Bird Flight
Experimental Soaring Association - Analysis of Dynamic Soaring by Albatross, etc.
Eagle with Mini-Cam (click Continue then click Mini-Cam in Action)
Airfoils
Databases
NASG
UIUC
Fluid Dynamics
Courseware
Advanced Topics in Aerodynamics (Antonio Filippone, UMIST)
Aerodynamics for Students (D.J. Auld, University of Sydney)
Aerospace Digital Library (Ga Tech)
Software & Web Sites
ANSYS - Engineering Simulation Software
LINFLOW - Fluid-Structure Interaction Software
Desktop Aeronautics
FoilSim (NASA)
Hanley Innovations
NACA Airfoils
PROFOIL
TraCFoil
UIUC
XFOIL
Online Publications
Aerodynamic Analysis ... Example of a Glider (Melber, Schrauf, Rakowitz)
At last: an instrument that reads drag! (Dick Johnson)
A Physical Description of Flight (David Anderson & Scott Eberhardt)
Sailplane Performance Flight Test Methods (Dick Johnson)
Other Articles by Dick Johnson
An Instrument for Drag Measurement in Flight (D. Althaus)
Effect of aerodynamic design on glider performance (A. Lippisch)
Sailplane Modifications (Wil Schuemann)
Simplified Design Method for a Symmetrical Wing-Body Fairing (Delft U, PDF)
Trailing Bomb Usage Note (NASA, PDF)
Courseware
CIVE1400: Fluid Mechanics (University of Leeds)
A Fluid Mechanics Hypercourse (James A. Fay, MIT)
Soaring
Avionics
Ameri-King - altitude encoder, ELT
Borgelt - vario, glide computer, logger
Ilec - vario, glide computer
Cambridge - vario, glide computer, logger
Garrecht - Volkslogger
Microair - transceiver, transponder
Tasman - vario
TruTrak - solid state turn indicator
Total Energy Probes
Effects of Horizontal Gusts on Total Energy Variometers (Borgelt)
Glider Induced Errors in Total Energy Variometry (Brozel)
Total Energy Compensation In Practice (Brozel)
Total Energy Probes by esa-systems
Total Energy Probes by ILEC
Borgelt Articles
Basic Glider Instruments
Effects of Horizontal Gusts on Total Energy Variometers
Mechanical Varios
Sailplane Instrument Installation and Leak Checking
Speed to Fly
Literature
Soaring Publications
Soaring Symposia
Gliding and Motorgliding International News
New Technology
vPos - Visual Position System
Soaring Web Sites
Glider-Type Sites
Günther Eichhorn
Landings
Sailplane Racing Association
Soaring Links by Paul Remde
Flight-Test Evaluations, Etc.
Johnson Flight-Test Evaluations and Articles
Sailplane Dealers
Windpath Corporation (SZD)
Sailplanes to Watch
SparrowHawk: 11m ultralight
DuckHawk: 15m racer (53:1 & 200 kts)
LightHawk: 15m ultralight
SG-1: 13.9m ultralight
Files
Glider Power Board Schematic (17 kB, PDF)
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Various Links
Musical Instrument and
Professional Audio Electronics Service
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