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It is Saturday January 25th. I a...I hate hate hate putting up a wing and taking it down. Way too m...bought a fold back kit for my wing and installed it no problem....inches off the ground. If my wing were folded back at this poin...d tore a six inch hole as the wings both went BELOW the 10 and 2...AirBorne Microlight /Trike Wing Nose Channel Mandatory Service Bulletins
I just came across a bulletin from 2003 that may be worth keeping in mind when you registration inspect your trike, and especially if your wing is older than 2004. http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/directive_pdf.php- I have an Airborne XT 912 with a Cruze wing. I can move the heart bolt hangpoint to...e effect of moving the hangpoint of the Cruze wing on trim speed? How much difference will I see? This wing has a trim speed knob if I ne...
Flap artists: Birds sync wing beats in V formation - Do you formation guys at YFT feel this?
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way. Cool article and video HERE
Does anyone know how tall a hangar door has to be to fit a Tanarg/BioniX 15 without taking the wing down? Having to tilt the wing is fine. I'm looking...- Make, Model. Wing description. How long you have had it? Any modifications? Likes and dislikes? What would you like to buy in the future? Anything else you think would be interesting. Add a photo or video if you want to.
- Hi everyone, I would like to share a terrif...having serious trouble controlling my wing on the ground (it was and sti...oming from my left now and slammed the wing tip to the ground (we were th...I think either we had stalled and the wing had lost it's energy. My elbo...
- Recent discussion on a tragic accident threa...he chassis and components, engine, and wing. If you allocate too mu...on what is available for engine & wing. Some over engineering...that other parts of my trike (like the wing) would fail in a shock load f...
why do birds fly so easily and so well and common myths or truths to the aerodynamics of bird flight
i have had a lot of thought on this over the years from a sparrow to a albatross and i do believe that the common accepted ideas do not add up to modern calculations. birds fly so well simply because they have hollow bones. birds fly so well because the have enormous wing muscles.- Thought some of you (W.E.?) might be interested in this brief discussion. http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/Features/AMA_Expo.html#.UtN_ZvtNY4d Of course, we have known for some time in the flexwing world that adverse yaw can be overcome by wing tip aerodynamics.