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DVD Video A -featuring this remarkable Aircraft + Paragliding, Hang Gliding Training
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Disc B - featuring flying The New Mosquito NRG; footage from around the world
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The legendary Angelo d'Arrigo shows how to fly the Mosquito.
DVD Pal Video A:
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1 - DVD Flying The Mosquito: -
Covering various aspects of flying the Mosquito including basic assembly and rigging .. launching.. landing..high flying shots... fantastic video filming and sound, some spectacular cross country, high altitude, aerobatic sequences, snowy mountain peaks, low level flying, and spectacular locations and breath-taking scenery from around the world. The Mosquito produces an amazing power to weight ratio for a free flying FLPA; capable of climb rates reaching 450 - 500 ft per minute. Pilots are now regularly reaching 12,000 ft altitude and traveling astonishing distances.
2 - Hang Gliding & Elementary Paragliding
Filmed in Derbyshire; covering many aspects of elementary training from tethered hops to flying on the tow, rigging and de-rigging, shows students training and progressing from elementary training for both hang gliding and paragliding through to club pilot using various hanglider and paraglider varients. Instructor demonstrates some advanced flying and landing techniques.
Includes some tandem flying, new Mosquito NRG powered hang gliding launch in nil wind, launching and release on the winch tow line, paragliding launching on the tow, and landings.
3 - Gliders, Micro lights, 3 Axis
Introduction sequences showing Hanggliding Aero-towing using Microlights, Tandem Hangliding from Dolly Rigs, and Advanced Aero Hang Glider rigid fixed wing with aerelon control surfaces, test flight launch and recovery.
CD RoM Video B:
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Second video starts with factory assembly of mosquito and then moves on to some amazing powered flying on wing video shots taken in various exotic country locations around the world - cross country and over water.
Also some crazy stuff including launch / landing on a frozen lake!, flying over the golden gate bridge, flying through city skyscrapers, high speed past church steeple, night flying, pushing powered hang gliding to the limit of the envelope! and more.
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The mosquito is a powered harness from Swedish Aerosports which can be fitted to almost any hang glider.
See more on the mosquito - https://www.swedishaerosport.se/joel_press.htm
Learn to Fly The Mosquito with a Qualified Instructor and BHPA Approved School at Airways
see Airways web site for full details at :
https://www.airways-airsports.com
See more from the original inventors and manufacturers of the Mosquito at https://www.swedishaerosport.se.
More flight sample video clips available to view - www.airshow1.netfirms.com
Note the web article features the first mosquito version; the new NRG is a lot sleeker and aerodynamic, with electric start and all major controls on the harness, also features a foldable propeller, auto cut out in event of a parachute deployment - featured on CD ROM 2 (see gallery photographs)
Extract of article written by Joel Letouzey -
'Satisfaction and Self Sufficiency with a Motorised Harness'.
It took the genius of the Swedish Aerosports to incorporate all into a lightweight, aerodynamically clean motor harness in the late 1980's. They have been producing the Mosquito since 1989, and have succeeded in bringing truly easy foot launch capability with this harness that folds up into a slightly oversized pod harness bag, all for less than 23 kilograms.
The original Mosquito used a Radne-Raket 100cc two-stroke engine, which developed 10 hp at 8800 RPM. Fan cooled, clutch equipped, with decompressor for easy pull starts.
In the promotion video available from AeroSports, a 75 kg. pilot takes off with a very light headwind in (count them!) less than 10 steps, with the original l00cc engine, and climbs out at better than 1 m/second.
Since 1996, the Mosquito is equipped with the Radne-Raket 120cc engine. l5hp at 8800 RPM, with a 3.5/1 reduction, and using the same propeller, produces 46 kg of static thrust. This is the unit I have, and (at nearly 80 kg naked weight) I have no problem climbing out to 700m AGL in about 10 minutes on any calm morning, or to 1500m AGL in 20-25 minutes from launch.
I have tested it on a number of gliders, including the Twist 17, Ellipse, Funfex, Topfex Finsterwalder, and my favourite Sensor 610E. What's great is it can be attached to any hang glider by the regular hangstrap. 23 kilograms is, after all, only about 13 kg more weight than your current standard pod harness for free flying. You can see that the glider does not suffer from too much added wing loading.
The sink rate of my Sensor remains practically the same, whether soaring with my ordinary hang gliding harness or with the Mosquito, engine at rest, landing gear retracted, propeller blocked. What is just as interesting is that flying the glider (stability in turns, ease of handling, the wonderful sensation of free flight) is not at all compromised by the addition of the Mosquito.
If you think a propeller shaft sticking out the behind of your harness looks bizarre, think again. The lightweight motor is supported on the ground by the two retractable landing gear tubes, making for no extra weight for the pilot to carry apart from the 4 litre gas tank attached to the top of the control bar frame.
Easily manoeuvred on the ground into takeoff position with the pilot buckled into the harness and ready to pull start the unit by' himself. The motor weight is supported by the landing gear as its nylon skids slide over the (preferred) grass takeoff area up to the moment of takeoff.
The classic Keller/ Airstream type harness is specially built with its hang point designed to compensate for the extra weight of the motor, for comfortable and efficient inflight performance After all, soaring performance is what they were looking for.
