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Comment on "FLYING TIARE - french polynesia with a go pro - Air Tahiti Nui"
...hy I like triking, especially long XC. If you watch the vortices at the end, you can see the wing pulling the clouds down to it...ss that makes sense with a giant vacuum created on top of the wing, it will pull the weight equivale...- That's the formation i was hoping someone got a good shot of. Love the wing tip vortices. Good one Noel.
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- ...quot; that is the problem. WING TIP vortices are the BIG Deal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingtip_vortices http://en.wikipedia.org/w...G & Ken for commenting about vortices on YFT's movie Remind...o post this graphic photo of the wing tip vortices off just a crop dust...
- I love watching brown pelicans soar, especially the push of air at the face of a wave as it moves forward. So glad they came back after DDT was banned, we didn't see them for quite a while
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- I want to fly faster - so now my trike has had a birthday and is adorned with a new wing - an Airborne Streak 3. Recently a fr...turn) to inspect buy and return with this wing - well worth the effort I thi...d conditions before I try out a different wing. Ho...
- Different stages of packing up my wing for a ride across the country.
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- Glad to see some progress in the electric trike arena. South Carolina pilot sets...ultralight trike, a custom combination of a North Wing Stratus wing matched to an electric-powere...th a slight chuckle in a telephone interview following his...
- Pretty good writeup with video - see bottom of page on going around in STOL/Back coutry situations. 4 Types of maneuvers are described for common situations. Put yourself in a trike instead of a fixed wing and see if this help you. Trikes are even mentioned here!!
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- hard to belive how bad this wing flys like this had 2 guys look at the wing and too a while to figure it out.one more preflight check I will be doing
- They helped to fix my wing, seat, and frame, test my wing, started up trike, flew tested. It was on my first day. I learned a lot from them.
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- It is Saturday January 25th. I am a bit depressed and angry a...I hate hate hate putting up a wing and taking it down. Way too m...bought a fold back kit for my wing and installed it no problem....inches off the ground. If my wing were folded back at this poin...d tore a six inch hole as the wings bo...
AirBorne Microlight /Trike Wing Nose Channel Mandatory Service Bulletins
I just came across a bulletin from 2003 that may be worth keeping in mind when you registration inspect your trike, and especially if your wing is older than 2004. http://www.airborne.com.au/pages/directive_pdf.php- +8 more Discussion topics
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- Hi All, I moved this great topic over as a sub-page to "Safety" so it can be highli...ep 'em sane! You never know what you'll pick up in the traffic pattern - vortices, shear, gusts, etc. What is...
Elegant In-Line Text Links-- Makes your posts look Pro and Powerful
This user tip came from one of Ken's photo pages: (hint the words "one of Ken's...e: You wrote: "PVC works in this case as the wing will be supported from the ceiling of the trailer." where "wing wil...- +9 more Pages
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- Hi everyone, I bought a new wing and my 19 meter strut wing has to go. I wanted to know how do you short pack a wing. Has anyone short packed a 19 meter wing, how long of...y 1 foot. Would that be a big enough crate for a 19 meter wing? If...
- I am new here and hope my comment here is not in the wrong place. I a...Does anyone out there know of where a wing needs a home? I need single surface as I plan to store the wing on the mast folded back. I ha...t under my butt but I need to know my wing ove...
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- This is a brand new 19 meter Northwing Strutted wing, it has only 10 hours on it (I have flown it for just 2 hours). The wing is in brand new condition. I...a faster wing. You can watch the video of this wing on...
- Used only 200 hours and always hangered Northwing Mpulse 19 meter strut braced wing. Yellow LE Blue and white under surface. Call 250 307 7553
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- This is a great time to go to Wallaby Ranch. Free Glider Rentals, pilots and people from all over the world, and a big party at the end on Saturday. This year is Wills Wing'...
- Beginning just 3 days after Wills Wing Demo Days at Wallaby Ranch, the 39th annual Sun & Fun International Fly-In & Expo begins. Touted as the world&...
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- Well I see that I have not posted any thing in the Part 103 or UL trikes gro...the NJ shore, I took a flight in my North Wing Maverick Legend with my new (at that time) Solairus wing. I had this wing custom made...e of performance possible on the Solairus wing and...
- Robert was amazed at how much you could feel from the wing through the control bar. A fixed wing pilot gets a taste of a trike. He seemed to really enjoy the experience.
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Flap artists: Birds sync wing beats in V formation - Do you formation guys at YFT feel this?
The next time you see birds flying in a V, consider this: A new study says they choreograph the flapping of their wings with exquisite precision to help them on their way. Cool article and video HERETags: Formation, migration, efficiency, V, wake, draft, wing vortices, vortex