![]() ![]() ![]() If you have any critique, please PM us or click "message the mods" and we will respond as soon as possible. In general, have fun, be nice in the comments, and enjoy the pictures. Sources and more info are highly, highly encouraged otherwise. This will help users find different categories much more easily.ĭirect image/video links are preferred, but a website with a gallery/information is perfectly fine as long as pictures are provided in the first place.Ī source for more info must be provided in the comments if asked for one by a mod. This is done after submitting by pressing the "flair" button under your post. Provide an accurate description of the aircraft in your post, so if you were describing a Boeing 747 it would be something like "Boeing 747 Commercial, all metal, jet passenger plane, put into production circa 1970"įlair your post with a tag that fits the plane in question. Blueprints and drawings are fine as long as they're detailed well enough! No blurry spy satellite photos or vague silhouettes. Images must be clear and obvious as to the content. A subreddit spawned from /r/weirdwheels with the same intent, only with planes Press J to jump to the feed. 52.7k members in the WeirdWings community. This sub is for real designs that were made in the real world this means no photoshops, kitbashing, or purely fictional "what ifs." At least a functional prototype or part of one must have been built for inclusion in the sub. The Perlan 2, a stratospheric glider that has soared up to 76,000 feet. Be the first to review this product Ask a Question. The glider reaches a position of several thousand feet altitude using a tow. Bel Air Power Glider Recliner (Persian Blue) Bel Air Collection by Leather Italia. ![]() Weird doesn't just mean weird-looking, planes which have interesting stories or are generally obscure are quite fine. The current Perlan 2’s wings are designed to handle six Gs of gravity with daylight flight times of up to nine hours. Blimps, zeppelins, helicopters, and all other oddities are just as welcome. COLORADO SPRINGSThe Airbus Perlan 2 stratospheric glider is en route to South America, where it will attempt unpowered flights to altitudes exceeding 90,000 ft.a height never achieved by a. All aircraft are allowed, not just those with wings. A video showing the important steps of Perlan 2 assembly is available on PerlanProject youtube channel at A quick-time fun version of the rigging video is available at Videos edited by Tim Davis Media.A subreddit spawned from /r/weirdwheels with the same intent, only with planes! This sub is for documenting all those strange planes out there from prototype to production. Two of our interns Alec Guay and Loris Gliner show how the wings line up next to the fuselage. The Perlan 2 is an engineless glider designed to break the previous high-altitude record of 50,727 ft (15,416 m) set in 2006 by Einar Enevoldsen and Steve Fossett in Perlan 1. Applause is appreciated at the end of the process. It is designed to soar up to 90,000 ft., has an unladen weight of 1,540 lbs., and a wingspan of 84 ft. The Perlan 2 glider is made of carbon fiber composite material. As always with any glider, the alignment of the two wings is fine tuned and then the 2 greased spar pins are inserted into the alligned holes through both spar stubs. The maiden voyage of the Perlan 2, an experimental glider that hopes to eventually reach 90,000 feet, took place in Redmond on Wednesday morning. Experimental Glider to Attempt Record-Breaking Flight Into Space The Perlan Project hopes to ride Patagonia’s ferocious mountain winds into aviation history. The pressurized glider flew to the edge of space to an altitude of an astonishing 76,000 ft. Then the wing rigger is switched to the second (right) wing. The gently curved spar stub of the heavy wing needs to be eyeballed in as it enters the fuselage opening. We apply special grease between metal parts that won’t freeze at the extremely low (-90F) temps that we have already seen. The photos and video are in the Aero Club Lago Argentino hangar at the El Calafate airport. We have created our own heavy-duty rigging aids like metal rolling saw horses modified by Greg Scates, a wing-rigger with air jack for fine tuned adjustments made by Tom Stowers, and a tail dolly made by Silvio Ricardi. We pull out the fuselage and each wing from the special built Cobra trailer. The one-of-a-kind pressurized glider Perlan 2 is assembled similar to a normal large two-place glider. ![]()
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