Note:
Excuse my
bad writings in english, since is not my usual language!
Laboratori
d'envol ("Laboratory of takeoff") is a design studio of wings of
free flight, placed at the foot of the mountains of Sant Mateu, 20 km NE from Barcelona. It
is formed by me, and all those friends who want it. All the presented
models his in phase of idea, about study, or of prototype, there is not
any serial version, for the time being...
All the Laboratori
presented
designs, they can be freely studied,
copied, and modified, with any purpose, the commercial one included,
without the need for my authorization. This is like
this to consider to impose restrictions at the ideas ridiculous. I only
expect in exchange, that the copies and derivative ideas are more
interesting than the initial, and to put in possible being also give up themselves
to the public domain.
The name of "Laboratori" has come out of the multiple experiments that
I have kept on making since many years ago, with delta wings at scale,
even some at scale 1:1, essays of threads resistance, cordinos and
fabrics, some models of paraglides of simple superficie (the easiest to
construct), studies and theoretical calculations...
Regarding the tools of the Laboratory, being simple:
- a pair of computers equipped with GNU/Linux operating
system and software
- a sewing machine
- a small home workshop
- some training hills
- sun, wind, gravity...
My work in the field of the civil engineering, leaves me little spare
time to dedicate oneself to the Laboratori, so the designs advance very
little to little, but also so provides me the money to develop new
studies ahead. If there is anybody interested in developing or knowing
more about one of the projects or other related, can write to this e-mail: pere AT laboratoridenvol DOT com.
This year 2009 will meet 10
years of Laboratori d'envol from initial
tests with a small plastic parawing and then nylon, on the Pyrenean
slopes of Tregurà Dalt ...
In the year 2009 one of the main
objectives
will be to design and build the gnuLAB 2 as well as setting up the
software and the book of paraglider design. Building a rigid wing prototype would also be very
interesting ...!
Pere H. Casellas
Laboratori
d'envol
Teià-Barcelona ,
january, 2009
