And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The idea is to use the jet just to get off the ground and to the nearest rising air. After that it may be stowed away for the rest of the flight. It does give a safety margin if things turn to custard. Landing out and waiting for your crew to find and collect you and the glider is a pain for everyone.
This is an Arcus J sailplane. With the retractable jet engine it can self-launch. With the engine off and retracted the owner has made flights over 3,000 km long with durations over 15 hours. A different Arcus owns the 300 km out and return speed record at 305 km/hr.
For some reason, it feels like the left wing is giving us the finger.
ReplyDeleteha ha good one! it really dose look like it.
DeleteIs this a jet-powered glider? Seems pretty cool - what does it do, take off, get to altitude, then glide back?
ReplyDeleteThe idea is to use the jet just to get off the ground and to the nearest rising air. After that it may be stowed away for the rest of the flight. It does give a safety margin if things turn to custard. Landing out and waiting for your crew to find and collect you and the glider is a pain for everyone.
DeleteThis is an Arcus J sailplane. With the retractable jet engine it can self-launch. With the engine off and retracted the owner has made flights over 3,000 km long with durations over 15 hours. A different Arcus owns the 300 km out and return speed record at 305 km/hr.
ReplyDeleteImpressive figures to say the least. Whats the fuel capacity limited to, any idea?
DeleteThats a good looking bird.
Fuel capacity is about 24 gallons with 10 in the fuselage and 14 in the wings,
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