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  • Tips and tricks for Landings

    ...low time pilot, I'd certainly learn from some tips and tricks on landings from you seasoned pros...example, I've learned that the flare is significantly less on an engine on landing vs. a idle or deadstick...

  • A Typical Engine Overhaul

    Hi all, I got a question for all of you. As ULtrikepilot mentioned about the HKS engines being discontinued. I am thi.... I have few questions. In an engine overhaul, typically what part...e only 80 hours total on this engine so it has about another 920 h...would think with all the HKS engines...

  • Tyre (Tire) wear on AC Trikes.

    My new Tanarg has just flown 50 hours and completed 99 landing all on a paved RWY. The Tyres (Tires) are all but buggered. Mos...use? How long do they last? What type of runway are you landing on?

  • Alert service bulletin: Checking of the cylinder head assy.2/3 for ROTAX® Engine Type 912 and 914 (Series)

    Due to deviation in the manufacturing process, some cylinder heads may have an oil leak in the intake channel. T...ined through holes, which can increase the oil consumption which may result in engine...

  • Bush Pilot: 'Brakes were my enemy': Landing a one-way airstrip in Southcentral Alaska

      It doesn't look challenging -- it looks like a huge airstrip with a tiny bi...uth is, it was hard work. The runway is plenty long enough, but it's a one-way landing because of that mountain domi...

  • Santa and the FAA

    ...walked slowly around the sled. He checked the reindeer harnesses, the landing gear, and even Rudolph's nos...as he leaned over to whisper in Santa's ear, "but you're gonna lose an engine on takeoff."...

  • Trike Tech Spec & Info Talk

    Discuss trike specifications and all technical information regarding various trikes, such as engine type, performance, oils, fuels, climb rates, propellers etc

  • The DC-8 and the Trike (joke)

    One day the pilot of a Trike was told by the tower to hold short of the active runway...by, came back with a real zinger: “I made it out of DC-8 parts. Another landing like yours and I’ll hav...

  • Over and under engineering

    Recent discussion on a tragic accident thread on CSI has taken a t...thread to discuss over/under engineering related to trikes. NO WH...) is the balance between over engineering, strength, weight, and a...r the chassis and components, engine, and wing.  If you alloc...

  • Funny flying quotes

    The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two.... — Benny Hill The light at the end of the tunnel is another airplanes landing light coming down head-on to...