The "Royal Farter" was NOT there to fart FOR the Kin...t has let the nose wheel stay light. Rizzy I could see that...eave your nose wheel somewhat light on the runway.
When landi...down, you will allow the nose wheel to skip back and forth becaus...to practice low to very low flight...
The Mega fauna clip showed how important a Level Touch-down (two wheel) is. Every trike has varying susceptibi...nearly impervious and tolerate a heavy single wheel touchdowns and automaticly da...you’ve seen your model have hard single wheel...
Awesome yft you sure must make a visual over oz.not sure if you can fly at night there but that would be impressive to see at night with multi colored strobelight...
XC, your are right. When I said "land in a crosswind with the leeward wheel rotated back and touching first, but...; The only reason I know the leeward wheel touches first is because I a...p; I don't consciously put the leeward wheel...
I agree, great photos!!!! Hey, what's that orange spot behind the front wheel on the belly? A light?
Why don't you add the tag "Feature Me" or "Photo 8-13" or "Calendar" or all of them to your photos? These are great shots!!
I've wondered about this as well. My wing struts are round. The main...port struts are round tubes as well. Add in the lack of wheel fairings and the finns that m...like these...
http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/light...
I guess I always land in a crosswind with the leeward wheel rotated back and touching first, but how does that cause the nose to yaw into the wind, It seems to me it would drag the wheel further back, rotating the trike the other way. What am I missing?
Tussock,
You commented
"You want to minimise the time the nosewheel is down and rolling. Always during landing,...there's a crosswind, you hold the nose wheel off as long as possible, and...ground as long as possible. The nose wheel...
Nice Dean.......Pretty trick looking with the new Painted pants........and with the front fairing it looks like its going 30mph standing still. Nice job.