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  • Comment on "from the ground"

    there is the down side to electric?your take off weight is the same as your landing weight.that is why it is good on light aircraft like trikes but power to weight ratio is poor for larger more powerfull aircraft as fuel burns weight decreases and range increases.any thoughts?  

  • Comment on "Harbor Freight Trailer around $480"

    ...my trike along with various of other student trikes many thousands of miles and it's still going strong.It's a very good light weight and affordable solution. For me light weight is the key as it can be towed...

  • Comment on "The REV"

    Like the use of the simonini PPG engine.  Light weight. Nice choice.  Wonder how this trike would handle landings on gravel bard with lots of cobbles, west silt,  and big ruts with all that weight in the back. Very interesting design. 

  • Comment on "Ttab Mod Shop Update"

    ...I hear all this hype about these light weight batteries.  What ever....ides, I could offset the battery weight by dropping a few pounds myse...l folks here it is with it's weight listed there on the scale ......now offers these Shorai lithium light weigh batteries.  How lig...

  • Comment on "Sun set"

    Hi XC, Yes this was taken from from the Trike. We were conducting a low pass over the Lake. Yes this was a...the sun go down again. At this time of year we have nearly another hour of light before last Light....

  • Comment on "Electric Trike?"

    ...ies. They just don't have the energy storage:weight ratio they need to make sens...eal with range limitation and can handle some light fabrication, our frame would be an excellent candidate due to its' light weight/high strength and the include...

  • Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"

    ...tion" They centered around a weight shift trike, which I fly. Bo...e was one article on trike called Weight Shift Wise - All About Trike...her not cover any story involving Light Sport Aircraft. There are guys...eople doing interesting things in Light Sport Aircraft.    

  • Comment on "Learning to Fly Q & A, tips and Suggestions"

    What's about the slowest stall speed in a light trike?  (mine is not light, but slow for GA at 32 - 39 mph). Does anyone know where that video is of a very light trike, single seat I believe, with a huge SS wing doing nearly 1 foot take offs and landings?

  • Comment on "cloud dancing"

    Dean the cloud base was at 3500 ft. so I had to be that high to get the video. by the way I am a private pilot weight shift and filed a IFR flight plan for this flight. light sport pilots are not allowed near clouds

  • Comment on "Flying With George - Felts Field Fun Four Minute Fast Frigid Freeze Flight"

    ...d the video and the communication. I use "Light Sport Delta Wing" when c...ack a funny thing happened. I use to use "Weight Shift Control" but becau..."Mission control", instead of "Weight Shift Control" (I must b...