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local trip with
this old ultralightpassword to this up:
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After
building and flying
radiocontrolled model-airplanes
for more than 10 years, the longing for
real flying was so strong that two of us
got hold of some kits of Rotec Rally
first generation ultralights. Imported
from USA to Sweden - where we bought
them - one single-seater and one
two-seater. Here are the singleseater
Rotec buildt/fitted and ready for first
flight to the nearest local airport.
Wings under the bodystand
on the trailer behind the Volvo from
1961! The trailer buildt for this
purpose.
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This was before
there were any rules for those in Norway
- they spoke of sailplane-licences, so I
did solo in a glider, but learned to fly
my Rotec out of the handbook beforehand.
There was no formal training in
twoseather ultralights then. And
felt quite another and more free
feeling to fly an open ultralight than
to be squeezed in a
narrow old glider with cloudy, obscure
cockpit.
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liftoffs was made late in the evening of first
day when the air was entirely calm and
no wind. 30 m run - liftoff to 2m along the
runway for 150 m and landing. Then turn the
plane and same again back. Again and again and
felt really HIGH. |
back
to homebase - "Rena RC-airport" of Rena
RC-club made ca.1980 and ok also for
low-and-slow ultralight-use
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Hangar was made on homebase,
because it was too much work to take it
up/down for use. Rotec Rally 2B is a
"drying-stand" as the gliderpilots joked -
with wires and not easy to move when toppost
was down, so tail struts was set in when wings
was lowered and then pushed in and out of
hangar on U-steelchannels over the lowered
hangardoor which was hinged at bottom.
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