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Testing for stability and structural strength
This related topics menu links to material in the main hang gliding pages. The links here are in chronological order.
Art based on a photo by Rob Kells of a Wills Wing Sport undergoing testing
- Appliance of science in Hang gliding 1974 part 3 for a 4-G test of a Wills Wing Swallowtail
- Developments Stateside in Hang gliding 1976 part 2 for a 5-G test of a Wills Wing Super Swallowtail
- Strength test in Hang gliding 1977
- Vehicle-based testing in Hang gliding 1978 and 1979 part 2
- It’s brains you want in Hang gliding late 1980s
Related
Whisky Kilo Two Eight tells all, my review of Trailblazers, Test Pilots in Action by Christopher Hounsfield, 2008
External links
These are links to Big Blue Sky — The history of modern hang gliding – the first extreme sport!, 2008, documentary by Bill Liscomb on YouTube. These two are contiguous:
- Manufacturing standards and testing: Big Blue Sky starting at 1 hour, 2 minutes, 47 seconds (Pete Brock narrating then I think Bob Tranpenau then, briefly, Bill Bennett)
- Vehicle test rigs: Big Blue Sky starting at 1 hour, 3 minutes, 55 seconds (Bill Liscomb narrating then Tom Price then, I think, Bob Trampenau)
