March 16, 2016 at 7:02 pm
I know that Pilcher’s Hawk glider exists, recently restored in the National Museums of Scotland, but does his never-flown Triplane still exist somewhere?
By: Stepwilk - 16th March 2016 at 20:48
Thanks, Robert. I’ve seen that BBC Triplane replica show. Pretty amusing…they mounted an engine with 50 percent more hp than Pilcher’s original, and it had probably 50 times a better power-to-weight ratio. No surprise that it flew, albeit barely. I doubt Pilcher’s Triplane would even have taxied fast, though of course the drive mechanism was the pilot’s legs.
By: Robert Whitton - 16th March 2016 at 20:06
Sadly no but a replica was built and flown about 2003 at Cranfield and is (I think) at Shuttleworth as is a replica of the Bat glider. Here is a photo of the Hawk.