type of glider we are developing for the future.

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (1982)

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