Those are solid questions. I'm not a fan of the clip style retainers myself but my new Profi will most likely come with them anyway. They are on most new wings all over the world. IMHO, it's just one more thing that could fail. The spiral dive consideration is something I hadn't considered though.
Thanks you guys you know rick its inspiring to see you and debbie fly.leo is definatly talented. Scott the tanarg is my favorite someday ill have one
I think we took over heathers picture. well it inspired us nice to see friends having fun flying.
...white strobe, kinda hard to see, aft of the radiator duct on the bottom surface. It's really weak, and I'm thinking about replacing it with a red strobe instead. No landing li...
...d over on hanggliding.org some time ago. Quite scary to think of that happening and the pilot unable to correct. So what if that pilot would have reduced AoA first and then tried...
...uation. After thinking a bit more about this video, I do not believe this was an unrecoverable spiral. He should have immediately loosened the VG, reduced AoA and man-handled a hig...
...s to recover it. First time its fight between student and wing. Second time I told him give your hands up. dont keep the bar. Every one trike recovered itself and we lost about 50-1...
Hey WE, I was thinking the same slip sleeve solution myself. Maybe every other snap as to prevent the zipper effect as stress is transferred from the snap tip that failed. Seems lik...
...bank, yellow paint, etc. great lession for all us 'floppy wing' fliers, thanks guys.(don't do it again!) ps i just re-viewed the tape and it appeared that there may have been a mo...
First, I want to express my appreciation for Henry, Ken (not the Ken here ;) and all involved in making the video. You're incredibly generous. Reviewing this could save some more li...
...not like is the very tiny narrow wheels/tires. Yes I am sure they reduce drag but they would not be.... The Ego trike the USA ATOS reps in Colorado recently got was ordered with the fatter tires which I...