Comment on "white eagles first engine out in soaring trike at elk river fly in"
...ion for downwind and more climb for 180 and i could still easily use the runway for normal landing and then climb giving me enough room for 360 degree option while climbing for eno...Comment on "What degree of subtlety should we use to critique a pilot video who is demonstrating dangerous skills as cool?"
...gine for err in looping a trike than a plane.structual failier, and again i think you are correct that a trike should be able to handle a loop.the degree of acuracy and room for error...Comment on "How many engine outs have you had? Rough engine precautionary landings do not count, unless the prop is gone, then count that as an engine out. Running out of gas counts too. After voting, confess your sins. Everyone should have a story to share."
...p;Ideal conditions for a screw-up, flying 50mph straight at the 100' mark up a 600' hill/ridge with a 20mph tailwind, 25-30 degree upslope and a crowd of 50+ pi...Comment on "What degree of subtlety should we use to critique a pilot video who is demonstrating dangerous skills as cool?"
...try to leave yourself a way out, a back door. I remember hanging upside down from my toes hooked on the base tube in a 5 degree negative full luff nose d...Comment on "Your altimeter displays one altitude while your GPS displays another. Under VFR, which do you use/when?"
...ere you are relative to where you are supposed to be. I'd love to know if there is a recalibration procedure I can apply to my Enigma. The degree of error drives me nuts. It i...Comment on "2010 ~ Jan 13: Fatal Hypoxia blackout, over 20,564 ft (6,268 metres) WITHOUT Oxygen- Conquest of the Andes", Chimborazo, Ecuador"
...blate spheroid shape of the planet Earth which is "thicker" around the Equator than measured around the poles.[note 3] Chimborazo is one degree south of the Equator and the...