I left with intentions of practicing forced landings, and having some fun along the way. Now t...ee a trike taking off from the runway below. That is my instructor with a student, and his comment over the rad...
Crosswind and turbulence.
Heňo is no longer a student of Rogallo Team. Today he successfully passed the final examination and he became the trike PILOT.
Learning Trike landings with the low approach technique. In addition to the low approach landing technique, a surprise engine failure landing is demonstrated.
See @GeorgeB 's Fuel Topic and Poll for some reasons using the free EFAS / FlightWatch system on 122.0 is a great idea.
Link to GeoBlaze's topic: http://alltrikes.c...
I flew to Nitra airport for trike instructor and his student and made him a final theoretical and practical exam for pilot licence. BTW new Apollo TL wing was really horribly in thermal weather... Next we all - 4 trikes - flew to Prusy airport for a goulash party.
This is a Mosquito NRG powered harness with a single surface Wills Wing Falcon han...d and hovering (low with gusts-- not easy). Land...as, but you can't see it in operation). The landin...glider into the wind- he did not raise his landing...
Practicing high alpha landing is very important for a trike. High alpha means high angle of attack of the wing. In a trike, it is the position that the control bar is p...
Paul Hamilton provides a discovery/intro flight in a weight-shift control trike to a student with all the basics of a first lesson. Part 1 is startup, familiarization with the controls, taxi, takeoff, transfer of controls, and climb out.