Comment on "Battens falling out of a trike wing during flight"
I've never heard of the string battens failing, only the snap tip type. just the same, string is a wear item as well. Inspect your strings, even if your wing is assembled all the time there can be wear. Take them off from time to time to have a look!Comment on "Keel-fixed versus keel free: Spectrum 144: self-sustaining yaw-roll oscillations"
...d as well. A lockout (think of flying one of your old bat kites on a string when it did that nose down dive thing, and the harder you pulled the string the harder it would dive) is...Comment on "Battens falling out of a trike wing during flight"
Rizzy I can't comment on a scenario where the battens come out on take off. Or on the string battens breaking pressure. My recommendation on the best course of action #5 would be to f...Comment on "Hang glider Launched Without Buckling into Harness - a hang gliding film by Greg Porter"
...one buckles-- so, if you put it on normally, you will have at least one leg loop attached. I've also seen a safety system where you have a string with a "Hook In" me...Comment on "Should Trike wings be rated just like Paraglider and Powered Paraglider wings?"
...id 'a piper cub will kill you just as surely as a p51, it'll just take a bit longer'. ps, if i can find a length of wool i'm gonna fit a yaw string on my faceshield, tubbslop, g...