Cross-Country Trikers
A group for Trikers around the world who are interested in Long Distance trike flights.
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Engine Out...
Two blondes were flying to Miami from Cleveland. Fifteen minutes into the flight, the captain announced "One of the engines has failed and the flight will be an hour longer. But don't worry we have three engines left".Thirty minutes later, the...
Pilots need to understand why piston engines fail
By XC TrikerCategories: Trike Talk, Equipment, Training / Learning to Fly a Trike, Safety, Maintenance
blog.aopa.org - If you guys haven't read this guy's stuff, you're missing out on great engine info. Blogger Mike Busch writes piston engines should be overhauled only when needed, but in order to do that, pilots need to understand how they fail....My Movie2006 CRASH PART ONE
By MontyCategories: Equipment, Training / Learning to Fly a Trike, Safety, Low & Slow Trikes, Maintenance
this was 2006, Crankshaft seized (hirth 65hp) i was cruising along, fat dumb and happy,30ft up when the deafening sound of silence occured, my crank had seized. 5secs later i stalled into the brush and the front wheel hit the stump that had...