Design of gliders for tethered mode

Job ID: 35760774

Budget: $250 – $1,000 USD

The task is related to this project : http://meteoreactors.xp3.biz/tall_chimney/index.htm

It requires to keep the lightweight chimney raised so one of approaches is to use the lifting force of wings and the wind.

The chimney is made of lightweight and very strong spinnaker nylon fabric. It is possible to attach the wooden hoops and then attach the gliders to the hoops.

The gliders will work in kite mode within some limited range of angles of attack.

The task consists of three stages:

design and calculations - design of gliders in FreeCAD and calculation of their main parameters in SMath or Excel

creating and testing of gliders and working model that includes 3 ~ 4 meters of chimney, three hoops and two pairs of gliders at your location

testing of working model at my location


The gliders should be made by most simple and primitive way from cheap materials that are easy to process, technology similar to kites.

The more detailed description is in the attached task.doc, FreeCAD and SMath files.


The offer should contain the description of your experience in design of gliders or aircrafts. :-)

The budget should include work, materials and the costs of sending the working model by usual post to Australia.