Anyone ever use one of these for winter flying? It's about $200 but looks built really well and does come with the battery and charger. Are there better systems? I'm not a big fan of the 12volt systems that draw power from the 912UL.
...ight (where the light is mounted), and the trike itself would be on the left side.
What you see in this over-exposed cell phone photo is the grey power wire coming in from the left...
The green is the threshold. We were simulated power out here-- damn good glide-- I had to slip it to get in. Neat watching the white moving light flash the way home.
Two trikes on the Ivanpah dry lake, near Primm Nevada. In the background you can see what is called ISEGS (pronounced Ice Eggs). I giant array of three "power tower" concentrating mirror fields.
Yesterday I tried to get as high pitch angle down in a spiral as I could to test out actual spiral angles. No power, 60 degree bank and about 70 MPH I could only get to the max 30 de...
With no GA traffic on Sunday evening, I had to practice a few engine off landings. In this case I cut power on down wind for several landings. I am a big believer in the importance of practicing engine off landings quite often.
...#39;t have to work that hard at lifting itself. With more than 1500 solar cells on the wings and tail, the Sunseeker Duo can put out 25kW of power and stay aloft for as long as...