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We know of many ways to have portable "mountains" for having classical foot-launching of hang gliders.
Below is a portion of the ways.
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Collecting my former notes and summarizing here for extension to others:
Portable Hang Glider Launch by Use of AWES Allowing Classical Running-Down-Incline-into-Wind Foot-Launching of a Human-Piloted Kite Hang Glider
Portable "Mountain" Hang Glider Launch
Have kite-system AWES hold at desired altitude an arrangement that permits a free-flight pilot to run down an incline holding his or her wing into the wind to launch into free-flight gliding or soaring flight to fulfill classic launch style. There are many ways to embody the arrangement and execute getting wing and pilot to the launching arrangement. Not limited to the following description here presented to example the system is one way:
== Have a two-tether train AWES soil-or-rock anchored (or other means of anchoring); have the lofted launch pad use splinted-airbeam launch-incline format and have a horizontally-kept splinted-airbeam preamble assembly-ready deck or platform. Either have the wing already parked at the preamble deck or packed at the preamble deck aloft or use other procedures to get the wing to the preamble aloft deck. Once the portable "mountain" AWES is flying and conditions are "go", then the soon-to-be free-flight kite pilot climbs to the preamble deck, assembles the HG wing, hooks his free-flight kite tether to the wing, fulfills all checks, reads the wind, readies to run down the incline for launching into FFAWE mode off the portable "mountain."
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== Note that a paraglider is a canopy hang glider; and that a gliding parachute is a canopy hang glider. The system may be used repeatedly. Systems may be designed to hold more than one HG wing and more than one HG pilot. Also, the preamble deck may hold other things (napper, food, water, personal-relief devices, warmer, communications, weather-and-traffic station, and assisting equipment, or anything else reasonably wanted). Note that the base kite-system AWES may be flygen generating electricity by use of RATs for various uses including the charging of batteries that may be fitted to the hang gliders for their on board electrical instruments which might include an auxiliary motor for in-flight conversion to powered flight, if wanted. There are many ways to design the preamble deck and launch incline to reduce drag and mass. These portable "mountains" may be fixed at a park or club site; the system may be transported to desired sites on earth or a planet's surface; the system may be anchored to a ship or barge or other vehicle. Uses may be single-person dedicated or used in robust commercial operations. The serving "train" of wings in the AWES may have one wing or many wings; also, kite trees and other gang arrangement of wings are intended in this instruction; also intended is the use of kite arches or other kite complexes for basing the preamble deck and launch incline. Anchoring reels and winches may be used, but are not necessary in all circumstances; one may use a reel-less AWES arrangement. System-stop methods are intended to meet safety standards. Personal rescue parachutes are recommended for persons going aloft for the subject operations. Skill training fit for the subject system is necessary to obtain safe operations.
~ JoeF with the following license:
License: CC+ 4.x BY NC+ SA for technology by Joe Faust under kPower, Inc. thresholds within Open-AWE Cooperative. As one approaches the use thresholds, please negotiate with kPower, Inc. for commercial uses.
== Glossary: http://www.energykitesystems.net
This topic thread is open for discussing any type of portable "mountain" for obtaining near classical hang gliding launching.
