Comment on "How many hours did you fly a Trike in 2012--- NOT a competition, just a poll. Student flying counts too!!"
I probably flew 25 trike hours in 2012. I had some big work projects to finish up, so I only took on one studen...airport access situation that just got resolved in December. I did do a lot of trike...Comment on "all my flying interest has been birdlike flight .so here is my question.with all the increases in performance in the triking world is there a point where we should just put a tail on it and attach the wing with ailerons .or should we keep the cost down and in the spirit of more the hang glider birdlike flight."
I feel more connected when I fly a trike over flying a spam can, however I would like to see more progress on trikes so that we can have more options. Everything from an electric trike...Comment on "What degree of subtlety should we use to critique a pilot video who is demonstrating dangerous skills as cool?"
This is the best trike website, so here if I see something that I think is dangerous, I would email the pilot in private, so I don't embarrass them. Some of the other trike...Comment on "all my flying interest has been birdlike flight .so here is my question.with all the increases in performance in the triking world is there a point where we should just put a tail on it and attach the wing with ailerons .or should we keep the cost down and in the spirit of more the hang glider birdlike flight."
I'm concur with you Bill as I'm in a 45 kn 462cc trike. Being in the air in any trikes better than no flying at all. Different trike/wing configurations for different purposes. Never hear...