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One thing with a trike is that it seems more turbulent than it really is.When on the ground viewing trikes take off at times you hardly notice the moving around of the wing and when it does it would be not much more that 5 to 15 deg wing down, but when you speak to some of the pilots who took off they say " geez that was really rough" but in hind site the pod is the thing that does the dance as it pivots around the keel hang point.

Yes sitting in the trike at times it feels uncomfortable in turbulence or thermatic conditions but that is only your comfort zone playing with you.

 

So many trike pilots i know of when landing try to fly the pod, the thing with the trike is fly the wing all the time as the pod will follow it everytime.

 

Turbulence is only a comfort factor thing, everyone has different levels, sometimes i dont like it but i deal with it as no one else is going to help you up there.

 

I'm like most, the only time i get a tad concerned at is taxiing the thing on the ground when the winds up and leaving it sit there while i open the hanger doors, flying in it is what it was built for.

 

Alf

If you get a chance to watch a video of trike in turbulence where the camera is mounted on the wing etc and not the pod or pilot, watch the horizon

and it will be fairly static verses the pod which may be moving around a hell of a lot. A camera shot with camera mounted on the control bar that includes showing the pod front illustrates this very well.

Ray

Ian;

As an example, the "Weatherzone" site has a detection that automatically throws you to a "mobile version" of the site, however I find it to be absolutely useless as it omits key information I use and makes me push multiple buttons (links) to get data that I could otherwise get on one page, albeit that I may have to scroll around a bit. Fortunately they provide a link that allows you to select "Standard Site" and the selection is sticky (it must be in a cookie).

Hi David

From memory you are using HTC Desire. It has a setting to not use mobile web pages. Probably means larger downloads but I don't find this an issue and always use normal web pages, as like you I found too much info missing.

Ray

Industry word also has it, that apparently the thrill thing to do in Hawaii, is to fly very very low over the wave tops ( or below?) I assume the waves may be breaking and quite big! ( just like the news report from David)

So that puts an aircraft extemely close to terrain that is continually altering it's height. ?

Designed for truck pantec's so should be fine . comes painted one or both sides should also help.

product is available x Melbourne.

Hi

If you are concerned about weight have a look at a product called monopan.

. Not cheap but very light, strong and very easy frame free construction.

Imo overall economy is more about number of axles rather that size / weight. Though size and weight does have an effect,, especially with speed and hills.

Maybe It's there under a different name

Hi FD

Don't know the app or how to fix, but a couple of things that may help.

Are you trying to uninstall in market program or settings menu. I think Settings menu may have more success than Market?

Maybe restart your phone and try again?

Ray

There is a 10mm plug to the rear of the o/p sender that you can remove and install your after market gauge ( transducer / pipe) into. Works fine just need the right adapter.

I am also now thinking that some of the intermittent pressure indication problems I have had in the past are cause by the Black box plugs and / or cable terminations.

The cable terminations are just a spring loaded connection that to me seems quite poor for the application. Certainly wouldn't be my design choice or even a consideration.

And I support your decision not to - The beauty of choice John.

Life is all about compromise. There is no one fits all

To me the trikes weakness is the tumble or no recovery from inversion. In that situation I don't know if I would even get to the handle but at least I know I have a handle to try with.

The other prime scenario I guess is a pilot medical issue - especially if there is a pax on board to operate the handle - my wife often sits in the back.

I avoid the 1st one like the plague and hope I never have a problem with the second one.

So hopefully expensive fireworks, well one rocket launch anyway, at my place in about 10 yrs time

They should really only be used when you can no longer control or recover control of the ac.

I do know someone that has deployed one in anger. Pilot and pax survive with minor injuries and I think from memory about $2500

ac damage ( and no it wasn't in 1966 when $2.5k was a lot of money).

There is a real stat for you cfi. And he has a BRS ( brand?) on his current ac

mine didn't come with any instructions just a telstra message " do you want to update "

why thank you - yes please :big_grin: I"ll just backup first then lets go - OH Bugger:doh:

That was a long while ago so over it now. and it is nice to store apps on the SD card.

David

If Murphy's your mate too

Make sure you have enough ( don't know how much but probably the more the better) free space on the phone memory before you upgrade.

