The SG-1 project is owned by Gregg MacPherson and Murray Haszard.
Although it may look like we are inundated with helpers, the project has
always hovered between being a tiny Akafleig Auckland and a
one man project. The Akafleig mode normally has taken the form of internships
by student engineers from Europe about to complete
their degree or DipEng. Over time, there were also one or two really strong
helpers from Auckland (James Pengelly, Neil Waterhouse),
and the occasional volunteer. I'd like to try to thank everybody, but
I'll probably miss someone out.
If you want to help the project in some way please see the bottom of this page.
Design and engineering
Concept, aerodynamic design and aero' computational work is by Gregg MacPherson.
Gregg also developed the structural concepts, aero loads and detail design.
A couple of our intern engineers deserve special thanks for the help they
gave on the aeroelastics (Roland Broers) and the structural
composites design (Peter Scholz).
Interns (in chronological
order)
Mathew Hassall (Kiwi engineer)
Roland Broers (Delft Aerospace)
Peter Scholz (Studying at Braunchweig, leader of Akaflieg Braunchweig,
SB 14)
Tom Broekhuijsen (Delft Aerospace)
Craig Player (Kiwi engineer)
Julien Dorol (aero composites, from France)
Ludovic Waren (E.N.I.T. France). Now the French junior national champion
pilot!
Thanks to
Murray Haszard, James Pengelly, Neil Waterhouse, Steve Dwyer, Anton Lawrence,
Rod Mackay, Paul Schofield, David Moody, Roger
Eaton, Colin Palmer, Peter Alexander, Joshua Daisey, Samuel Dupland, Volker
Heydecke, Bob Kuykendall and the guys on the GliderTech list,
Thanks also for
help from
Dave Larsen and Chris Kaiser (the model pilots), Stephen Mitchel, Peter
Schwarzel, Jim Marske, Matt Redsel, Martin Hollmann, Michael Bachmaier,
Torsten Liesk, Cameron Henderson, Simon James, Milti Stefadouros, Peter
Oosterheert, Justin Daniels, Rob McDonald, Grahame Player, James Rye,
Simeon Theobald, Bill Liscomb, Jaap Authier, Martin Eskildsen, Gyu Te
Kim, Nick Fenton, Robert Smits,
The future
The project progresses, but unevenly. We may still accept interns or visiting
helpers even into the test flying stage, so people interested should contact
us. Also, we would like more participation from the local Auckland glider
enthusiasts, so if this project is interesting or you have something to
contribute, please make contact with us. So far most of the help for the
project has come all the way from Europe. Huh?
The pilots for the test flying and flight evaluation are not set yet. There are many good kiwi pilots who would in practice be capable for these roles with some technical preparation. We don't know yet what rules we will have to work within. We'll update on this later.
What we need
Even with Murray's continued financial support and even though no one
get's an income the project is tending towards debt, especially towards
it's completion. So if anyone is able to donate to the project please
help.
A ballistic recovery
chute (BRS 900 soft pack or similar) would be useful but is not within
our financial means.
A usable or fixable trailer that we can adapt for the SG-1.
Contact
Gregg MacPherson.
Email: "Gregg MacPherson" <viz(at)xtra.co.nz>
Home: 64 9 5251682
Workshop: 64 9 8335538
Cell: 64 274 377 086
Special thanks to
James Pengelly for maintaining our website.
http://www.foamworks.co.nz/zkomg