I have an Estes “Double Ringer” rocket in my “to build” pile of rocket kits:
https://estesrockets.com/product/007279-double-ringer/
The rocket has two rocket boosted “ring”type parasite gliders that glide back to the ground. Really they are more like modified paper cups than “rings”.
It got me to thinking: The designer at Estes who designed the Double Ringer likely did not just dream up these odd, vaguely paper cup shaped, gliders for the first time. These gliders must have been tried before.
So they have. See this page in the education section of JPL’s website:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/ring-wing-glider/
The “ring wing glider”. That’s essentially what the Estes “Double Ringer” gliders are.
It seems to me that I ought to be able to create a sturdier version of the JPL “copy paper” ring wing glider fairly easily. Maybe I could use cardstock? I could then hook it onto virtually any rocket in my fleet whenever I feel like having some glider fun. Some sort of simple hook (piano wire? @milehigh )
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Anybody tried anything like this before?
Only one way to find out if this works…
https://estesrockets.com/product/007279-double-ringer/
The rocket has two rocket boosted “ring”type parasite gliders that glide back to the ground. Really they are more like modified paper cups than “rings”.
It got me to thinking: The designer at Estes who designed the Double Ringer likely did not just dream up these odd, vaguely paper cup shaped, gliders for the first time. These gliders must have been tried before.
So they have. See this page in the education section of JPL’s website:
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/ring-wing-glider/
The “ring wing glider”. That’s essentially what the Estes “Double Ringer” gliders are.
It seems to me that I ought to be able to create a sturdier version of the JPL “copy paper” ring wing glider fairly easily. Maybe I could use cardstock? I could then hook it onto virtually any rocket in my fleet whenever I feel like having some glider fun. Some sort of simple hook (piano wire? @milehigh )
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Anybody tried anything like this before?
Only one way to find out if this works…