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  • Comment on "High Alpha Landing Practice"

    The term 'alpha' come from the Greek letter used to symbolise angle...owly eased forward (raising the "alpha", or angle of attack) until t...hink some have objected to 'high alpha landings'...being graceful, and kind to the trike and the crew, it keeps the trike from being top-heavy while ro...

  • Comment on "High Alpha Landing Practice"

    Firstly, Great movie Henry. However ALPHA LANDING... Never heard of that one befor...t ting for me and I can land even the Airborne Trikes without bouncing the nose wh...70kts, and guess what... Not a bounce. I fly a Trike just like any other aircraft,...

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  • Help me name my trike

    Hi all, Some of you already know but I wanted to share with the rest that I bought a SLSA trike, an Airborne XT 912. This is the third trike that I have owned. My first trike was an Airborne Ed...I was hoping if you could help suggest a name for my trike...

  • Daddy's Little Helper

    My (Rizzy's) son Zach helping me with the trike. You have got to start them young :D Trike in picture is a Northwing Navajo Trike with HKS 700e and Manta 17 RST wing.

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  • Retraining for a new trike

    3 of my ex-students bought a "new" Joker Trike 912/ Aeros Profi TL wing together. Its flying a little different than my trike - their "school" trike. Then we did retraining. Joker has a foot throttle (my trike has the hand throttle), Joker has a lower seat than my trike and its faster.

  • Trike dollies

    Found an easy way to move trikes around in hangars with a tight fit. Trike can be rolled in any direction at any angle by 1 person.

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  • Single Engine Running Rough

    Trike Pilot:  Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower:  Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot:  “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”

  • Soloed

    I did it. Finished my training and soloed my beautiful Sky Cycle trike. Mike did an awesome job training me and building the trike. It flies like a dream. I'm going to have a blast being a trike pilot :)

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  • High Alpha Landing Practice

    Practicing high alpha landing is very important for a trike. High alpha means high angle of attack of the wing. In a trike, it is the position that the control ba...e front tube. It slows down the touch down speed of a trike, meanwhile increasing the sta...

  • Smithy's Cup Trike Competition 1992

    The first Aussie trike competition held in 1992 at Smithy's Airfield, Hexham near Newcastle. The competit...ding, engine off and touch & go tasks with a great bunch of local trike pilots. Several other successful trike...

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  • Single Engine Running Rough

    Trike Pilot:  Tower, Experimental Trike 16Alpha, request priority landing due to my engine running rough. Tower:  Trike 16 Alpha you will be number two, behind a B-52 that has one engine shut down. Trike Pilot:  “Ah, the dreaded seven-engine approach.”

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