Comment on "Hokey smokes Bullwinkle - Hang glider/paraglider mid air"
Has happened a few times on video. I was thermalling with a PG directly over a ridge spine in Big Sur whe...Salton Sea this last time, except with PPCs-- they parked in the middle of the small st...Comment on "XC and Ken's flight into the owens valley (Sierras) and special treat if weather permits on sat"
Hi @Firstlight, the O2 system is about an 8 year old pulse system I borrowed from a HG buddy (Thank you C...nk it's made by Mountain High. It operates off of a 9V battery and a small bo...Comment on "New Battery- Save ~ 7 lbs ( Equivalent to 1.5 to 2.5 more HP !!! ) Should I go for it?"
See the information listed on this POLL regarding Lithium Iron batteries and safety. Lithium Iron (Li...ed excellent shelf life, with virtually no power loss-- however, if you have a small &q...Comment on "Efficiency: Perfect pitch UAVs and airboats lead to new propellers (at least some good from UAVs / Drones)"
I'm not a technician but in my opinion there are a lot of different factors whic...or flying and for moving on ground. So I must use a smaller prop - 170 cm. Two 170 cm p...erous to the prop's structure. Because a lot of small av...Comment on "How much does it cost to operate a Trike? What does this sport cost on an hourly basis?"
That is a good start on computing how much a trike costs to operate. I think you over estimate the number of ho...save big is to fly a cheap part 103 trike. I fly a basic part 103 trike with a small mo...Comment on "Call to Action. Adding Spiral recovery Tasks to the Practical Test Standards (PTS)."
Paul since you have been replicating some of your posts on TPS here, I thought I would also repeat my response to...opportunity to provide input) from ALL CFIs in the US. There really is only a small fr...Comment on "Man walks into Prop-- this happens, watch out (moderately graphic at 1:15)"
Well working a flightline ive seen this way to offen.one time one of our crewman walked into the rear rotor of a h...a large radius of a running prop.ive seen where people were tossing around a small fo...