This will be the very first flight for 2013 all around the world... What we need is anyone with a Trike to go for a fly as early as they can on 01-Jan-2013, and take a photo then post it on this site
Hello everyone. I am very interested in learning how to fly trikes. I actually live 4 miles west of the Ronan airport. Is there anyone here in my area?
Recent discussion on a tragic accident thread on CSI has taken a tangent on bolt sizes and strength. This spurred me to start this thread to discuss over/under engineering related to trikes. NO WHERE (let me repeat, NO WHERE) is the balance...
Has anyone rigged up a mud flap or gravel deflector for their Tanarg? Or seen pictures of someone who has? There are a couple of airstrips that I'd like to land on but are a bit gravelly and I'm worried about my prop...
I've heard...
As a childhood dream of bird like flight hang gliding was a fufillment for me. now i am older triking my 2 place elsa trike and my soaring trike has taken my hang glider place. with the ease and distance of faster more powerfull trikes it...
It doesn't look challenging -- it looks like a huge airstrip with a tiny bit of snow. I could try to be cool, and say "ya, it was no big deal," but the truth is, it was hard work. The runway is plenty long enough, but it's a one-way landing...
New Senate legislation would exempt pilots who make noncommercial VFR flights in aircraft weighing up to 6,000 pounds with no more than six seats from the third-class medical certification process. With legislation to expand the FAA's third...
Mike Busch writes that maintenance-induced failures, incidents in which a mechanic makes a problem worse rather than fixing it, cause about one-eighth of all aircraft accidents. Many people believe that preventive maintenance is a good thing, but...
Hey Monty,
This is for you ... Monty Python
RE the Norwegian Blue-- 'es a remarkable species. Beautiful plumage the Norwegian Blue.
The plumage has nothing to do with it .... 'E's a stiff! Bereft...
Noel C asked: "Hello All, I am in the process of video editing some footage and was hoping someone could offer advice on software available to reduce the effect of slight camera shake/vibration?. Any advice greatly appreciated."
Pan Am 727 flight, waiting for start clearance in Munich, overheard the following conversation:
Lufthansa (in German): "Ground, what is our start clearance time?"
Ground (in English): "If you want an answer, you must speak in English."...
Hey, is there any problem burning AvGas in a 2-stroke? I know it's not the greatest in a 4-stroke (like Rotax 912)-- the lead tends to gunk up the valve train, etc and therefore oil change intervals are 25 hrs on AvGas instead of 50...
THIS Balance Masters product line has been around for a while, but I didn't know there was a Rotax 912 specific model now. What do you guys think?
I had my trike dynamically balanced a couple years ago and it was very much worth it-- I...
Researchers study bat wings for "micro air vehicle" designs
Researchers at Virginia Tech are going batty with inspiration. The researchers are modeling "micro air vehicle" designs on the flapping motion of fruit bat...
Hi all,
I got a question for all of you. As ULtrikepilot mentioned about the HKS engines being discontinued. I am thinking that I should stock up on spare parts that I might need down the road. With that in mind. I have few questions. In an...
all the time i get the desire to build my own idea of a soaring trike.(trike only) Ive been involved with it before and for awhile i was designing my own sailplane rc kits. but i like tinkering with it in my mind.i have some interesting ideas and...
i have had a lot of thought on this over the years from a sparrow to a albatross and i do believe that the common accepted ideas do not add up to modern calculations.
birds fly so well simply because they have hollow bones.
birds fly so well...
In Sydney (Nullarbor National Park)
http://au.tv.yahoo.com/sunrise/
Jonny Durand Jr will be on morning television talking about his recent world records at 7:40 AM Sydney time.
http://ozreport.com/18.020#5
From the Oz...
an old codger friend of mine got himself a much younger girl friend, i asked him 'aren't you afraid of a heart attack'?, he said 'nah, if she dies she dies'.
It is Saturday January 25th. I am a bit depressed and angry as hell. Now please allow me to tell you why as I could really use an assist to help me figure out WTF I am doing wrong.
I own a North Wing Navajo that is really old. I have completely...
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way.
Cool article and video HERE
Thought some of you (W.E.?) might be interested in this brief discussion.
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/Features/AMA_Expo.html#.UtN_ZvtNY4d
Of course, we have known for some time in the flexwing world that adverse yaw can be overcome by...
http://www.theage.com.au/travel/travel-incidents/outraged-indonesian-official-orders-runway-blocked-after-merpati-nusantara-airlines-refuses-to-give-him-a-seat-20131224-2zv8v.html
An Indonesian district chief got revenge on an airline that...
An Englishman, a Scotsman, an Irishman, a Welshman, a Latvian, a Turk, a German, an Indian, several Americans (including a Hawaiian and an Alaskan), an Argentinean, a Dane, an Australian, a Slovak, an Egyptian, a Japanese, a Moroccan, a Frenchman, a...
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is the very first Fokker airplane built in the world. The Dutch call it the mother Fokker.
— Custodian at the Aviodome aviation museum, Schiphol airport Amsterdam.
Words from a pilot
During a commercial airline flight an experienced Air Force pilot was seated next to a young mother with a babe in arms. When the baby began crying during the descent for landing, the mother began nursing the...
When asked why he was referred to as 'Ace':
Because during World War Two I was responsible for the destruction of six aircraft, fortunately three were enemy.
— Captain Ray Lancaster, USAAF.
Does anyone know how tall a hangar door has to be to fit a Tanarg/BioniX 15 without taking the wing down? Having to tilt the wing is fine.
I'm looking at a hangar with a 10'5" door but the only figure I've been able to...
http://www.havasunews.com/news/coroner-identifies-parker-man-as-victim-in-fatal-aircraft-crash/article_e1129e32-e850-11e2-aa60-0019bb2963f4.html
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department has identified the man who died in an Ultra-light...
I recently had the need to decode the following NOTAM, but information on how to do this is not easy to find. If anyone can help as to where this information can be found please post here.
The part of the NOTAM that is difficult is the...
"Hello Everyone, we have a first time flyer on board today - and it is also their 50th birthday!" After everybody cheers, the flight attendant continues, "Will everyone please wish the captain a Happy Birthday!?"
Knowing that choosing to depart the Earth for the heavens implies the responsibility of a safe return to Terra Firma, brings forth many emotions that tangle and weave in our minds.
Today (8/1/2013) has left me light headed and giddy as to what...
My new Tanarg has just flown 50 hours and completed 99 landing all on a paved RWY. The Tyres (Tires) are all but buggered. Most disapointing. The Tyre is DELI type made in Indonesia. If I was using the Tanarg for circuit work, (Which I am not) it...
A Mexican newspaper reports that bored Royal Air Force pilots stationed on the Falkland Islands have devised what they consider a marvelous new game. Noting that the local penguins are fascinated by airplanes, the pilots search out a beach where the...
I have an Airborne XT 912 with a Cruze wing. I can move the heart bolt hangpoint to increase and decrease the trim speed. I would like to move the hangpoint forward one hole to increase trim speed.
I currently have a trim speed of...