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  • Comment on "Ken's BIG RED TANARG"

    The yellow ones tend to have scads of females grouped around them, make it tougher to leave, "clear prop" is at least a 30 minute activity.  

  • Comment on "Static Thrust Competition at ROTR"

    Here are some good prop comparisons: http://www.stolspeed.com/id/62 Static only tells part of the story...mainly important for short ground roll and low speed, like with an airboat, hovercraft, or PCC. Less so with airplanes and fast trikes.

  • Comment on "ass-kissing"

    ...th springs or bungee cords.  Simply have a properly designed nose wheel assem...ld and some are really poorly designed.  A proper system will have a slight f...You should be able to push your trike from the prop and have the trike roll strai...

  • Comment on "Tethering!"

    FYI:  the "suction cup" mounts can release upon reaching an undetermined altitude -- due to pressure differential.  It cost my buddy his new iPhone4S but, fortunately, it missed the prop!

  • Comment on "new trike for Ted (new to me)"

    Looks like a sweet machine Wang 1.  Is the front fork standard from Maverick or upgraded to their LSA version?  Also that kind of looks like a 3-bladed Powerfin with B blades or is it some other prop?

  • Comment on "Prop Strike"

    Thank you all for your comments and tips on prop repair. I now have a good idea of what I need to do......however I will wait to hear from the manufactures rep to get their in...

  • Comment on "Shades of Green"

    Thanks everyone!  David C - I believe that was the most entertaining reviews I ever received. I was getting steady winds out of the NE that night - maybe prop wash from your rig?   

  • Comment on "BMW 1200GS"

    You are lucky, you have not damaged prop... A farmer was a big surprised, isnt it? :)) He saw to the sky and told: what the birds are ate if that shit are made...?!? :))...

  • Comment on "Tethering!"

    Tether EVERYTHING--  pens, sectionals, gloves, phone, hand-held radio, GPS (I had mine bounce out on a hard landing, fortunately all $1500 worth fell inside the fairing) ..... GPS into the prop?!  Now that gets expensive ... !!!!

  • Comment on "Sea Eagle in Stanwell Park"

    ...d diving off the cliff / scattering-- they all flew around the trike and prop with no probs.  It was a...lso in the bird Migration projects they found that the shroud around the prop was not necessary.  Spea...