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there is the down side to electric?your take off weight is the same as your landing weight.that is why it is good on light aircraft like trikes but power to weight ratio is poor for larger more powerfull aircraft as fuel burns weight decreases and range increases.any thoughts?- Like the use of the simonini PPG engine. Light weight. Nice choice. Wonder how this trike would handle landings on gravel bard with lots of cobbles, west silt, and big ruts with all that weight in the back. Very interesting design.
- Yeah, but is it really weight shift? I thought he bent his hands / body to curve his way through the air too. You could get some weight shift by tucking your knees u...
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...ho), interesting perspective. What I do wonder is how does one know they have such a combination? Is it the relative spread between trike weight and gross weight for the wing? I'm guessin...- Hey Ttabs, I have a toll windshield from AC only for using with BioniX wing. If you need the dimension, please let...
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... both "strange" pusher prop, open cockpit, trike geared, weight shift craft. I knew I was getting his goat, especially with the weight shift comparison--- the...- ...nd the heat we are flying XC in these next several days, every ounce of weight counts. With these batt...f a little mountain grass strip in the heat, these could be worth their weight in gold.
- ...ey respond adequately to sideways weight shift and generate roll... bi...t is our equivalent of automatic, weight shift operated ailerons. If e...'re trying to barrel roll. So you weightshift to the high side, and th...ow shift into the lower wing, and weight shift wins. But not always, a...
- ...s pilot did not have an ego problem He had 15 hrs. of training 12hrs in weight shift control from the back seat and was very adaptive to the weight shift control and was taught...
Comment on "Flying Blindfolded - Solo - on a PPC/PPG type aircraft - not a WSC Trike"
Yeah, Jeff, that's what I think those wheel/disk things are. Maybe DuckWalk preventers !!! ;) We talked about "safe," how about legal? ...