slb Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) Horror moment woman tourist and ‘unlicensed’ pilot die when motorised hang-glider plunges 'like a stone' into gorge | The Irish Sun (thesun.ie) Edited November 5, 2022 by slb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabiru7252 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Another dickhead showing off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slb Posted November 6, 2022 Author Share Posted November 6, 2022 May not be. Apart from not having a commercial license it is reported that this is the second fatal accident in the same place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy1960 Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Could be because they are flying over the mountain that they suddenly get into huge up winds travelling up the mountain that exceed the G limits of the trike ? that's what it looks like to me and if it is the 2nd time at the same place it would reinforce that there is meteorological involvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Could be, but it looked as if it was pitched down so will gain speed. Structural failure it seemed. . Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 The trike appeared to almost do a forward roll, before the structural collapse - perhaps wind shear forced the wing downwards, and it just folded? They're not the most robust design for resisting negative wing loads, their Euler Critical Buckling Load is low, and you'd only need one top support cable to let go, and you're history. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 Weight shift and negative loads don't compute. Nev 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Plus any lifting section moving through the air wants to rotate like a "Bullroarer". especially at low AoA's. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, onetrack said: The trike appeared to almost do a forward roll, before the structural collapse - perhaps wind shear forced the wing downwards, and it just folded? They're not the most robust design for resisting negative wing loads, their Euler Critical Buckling Load is low, and you'd only need one top support cable to let go, and you're history. I think that's a key component of Trike training isn't it? Bit hard to see as it was obscured, but looked like it started with a roll, perhaps for a vertical turn, and it tumbled. Edited November 7, 2022 by turboplanner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Realy depends on if any of that was intentional. I originally though so. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Trikes fly in a different way to conventional aircraft. Tumbling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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