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Comment on "Battens falling out of a trike wing during flight"
...what the pilot told me was the sprog after take off came out. Instead of landing the pilot keeped flying and the wing tip flutter caused the failure of more battens from the tip. The pilot tried to land but...- ...to just see how my throttled down glide ratio would be and how far a reach i had from 10 thousand .its supprizing to see that you can make multiple airports from a good altitu...
- ...n formation? when i was flying up in plains last week i had a gaggle of about 17 geese in v formation following me down the river right off my wing tip made me think of flying forma...
- ...years…Gibbo’s low aspect ratio big tip wings have excellent pitch an...nt. In these type wings you need to get the tips flying for their maximum eff...it. Also note the Mako has slightly smaller tips than its predecessors, which...
- ...s got the CG too far forward or something. Not sure what altitude he's at. Like I've mentioned several times, you have to get the tips working if you want to extra...
- ...I thought I would love triking the Fledge III, most Fledge owners do. I flew it for a couple years and never really liked it. Too much tip area and terrible in turbulen...
- ...atch of grass between the forks of runways, sideslipping smoothly down with the engines cut full back, and setting the wheels precisely on the very tip of the triangle's apex. T...
- Regarding “tip walking” which is a yaw PIO, here...o;s a few additional comments. Drag tip drag rudder steered rigid wings are the most prone to a tip walking PIO, despite plenty o...rs are very prone. Regarding “tip steering” of a tip drag...
- ...’ve commented several times on the “tip walking” issue, in conj...riking, small nose angle, low aspect ratio, big tip wings are my preference. ...tability when triking. There are some small tip wings that have excellent dir...
- ...to the san felipe airport (avoiding the $50 landing fee!). didn't see the signpost alongside the road during landing, smacked it with the wing-tip, swinging me down off the roa...