[MacCready] assembled a team of friends to help build what he called the Gossamer Condor. Constructed out of thin aluminium tubing, piano wire, Mylar sheeting, and tape, the Condor weighed just 55 ...

Power was taken from the pedals by a long, low- friction chain to the shaft of the pusher propeller. From: Burke, "The Gossamer Condor and Albatross: A Case Study in Aircraft Design," Aerovironment ...

From: Burke, "The Gossamer Condor and Albatross," Report No. AV-R-80/540, AeroVironment (1980) The outer ends of the tapered wing can be twisted by about 2 0 to aid in the turn. The downward twist of ...

How can we help you? THE FLIGHT OF THE GOSSAMER CONDOR – Academy Award winning Documentary Short Subject. In continuous distribution since 1978, currently as 30th Anniversary DVD. *[Asterisk] A ...