Cracking Flight's Code: Alexander Lippisch Explains The Secrets Of Flight [VIDEO]

[Dronescapes]

Cracking Flight's Code: Alexander Lippisch Explains The Secrets Of Flight [VIDEO]

View: https://youtu.be/4ioNL98b89M

 

[MiTasol]

A very interesting man.

I was at EAA Rockford (the predecessor of Oshkosh) in the mid 60s when he gave a series of talks and I caught most of them. At that stage he was in his 70's and had a reverse delta homebuilt that had a very low take off and landing speed because the wing shape created an air cushion. A most interesting speaker and very much mentally ahead of most of us who listened to him.

Like with this video he always started slow and then sped up. Several others who listened thought he suffered stage fright until he got going.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice one!

 

[MiTasol]

I went looking for a photo of his 1960's homebuilt but could only find this sketch of a derivative.

What is poorly shown is that the wing tips are much lower than the fuselage (and in the case of the homebuilt - the engine & prop)

EDIT
So now I find some on one of his later reverse delta's

Lippisch's reverse delta / Airfish - Nest of Dragons