First solar powered.
We tend to forget about the balloon in the age of machines, but it was the balloon (Montpelier's) that opened modern society to aviation well before the invention of the (Wright brothers) aeroplane. Today ballooning is a major sport and can be a dangerous pursuit.
Recently Bristol University in England have been the first to develop the totally Solar powered balloon and fly it safely, this a a major breakthrough that will perhaps spread to Micro-Lights and Gliders/Hand-Gliders in the near future.
Solar scientists in Wales have been developing a flexible solar panel skin and I had wondered if this had been Incorporated into the Bristol project.
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Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Tuesday, 19 August 2014
The Motorbike. Part-One.
The engined Bicycle.
With the advent of the petrol engine, some bright spark was able to combine the two. It is kind of ironic when you think it was two bicycle makers, the Wright brothers who flew the first aeroplane in 1908.
Gottlieb Daimler was the first to try in 1880 and by 1895 he was in production with the Einspur 265cc. Prior to the petrol engine were steam powered bikes by a Frenchman Michaux-Perreaux Velocipede from 1869, but by now this concept was abandoned.
The powered cycle format that we toady know for both the bicycle and motorbike was adopted in 1869, but the bicycle funny enough continues to change shapes, until the 20th century.
With the advent of the petrol engine, some bright spark was able to combine the two. It is kind of ironic when you think it was two bicycle makers, the Wright brothers who flew the first aeroplane in 1908.
Gottlieb Daimler was the first to try in 1880 and by 1895 he was in production with the Einspur 265cc. Prior to the petrol engine were steam powered bikes by a Frenchman Michaux-Perreaux Velocipede from 1869, but by now this concept was abandoned.
The powered cycle format that we toady know for both the bicycle and motorbike was adopted in 1869, but the bicycle funny enough continues to change shapes, until the 20th century.
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Microlights. Part-Two.
From the Wright Brothers.
With the invention of the first air plane, which was a glider with an engine, there has since been an explosion of design and invention. But in all human achievements to fly, people have always wanted their own basic simple machine to be as near as possible to being a real bird.
So the Microlight gives the pilot this experience to be in control of their machine and to enjoy slower manoeuvrable flight. The commercial market is dominated by dozens of kit build aircraft from the simple and basic to a small single engined plane.
Meanwhile there are also various hand gliders, and other none powered machines. You will find a selection of them on my You Tube 121jaykay, which fly locally.
With the invention of the first air plane, which was a glider with an engine, there has since been an explosion of design and invention. But in all human achievements to fly, people have always wanted their own basic simple machine to be as near as possible to being a real bird.
So the Microlight gives the pilot this experience to be in control of their machine and to enjoy slower manoeuvrable flight. The commercial market is dominated by dozens of kit build aircraft from the simple and basic to a small single engined plane.
Meanwhile there are also various hand gliders, and other none powered machines. You will find a selection of them on my You Tube 121jaykay, which fly locally.
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