Mine failed during my upgrade due to not enough free memory and I had to factory reset it and find and reload everything from scratch even though I did a backup (?) first.

Personal choice sure - and that's how it should remain

I have one - I never rely on it, or factor it in to any flying decisions - EVER.

I think it is cheap insurance for the unexpected / unplanned hope it will never happen.

Never a guarantee you or your pax are going to land alive, intact, uninjured or that it will even deploy correctly

but

If something ever does happen and I didn't have one, I know I would be wishing for a BRS I trying to kick my butt all the way to the ground.

It just maybe offers another chance.

My research showed most if not all of the negativies were very early generation BRS devices that did not have the fail safe systems built into todays BRS's

Don't shoot me cfi

without looking too hard

It is a manufacturers site and it's not aerobatic specific

http://www.brsparachutes.com/lives_saved.aspx

David, From my limited experience, neither CCAC nor RNAC take RA-Aus seriously. And yet that is where the growth is and where the easiest entry point to aviation is. Come the revolution . . .

Hi Neil

Android users?

Does this mean you need to purchase a set for iphone and another set for PC planning or is the whole set included?

Hi Win

Did u request a loan phone?

Just had mine fixed and they (telstra) gave me a loan ( not smart) phone.

Took 2 goes for them (htc) to repair it. Quoted 10 days both times and guess what.

Took 10 days both times. Yes it was 20 days of depression. :hittinghead:

No Wrong

latest is IN

They seem to have gone out to the 25 mile line surface up

Bugger - not happy

Just a thought

Try using just one file ( VNC or VTC) at a time ands see if that works

( again from memory only )

I get an error if I select the full set as there is one ( at least) map file without a supporting file (??? maybe the TAC's)

If it is trying to do that first it may produce that error

Yes I went down a similar path first until I re-read the instructions from somewhere Ok Just had a quick look and from memory

 

Just use Orux Desktop.

 

basically a one step then copy to phone process

Is this better - does this work OK?

Get demapper.exe

run and select all the required maps

select "decode maps"

*.prn files will be placed in the same directory

run Orux desktop

Select "converter tab"

in the "Calibration file" select the required map *._ozf.map from the "OZF Maps"

Select "Image File" and select the require *.prn file

I suggest you select multilayer checkbox, then select the % 's required ( more is better than less - probably all)

Select a destination directory

Then select create map.

copy file/s to phone SD card

Job Done

mmmmmm

maybe I was wrong ( I did say it was quickly from memory - sorry)

I looked in my working directory and there are *.png files

when I tried to use the ozfx3 file I got the same error (using XP)

I remember doing the 1st map using a long winded method then finding the quicker way that was quite simple and quick

Just have to work out how the *.png files got there. ( may have been a batch convert, I certainly didn't do them one at a time :confused:)

OK searched further

I may have used a program called demapper.exe as it is in the Oruxmaps desktop directory and seem to generate the *.prn files required for the image files

see here

TerraPerfecta: GPS navigation solutions for PDAs and notebooks

Hope the helps

So is your strip IN or OUT Ray?Cheers

Dexter

but in restricted so usually weekend are fine, weekdays mostly out.

Hi

Just a reminder that WILLY goes CTA today ( Sunday ) - 7 days a week from now.

Yes I went down a similar path first until I re-read the instructions from somewhere

Ok Just had a quick look and from memory

Just use Orux Desktop.

Select "converter tab"

in the "Calibration file" select the required map *._ozf.map from the "OZF Maps" directory ( from my CD anyway)

It usually loads the required "Image File" at the same time. If not it requires the required map file *.ozfx3

I suggest you select multilayer checkbox, then select the % 's required ( more is better than less - probably all)

Then select create map.

copy file/s to phone SD card

Job Done

basically a one step then copy to phone process

the Ozi files from maptrax work fine. they have just restarted selling the latest aviation maps again.

There is another thread on hear about the maptrax maps.

You can also download and store google earth files ( satelite, map, terrain ) and many others for your phone as well and use them in Orux.

Another app is Rmaps that's worth trying and watching developments. There is a couple of others as well but don't have phone with me at present to check. Oruxmaps seems the pick so far.

note - best to use pc software to download the google etc files then copy to phone as it takes many hrs to download, convert and store on phone but only minutes to do the same on the PC.