Latest comments

  • Pages

All site pages

  • Lost wing

    Last updated by kabaii Comments (3)
    Hi All, I had a wing on order from Mark since Spring that I fully payed for ($5200). Since Mark’s tragic passing I have not heard from the holders of his estate and all my attempts to contact them have failed. I wonder if any of you is in the...
  • Time to smell the roses

    Last updated by RizzyWizzy Comments (25)

    Categories: Trike Talk

    I posted this blog on trikepilot social, but I seriously suspect that I will get any honest responses, but my questions are valid and I would like someone to answer me;    I am so sad at the news of Bill Crow passing away. His Revo...
  • Another Revo accident

    Last updated by RizzyWizzy Comments (5)

    Categories: Trike Talk

    www.unionleader.com/article/20150905/NEWS07/150909465/1003/SPORTS01 The pilot was Bill, he was airlifted, he is in critical condition. I hope he is ok. This was another Revo accident in recent memory.
  • Ever thought about flying up into Canada eh?

    Last updated by Dave G Comments (5)

    Categories: Trike Talk, Safety, Manufacturers / Sales / Industry Pros

    I have had a few short dicussions with some U.S. WSC pilots about bringing their rigs up into Canada for possible fly-ins. A lot of them believe that there is no allowances for this. I came across some info that was on another site and the credit...
  • Battens falling out of a trike wing during flight

    Last updated by RizzyWizzy Comments (5)

    Categories: Trike Talk

    A few months ago I watched a trike crash video. It was somewhere in Russia. It was a fatal crash.  This trike was a single person trike with a 80 hp 912 on it. In the comments, there were many opinions (guesses) as to what caused it. Some...
  • Night Ride Home

    Last updated by Tussock Comments (5)

    Categories: Trike Talk, Cross Country / XC

    Picture this: it's 2 a.m., raining, and forty knot winds are trying to rip your trike from its tethers.  You're trying to de-rig the wing in this dark tempest, assisted by a tall, striking blonde woman you met a dozen hours ago, you're both...
  • Your Engine Just Quit, Should You Land On A Road Or A Field?

    Last updated by Ken Comments (23)

    Categories: Trike Talk, Safety

    Found an article posing a question I often wonder about. Not a great article, and offercs inconclusive advice, but I think it might spawn interesting conversation. I had an engine out due to fuel pump in my first trike. Opted for dirt road, and...
  • Why we have a Radio...

    Last updated by YFT Comments (11)

    Categories: Training / Learning to Fly a Trike

    Why Aircraft have Radios… (Australia)               In my flying career, almost every aircraft I have flown has had a flight radio. So basically, I have been brought up with a...
  • A lighthearted tale (several tails) of moronic stupidity...

    Last updated by Tussock Comments (8)
    There's a little grass strip amongst the tussocks in a nearby valley that I love.  It's on a river terrace above a small gorge surrounded by soft green hills, and although it's only a half hour's flight from home it has a wonderful feeling of...
  • IOS 8.4 fixes external GPS problem

    Last updated by Ken Comments (1)

    Categories: Tech, Equipment, Cross Country / XC

    For all you Ipad and Iphone users that have external GPS, apple has finally fixed the...