Although 4 litres will give you an hour of nearly full throttle engine run, I have personally flown for over 2 hours at a time, engine on, for the 4 litres, on a calm no lift day, just by nursing the motor along at efficient cruise. To say nothing of the hours I spend at cloud base on those great thermal days after climbing out and shutting off the engine.
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Launching The Mosquito: If you have any foot launch towing or trike foot launch towing experience all the better. After all, the thrust line is basically the same. But even with no towing experience, we all know what its like to run in the landing zone with our hang gliders. There comes a speed when the glider wants to fly and lift you off. All you need is thrust.
For many pilots the adding of thrust (whether in the form of a towline in front, or a motor behind) poses a psychological barrier, a fear to overcome. The extreme ease of launching a Mosquito equipped hang glider quickly helps the pilot overcome this fear. Also, once airborne you are not directionally restrained by any tow rope: you are free to turn in the first thermals you encounter. I often find lift areas right after launch and start my climbing turns at 20 metres AGL! Get in the harness and start the motor; let it warm up for about a minute. The centrifugal clutch is handy as the prop only spins at a certain RPM. Lift your glider as usual. When ready, give it full gas with the between-the-teeth clamp type accelerator. (This throttle may seem funky, but it works well, freeing your hands). There is a second and parallel accelerator onto the harness for using after getting airborne.
Resist the temptation to push out the control bar! The bar will already be about 10cm behind where it is in free flight. Let the wing seek its own best trim, best glide. Remember this is not a high powered trike! You've got to be sensitive to the light climb rate.
Look for the lift! Use the light thermals once you get to a safe altitude. You can work them up with the motor still on; best to leave it on, even at idle, until you find excellent soaring conditions. When you zip closed the harness the landing gear retracts automatically.
In-flight restarts No problem! Release the propeller brake (which keeps the prop in a safe, low-drag position; no need for a foldable prop, really!), pull decompressor and choke, and in 2-3 pulls a cold engine starts. No need for choke if it's still warm.
The new NRG has an electric start which is activated via a pressure sensitive blow tube.
Landing - maybe you worry about landing with the extra weight behind. Think again! A typical landing approach, feet out of harness, engine off: the landing gear touches first, and you flare like always. It's that simple! The landing gear actually acts like a braking system; slowing that last instant of flight while supporting the harness weight, allowing you to make a precision;pot landing, full flare.
You can always add control bar wheels for security, but they are not necessary. Installing The Mosquito There are two modifications to be made to your hang glider: 1. Cut the keel at about 120 cm. from your hang point. 1. Where the side flying wires join the leading edge, add deeper loops (cable or good cord) to attach the side to side limiter wires of the motor harness. Obviously, we need to keep the propeller from, swinging too much and cutting the sail. From harness bag unzipped to full installation ready to fly configuration takes less than 3 minutes, not even hurrying.
The MOSQUITO has given me the freedom to search for thermals in areas where it's impossible or very inconvenient to tow up. Even at my traditional mountain flying sites like Laragne or Aspres, I've had great fun taking off from the L.Z., even while other pilots are still trucking up the long turnarounds or sitting on launch waiting for the wind to pick up. Naturally, all this invites comparison with paramotoring.
For me the advantages of the Mosquito are far more interesting. I fly in conditions when a paramotor would not even be setting up and at speeds where a paraglider would collapse. Imagine a race to a point 10 kilometers away and 1000 meters above the landscape.
Which machine would arrive first? It's obvious. One of the most important differences I would like to emphasise: the ease the adaptation. Most paraglider pilots have a fairly difficult and delicate time adaptation to the launch phase of a paramotor. Not so with the Mosquito.
The hang glider remains rigid and flyable right up to the running speed of takeoff, after which the pilot flies like he is used to. What about the noise level? I asked Johan Ahling about the tests they have done for the Swedish Aviation Authorities. "They went very well. We are quite a bit under the 68 dB(A) limit of the weight class. I think we came up to a maximum of 57 dB(A)
Soar Like An Eagle or Power Fly!
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About the Producers - Swedish AeroSport.
Swedish AeroSport was established in 1988 by four mechanical designers who were pilots. The Mosquito Motor Harness was released on the marked early 1990 after 2 years of hard work and gained the approval of the Swedish Aviation Authorities. Swedish AeroSport is the brand name synonymous with uncompromising quality. Swedish AeroSport always use the latest technology and materials available. Continuous quality control guarantees you a safe and long lasting product.To prove this the Mosquito comes with a 3-year warranty. A full range of spare parts for all existing models is guaranteed. Want to join us?
Swedish AeroSport Box 8180 S-163 08 Spånga Sweden Phone: +46 8 760 03 67 Fax: +46 8 760 03 69 E-mail: [email protected]
Technical Data
MOTOR: Radne Raket 120 Fan cooled 2-stroke 120ccm 11 kW (15 HP) 8800 rpm.
REDUCTION: 3.5: 1
PROPELLER: Diameter 1350 mm Pitch 530 mm Weight 750 g Material: carbon/kevlar/epoxy
FUEL CAP: 4 liters (it mixes to 4 %)
Typical Performance: Climb 2 m/s
Assembly Time: 5 min
Cruising Speed: 65 - 80 km/h
Maximum Speed: 80 - 105 km/h
Stall Speed: 27 - 30 km/h
This presentation produced by Andrew Rowson
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