Comments on: Red Bull Flugtag Portland

By: bodydetox

bodydetox — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:06:39 +0000

Red Alert is a very addictive game. I play at least 5 hours a day with my friends and cousins.

By: AC

AC — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:19:51 +0000

Not really the first one, the Red Bull Flugtag's are good but the Moomba festival in Melbourne, Australia has been running their Birdman contest for decades.

Makes no difference, just means theres thousands more pictures now to search for.

By: Kinsey

Kinsey — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:04:10 +0000

I was in Flugtag Portland, Team Bushwackers (the flying Squirrel.) I wrote all about it in my blog-
http://www.kinseys-quest.blogspot.com. Check it out! :)

By: Orv

Orv — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:49:12 +0000

@5: You already have. It’s called a “hang glider.” ;)

By: pdx-peter

pdx-peter — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:34:28 +0000

I was there, the best part was looking at the contraptions up close. Unfortunately, we opted to leave our excellent spots for cheaper, better food several blocks away from the river and could barely see until we climbed into trees.
I really would love to see what a real aeronautical engineer could come up with for something like this

By: Roberto

Roberto — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:47:41 +0000

The Tampa Flugtag winner was more inventive:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqvum8c1pts&feature=related

By: killbox

killbox — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:37:08 +0000

My friend Barjack posted some good photos from portland, including the spaceballs craft (not in "flight")

http://flickr.com/photos/barjack/2726717775/

By: prophetnoise

prophetnoise — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:38:10 +0000

I was at the portland flugtag, and most teams did put a glider on top of their plummeting crafts. (it usually didn't help that much) Part of the distance rule has to do with where the pilot's bum lands, not the rest of the craft.

I must say, the best ones were the most poorly designed ones (as far as aeronautics is concerned) whose wings were more for show than flight.

By: Matt_

Matt_ — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:18:37 +0000

Umm, the banjo fell straight into the water, then the glider kept going.

Hmm, maybe everyone should just set gliders on top of their contraptions…