Comment on "Profi TL vs Northwing Mustang 15 on an HKS 700e Navajo trike"
I went from a Gibbo wing to a profi with kingpost and electric trimmer and rotax 582. Profi is a major improvement. The profi wing is like a dreamship. The hks will fly the profi just fine. I aerotow with a northwing...Comment on "Call to Action. Adding Spiral recovery Tasks to the Practical Test Standards (PTS)."
Yea ULTP, you and Heather have right. But better than training sp...is the dangerous point, when trike/wing can fall to spiral. This point...now. Because we all saw Henry Trike life video and I was surpris...the pilot didnt know what the wing told him... Every trike/wing...t. If student fly at training trik...Comment on "all my flying interest has been birdlike flight .so here is my question.with all the increases in performance in the triking world is there a point where we should just put a tail on it and attach the wing with ailerons .or should we keep the cost down and in the spirit of more the hang glider birdlike flight."
I'm concur with you Bill as I'm in a 45 kn 462cc trike. Being in the air in any trikes better than no flying at all. Different trike/wing configurations for different purposes. Never heard of a 912 with a slow wing...Comment on "It fits! assembled Airborne wing on a trolley...wheel in, wheel ou"
Same as mine. I store my trike and wing in the about 30' containe. there is a downside for hassles to take trike and wing out, flying for day, then put them back in.Comment on "EAA pushes for ultralight training reforms- Instructors plunge from 3,200 in '02 to FIFTY !!!???? More WTF"
Right on, Wayne! Winch towing should work just fine. E...ld not be too difficult for towing an engineless 2-seater to acq...t with WSC and an experienced trike pilot handing over the contr...sed a winch tow of engineless trike with wing but should be rather easy to...