Ken, I think when you say base tube, we call it a control bar. We call base tubes the main tube in the base of the trike that runs bow to stern and takes the loads.
I think us ozzies understand you though :)
...ad 1 chute only and it was one of those quick opening styles they use in base jumping. I think you could ca...say low altitutde and 1 quick opening chute only that was designed for "base" jumping would for me be a ba...
Comments didn't appear for some reason. Fork tube can rotate slightly (1/8") in base tube (base tube is not bent and still in spec before I'm asked) - no hard landings from me - held by 2 AN bolts. Anyone dealt with this before?
...I gather you've tried a three-dimensional hang block? Was the base yawed by thrust? I can imagine a tall windscreened, wide podded base giving a little trouble... ho...
...d crack, this is elongation of the holes in the base tube through which the two bo...90 deg that secure the fork carrier tube to the base tube. Speaking with Airborne,...it harder than normal!! So it is a replacement base tube that is required,with th...
bonanza pilot, hitting his transmit button, " bonanza to base, am VFR and no visual, but hear a strange high-pitched buzzing "..... WHACK! " bonanza to base, it was a really large bug, sure made a smudge on my wind-shield!"
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I almost landed at Camp Pendleton Marine Air Base once instead of Oceanside Muni Airport. See SkyV...after a LONG complex airspace flight). I was pointed at the Marine base for about 2 minutes or so whi...