#Simpleplanes glider full#

I used the design shown in the video, rather than in the patent application wing shape and size was roughly eyeballed but works okay.

#Simpleplanes glider full#

My insanity has come full circle: SimplePlanes POC of Dobson Convertiplane prototype. airspeed of about 2o m.p.h.Д«iggest problem faced by Dobson and his associates, including James Vernon, SC professor of aeronautical engineering, is maintaining control during the interval when the rotor swings from vertical to horizontal and until sufficient speed is obtained for level flight. On landing, the reverse procedure is used, with the rotors swinging back over the craft for a helicopter descent at a max. When the desired altitude is reached, rotor and blades swing forward into standard flight position and increase the ship's speed until its weight can be borne by lift over the wings. The craft would pivot on its skids until the center of gravity is beneath the rotor, at which point it will climb vertically like a helicopter. The nose would rise first, with the aft end of the convertiplane balancing on skids as the two swiveling front wheels clear the ground. Whittier, California is where the N98P was registered.ДЇinal update: I suspect, with about 51% confidence, that the later film footage was shot at or near Long Beach Airport / Daugherty Field, due to one clue: the tall tower that shows up in one of the later shots may be the control tower the other two nearby airfields (El Monte and Fullerton Municipal) both have lower control towers.ДЄt take-off, the shaft would be in a vertical position, with the blades turning horizontally above the ship. Mail: 8205 Calmosa Ave., Whittier, Calif. Another issue of Aeronautical Engineering Review lists the following information:ДOBSON, Franklin A. Perry Dobson and husband to Mona Frances Dobson. Dobson' who designed this was Franklin Alver Dobson, son of Rev. Dobson was an Associate Fellow of the IAS (Institute of Aeronautical Sciences) as well.ДЇETA: Apparently the glider transport that this guy designed was the Waco CG-4 Glider, the most widely-used American cargo glider in WWII. Periscope has another clip of (presumably) Franklin Dobson demonstrating a one-man hovercraft with some elegantly simple controls, hereД®TA: Looks like Franklin A. He also apparently designed a cargo glider that made a trans-Atlantic crossing (!?), so seems like a pretty interesting fellow. Retrieved November 16, 2018.Not sure if it's the same Franklin Dobson, but I found a newspaper clipping, via Google, that mentioned a Canadian Franklin Dobson who was kicked out of a German glider club in '33 when Hitler expelled a bunch of foreign students.

^ 'Philippine Coast Guard becomes Philippines' first H145 operator for parapublic missions'.

^ a b 'Philippine Coast Guard Cessna Caravan delivered'.

^ a b 'United States Turns Over Four Cessna Planes to Philippine Navy'.

'Gov't used drones vs MNLF in Zambo siege'.

^ a b Romero, Alexis (21 December 2013).

^ a b Mangosing, Frances (19 December 2013).

'DJI DRONES ARE GETTING SHOT DOWN IN THE BATTLE OF MARAWI'.

^ 'Philippine Army to Receive More UAVs, Upgraded APCs from Elbit'.

^ a b 'Elbit nears $180m Philippines drone deal'.

^ 'C4ISTAR - Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Horizon 2) Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army'.^ 'Philippine Air Force receives full delivery of Hermes 900, Hermes 450 UAVs: report'.^ 'Philippine Army commissions two R44 Raven lightweight training helicopters'.Army Aviation 'Bagwis' Battalion, Light Armor Division, Philippine Army - Facebook'. ^ 'Army Aviation 'Bagwis' Battalion, Light.^ a b 'Defense system by the numbers'.The first drone, it is smaller and has less endurance than the Knight Falcon. Д¬ommercial drones bought off-the-shelf by Philippine Army units. Acquired under deal with Elbit under a USD153 million deal. Only 1 system made up of 4 UAVs and a ground control station. Serves as a trainer aircraft for the future acquisition of helicopters in the Army.