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Old 11th Jul 2010, 19:56
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reference for forces on hang gliders

PBL this

TURNING FLIGHT AND SIDESLIP IN HANG GLIDERS (Summary)

appears to be a fairly detailed treatment by a hang glider pilot. I have not read it all carefully, as it goes into more detail than I as a casual sporting flyer would want to read. So far as I can tell it does address your interests, and I will be interested to see what you make of it.

It does touch upon a point that has confused me in the past. Hang glider pilots are encouraged to let the nose up a bit in turns, which always seemed a bit counter intuitive to me, given we normally fly not much above the stall.

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