![]() ![]() Airtime manufactured the popular “Explorer”, Radne powered hang glider (featuring our propellers). Has been tested to near 6000 rpmĪirtime Products: The BOS1 54 x 24 / 22 N L props were initially developed and sold in conjunction with Airtime Products of Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia. This is a model propeller (1/2 Scale) which has been used by many for various applications such as back packs twins etc.Īt such low pitch it must be high rpm use. ![]() Also used on backpack “chutes” (diameter trimmed) about 45 kg thrust. The Mosquito prop is thinner in hub depth.Īlmost identical to the above with a touch less pitch for an extra 200rpm and coarsen the RH rotation. See below information re Airtime Products / ExplorerĪs per the above 54 x 24 but with a changed hub size enabling it to be used on the popular “Mosquito” brand powered hang glider. This prop has proven to be very popular and of excellent performance on power assisted hang guiders. Painted tips (as shown) is an option at an additional cost. The Mosquito had an Aspect Ratio of 7.4, which was higher than any flex-wing glider of its time and similar to the highest values even 30+ years later. All BOS-1 props are supplied factory balanced. This is an expensive manufacturing option and can only be undertaken for specific applications. It is not for sale otherwise at this time, except when bought with the Wasp harness.These are (1) one piece propellers featuring optimized pitch distribution, blade shape and weight distribution to deliver the best efficiency, lowest weight and smoothest running. As an added incentive for selling the Wasp Power Harness, I will take $1000 off that price for this Sport-2 175, and sell it for $3975, but only when sold with the Wasp. This model glider now has a suggested retail price from Wills Wing of $4975. Since then, it has been on a rack in my garage, while my enthusiasm turned from hang gliding to tennis ever since. It is like-new, has no dings or blemishes. I found that I could easily handle this large glider, even though I was below the minimum weight range for it, and it handled well. I took three practice flights on the Sport-2 with my regular Wills Wing harness, one from Black Cap, and two from Sugar Hill, for a total of 3 hours and 15 minutes. I imagined practicing at the Airport and landing on those wheels, even considered the idea of taking off with them, given the extra horsepower of the Wasp with Vitorazzi engine (18hp compared to 14hp with the Mosquito). So I bought a brand new Sport-2 175 from Wills Wing, as well as an additional round basebar and a pair of 10 inch wheels, also from Wills Wing. In 2011, I decided I would not want to start flying my Wasp Power Harness with my ATOS-B, but would rather have an easier glider to practice on. But you'll have to come to Lakeview to get it, as I won't attempt to ship it. I am willing to sell it for half my cost to someone who might fly it, for only $5000. It has never been flown, and is just like new, but it has been broken in. In 2011, I logged only 5 hang gliding flights, only 3 in 2012, and 1 in 2013, and the harness stayed in the garage for the whole summer of 2013 and since. But by this time much of my enthusiasm for flying had dissipated, as I had begun playing tennis with friends almost every day. I set up a test stand in the backyard where I did break-in sessions, running the engine for varying periods of time, during the summer of 20. Powered hang glider mosquito plus#The financial transaction was complicated by the need to convert to British pounds and wire money, and the cost was 5435 pounds, plus bank wiring charges, for an actual cost of $9938. It was built for someone close to my size of 5'10", 170 pounds. It was ordered with a folding prop, but arrived with a fixed prop (necessary for break-in, according to Chris) so he still owes me a folding prop for it. I placed the order in January, 2010, but due to severe family problems that year, Chris was not able to complete my order until December, 2010, and I didn't get it until January, 2011. With 18hp on the Wasp Vitorazzi engine as compared to 14hp on the Mosquito, I made that choice, and began talking to Chris Taylor of Wasp Systems, UK. ![]() I had decided on the Wasp after worrying that the Mosquito did not have enough power to get me off the ground at Lakeview altitude of 4800 ft. I decided to pursue this dream in the Fall of 2009, (I was much younger then) imagining that I would fly it with my Atos B. As I approach the end of my 77th year, I have come to realize that my dream of powered hang glider flight around Lakeview and elsewhere, is not likely to be realized. ![]()
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