Francis M. Rogallo and his wife Gertrude researched flexible controllable fabric airfoils with a delta, V-shaped, configuration for use on inexpensive private aircraft. They were issued a flex-wing patent and refined their designs. Development of Rogallo wings, used by U.S. Moyes, Inc. substantially broadened the flexible airfoil technology base which originated from NASA's reentry parachute. The Rogallo technology, particularly the airfoil frame was incorporated in the design of a kite by John Dickenson. The Dickenson kite served as prototype for the Australian Moyes line of hang gliders. Company no longer exists.
Hang Gliders
1981-01-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
NTRS | 1976
AIAA | 1991
|Dynamics and control of hang-gliders
AIAA | 1989
|New trends and developments in hang gliders
AIAA | 1974
Investigation of Aeroelastics and Stability Characteristics of Hang Gliders
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1996
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