Latest updates and new material...
05 May 2022 - New FreeCAD model uploaded -
here!
20 May 2021 - New article - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner -
Fabricating the Nose (& Tail) Cone
01 Nov 2019 - Updated page:
Errors in the Plans.
21 May 2018 - Aerodynamic Super Calculator 7.5.1 (c Dean A. Scott) - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner - Weights & Balance Caclulator.
09 Mar 2018 - new video - CD Builders - Phil Lardner -
Covering the Wings
05 Mar 2018 - new photos and articles in CD Builders - Phil Lardner's CD:
- Photos - Wing Load Test
- Photos - Covering the Wings
- Photos - Tail Boom - Tail Skid & Turtle Deck
- Photos - Pilot Pod
- Photos - Trailer Fabrication
- Photos - Air Brakes
- Photos - Main Wing Spars
- Photos - Leading Edges
- Photos - Trailing Edges
- Photos - Wings (main wing assembly)
- Photos - Bungee Launch System
- Wing Stress Analysis - updated my spreadsheet with wing load test calculations
- Construction Articles - Covering the Flight Surfaces
- Construction Article - Load Testing the Wings
- Construction Videos - Load Testing the Wings
- Construction Videos - Bungee Launch System Test
- Construction Videos - Trailer Fabrication
28 Feb 2018 - new articles - see Home - Articles:
- Phil Lardner's CD -
Load Testing the Wings
- Structural Proof Testing by Stan Hall
- Wing Torsion Testing by Stan Hall
- How to Determine Wing Shears and Bending Moments Almost Instantly by Stan Hall, Dynamic Modelling by Stan Hall
- Tips on the Use of Dacron Covering
22 Feb 2018 - new link - Other Microlift Gliders -
1comet.com
28 Jan 2018 - new link - Free Fall Calculator to help choose a suitably sized parachute -
>>click here<<<
05 Dec 2017 - new videos of the Woodstock glider -
>>click here<<
19 Mar 2017 - new photos of three Australian CDs - see CD Builders - Frank Smallman - Graham Betts - Clyde Farquar.
18 Dec 2016 - new video - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner - Construction Videos - Truing up the Wing Rib Cap Strips.
22 Nov 2016 - new article - see Home - Articles - Trailer Balancing.
13 Oct 2016 - new article - see Home - Articles - The Carbon Dragon Foot Launch Sailplane - Technical Soaring Journal - Vol.10 No.3 1986
13 Oct 2016 - new article - see Home - Articles - Designing Toward A One Foot Pre Second Sinking Speed by Bruce H. Carmichael
26 Dec 2015 - new links - see Links - Useful Resources for CD Builders: Carbon Fiber Basics: An easy to understand guide and Comparison of the mechanical properties of the carbon fibers.
17 Dec 2015 - new photos - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner - all the old photos are now sorted, and lots of new photos added!
21 Nov 2015 - new photos - see CD Builders - Rick Mullins - lots of new pics!
26 Aug 2015 - new video - see Forum -
carbon-dragon.ihpa.ie/index.php/forum/ca...rbon-cd?start=30#920
13 Aug 2015 - new article - see Home - Articles - A Bungee Launch System.
01 Aug 2015 - new link - see Links - Nest of Dragons - an interesting site with an index to lots of ultra light glider designs.
27 Jul 2015 - new photos - see CD Builders - Michel Clas (France) - details of a Carbon Dragon built in France c2000, and later motorised c2002
26 Jun 2015 - Sid Bottom (South Africa) takes over Nick Methley's CD project - see CD Builders - Sid Bottom / Nick Methley
19 Jun 2015 - new photos & text - see CD Builders - Gregory (Gus) Malm - Realm
02 May 2015 - new video - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner (Bonding the tail boom closed.)
25 Mar 2015 - 4 new videos - see CD Builders - Yasushi Akahori
25 Mar 2015 - 2 new videos - see CD Builders - Phil Lardner
17 Mar 2015 - List of Errors in the Plans updated (Drawing #5 - H-Stab front spar dimension.)
28 Feb 2015 - New Article - Taking Off Lightly - Experemental Soaring Association by Dean Sigler
28 Feb 2015 - New Atricle - Early Japanese Hang Gliders of Mr. Tondokoro - 1934
20 Dec 2014 - New photos - see CD Builders - Mick Robson - high (T) tail
08 Dec 2014 - New photos - see: CD Builders - Gregory (Gus) Malm - Alnair and Relm powered derivtives of the CD
01 Dec 2014 - New photos - see: CD Builders - Unknown Builder (can you help identify the builder?)
01 Oct 2014 - List of errors in the CD blueprint drawings - see: CD Builders - Phil Lardner's All-Carbon CD - Errors in the Plans
01 Sep 2014 - New photos - see: CD Builders - Nick Methley
01 Jul 2014 - New photos - see: CD Builders - Phil Lardner's All-Carbon CD - New
01 Jan 2014 - Check out the new Jim Maupin Gliders Forum