Stéphane Abbet
Started building 1995 - First flight 2000
Stéphane Abbet
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There are already many years that I have the virus of the flight. Teenager, I started with the model where I learned to break the little wood. It made me really service thereafter for the different construction techniques. In 1986, not content to watch my fly gliders from the ground, I decided to spend my license delta. I flew most of the time in neighboring France. My playground was the Salève, many of Geneva fully aware and spend many weekends. I also flew quite Vallais of my home.
This is for my thirty years, in 1995 I decided to build a glider launchable by foot. My choice fell naturally on the Carbon Dragon because of his line but also its performance. And foremost it is because of financial m did so opt for a homebuilt. This is in somewhat unconscious that I go in this great adventure. I don 'have never imagined that I would need about five years, between 1800 and 2000 hours to realize my dream. Course before the end of the building, I had aprenne to fly a glider. That is why in April 1998, I decided to spend a licensed glider pilot Challes Waters. The French club warmly welcomed me and allowed me also to make the first Testing of the Carbon Dragon on his trail. And finally, it is in July 2003 I spent my license at ULM Bellegarde and I make the aquisition my coyote.
It is therefore for these reasons that I had wanted to share my passion. The site was due to first, do good in the future manufacturer of Carbon Dragon. When is that I have built my Carbon Dragon I felt very isolated one manufacturer. I 'already had contacts with Hugo Liehnard, but then it's turned out that we don 'were not so alone as that. The construction was not really complicated, but often I stumbled and got stuck on small issues, whereas a small photo or information m 'would so favor. This is what I have wanted to share with you.
Photos
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- Construction
- Outside the Workshop
- In the Hanger
- Preparing for First Flight
- First Flight!
- Testing at Bellegarde
- In Flight at Wasserkuppe
- Articles & Photos
- Construction
- Outside the Workshop
- In the Hanger
- Preparing for First Flight
- First Flight!
- Testing at Bellegarde
- In Flight at Wasserkuppe
- Articles & Photos
Construction
In this part of the site you will find all pictures that I would have loved to have when I built my Carbon Dragon. Indeed, some times the plans may seem a bit tough to understand. A quick glance is often so much easier.
- Empennage A
- Empennage B
- Fuselage C
- Fuselage D
- Fuselage E
- Ailes F
- Ailes G
- Ailes H
- Assemblage I
- Entoilage J
- Finiton K
- Empennage A
- Empennage B
- Fuselage C
- Fuselage D
- Fuselage E
- Ailes F
- Ailes G
- Ailes H
- Assemblage I
- Entoilage J
- Finiton K
Empennage A
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Empennage B
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Fuselage C
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Fuselage D
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Fuselage E
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Ailes F
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Ailes G
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Ailes H
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Assemblage I
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Entoilage J
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Finiton K
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Outside the Workshop
After painting, I brought all the parts to my studio where I took the opportunity to stand back and contemplate my machine.
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In the Hanger
As I did not have a place big enough to rig my glider, my brother was charged with finding a place that would fit it. The photos are not very good, but it is the first time where the Carbon Dragon is fully assembled. (Belle satisfaction ...!)
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Preparing for First Flight
It is the moment you start to want to put your hands in your pockets and think you've finished all your work. What a great disappointment .. it seems endless ..... to you! It is still a cable, a fastener, a pin to wear.
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First Flight!
On a morning in July 2000, with weather that was not at all clement, we are on the airfield at Challes for the first multi-hop ..
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Testing at Bellegarde
After an unfortunate flight in August 2000 in The Wasserkuppe, the Carbon Dragon returned to the studio ... But it was only to rise from its ashes. So we visited the airfield in April Bellegarde, to check if all settings were still correct ..
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In Flight at Wasserkuppe
On all other sites dedicated to the Carbon Dragon that I have visited, I have been disappointed not to see enough photos of the Carbon Dragon tickling the clouds. I hope to fill this gap ....
In Switzerland, there are already two Carbon Dragons flying or under construction (to my knowledge). I have had discussions with Daniel Indermüle who is also a hang glider pilot like me. I also have contacts with Hugo Lienhart who lives not far from my house. I look forward to seeing elsewhere soon steal his machine! I have also had the opportunity to correspond with Michel Cals about his motorized Carbon Dragon. (He lives in the south of France)
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Articles & Photos
Here are some articles and photos that I collected on the Carbon Dragon.
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