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  • Getting off to the best start in TrikeLife -What advice would you share?

    First off, this question has more than likely been asked and answ...Lotus race car in the garage. And while I've mastered high-speed driving fundamentals, I learned through hundreds of high speed laps that I'm just too da...

  • Flying in Turbulence and Thermal Activity

    Hi all, I hope I am NOT the only one here who is not entirely comfortable flying in...the bar in so he said to me, just let the wing fly where it wants to fly (trim speed) and just correct when the pi...

  • Mentone 2014

    Mentone 2014…I’ve been encouraging trike guys to join in the flying...ngs turn tight and fast, but are slow on the straights.  Could be a medium speed trike would beat other trikes...

  • Final results for me to Learn to Fly.

    As most of you know I am now certified.  Someone recently asked me a few quest...x 14 = 28hrs.  But the weather and mainly the wind is never that kind on the coa...s totally out for flying due to ex-cyclone rain and winds...

  • Dead Stick Mondays

    I found this post over on the ultralight yahoo group. I though it was pretty good a...sp; Then try cutting power on base and then on down wind leg.  Gradually increase...th increasingly more challenging conditions, higher winds...

  • Learning to Land - consistently!?

     I am looking for your assistance so PLEASE chime in if you have words of encouragement and wisdom. To...ble arrival - which could end badly in a low height stall if there is a gust or wind...

  • When I learned my lesson about Dew Point-- TIWTIWGTD

    ... we needed about 14 mph wind to minimally soar, but we'...e inland) and have barely any wind in our faces.  Sometimes...e higher the difference in airspeeds, the worse the turbulence o...y blew his breath onto a cold window when the dew point met the a...

  • Powerline avoidance strategy

    A recent powerline fatality and a few near misses of my own got me thinking about...powerline altitude (under 30ft AGL) pull in on the bar and carry a lot of extra speed so you can release the bar an...

  • Gibbo Manta 17 wing First Impressions

    So today I test flew my wing for the very first time. I was quite nervous to tell y...competition wing. Today I flew in absolutely no wind conditions at all (maybe 1 mi...d the trike around and took off again (there was no wind,...

  • Intermediate Syndrome

    We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this year.  You learn a lot in...downs 7) preflights and maintenance 8) weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross winds...