Paraglider Joystick Part 2 - BANDARRA

Now that the bad weather is gone we managed to get out and the day and wind was perfect for testing the joystick prototype. Medium/strong and pretty steady, so quite good for the Seed.

I started by stetting up the bag weight and attaching the pulleys and wing. Launched it just as is to make sure everything was working.

Then I set up the joystick itself, at the correct distance and ran the control lines to the brakes and A's.

After a few problems with geometry and mostly crappy pulleys it was up and working and I couldn't believe it! Really happy to have been able to turn an idea into a working prototype and I'm already thinking about how to make it better, learn more and use it as a stepping stone for bigger projects :)

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