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Compact twin-turbine electric paraglider takes to the sky

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Indiana’s Pete Bitar has quite a few pots on the boil right now. Between prototyping his LEO Coupe eVTOL “flying supercar,” developing directed energy weapons for the US Military through his XADS company, manufacturing electric ducted fans, selling hea… Continue reading Compact twin-turbine electric paraglider takes to the sky→

Floating On The Breeze With A Full Size RC Paraglider

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For many people the gateway drug to aviation is radio-controlled aircraft, and in [Andre Bandarra]’s case this led to paragliding. Now he has combined the two, turning his full size paragliding wing into an RC aircraft. (Video, embedded below.)

The primary controls of a paraglider are very simple, consisting of …read more

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