Posted on 02/06/2023 9:20:44 AM PST by SeekAndFind
At 100 kt you cover 1,000 feet in less than 6.0 seconds. As Otto Lilienthal (aviation pioneer who died in a glider crash) observed, their are no rafters in the air, nothing to push against. Your ability to turn is limited. That contraption is big.
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