Mc Guyver

Hi Glen, You would need a new mast to allow for the extra weight. Delivery scheduled for the 22nd September:clap: Trimmed @65Kts and took very little to get her to 95Kts. Found it a little heavy in the roll:sad:

Hi Ian, I will commit to one. Cheers, Len

Hi Dave, I went back to mild steel ceramic coated. I have done over 1000hrs with 912 motors and the stainless exhaust was the only problem one.

The stainless way is the wrong way to go on a trike. I have that T shirt. Exhaust cracked in under 60 hours and had to replace, Airborne had many come backs on the stainless exhausts cracking, fortunately mine was replaced under warranty. The original exhaust was a stainless one and ceramic coated.

I don't think the one from Bert Flood will be ceramic coated. Not sure on the cost of having it done.

6 Mc Guyver good for one possibly two

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Well done Ray, now you will really start enjoying yourself:clap:

Hi Gary, (info from microlighters.co.za egroup) Polypropolene or Polyetheline, both are solvent resistant so MEK or Acetone can be used to degrease it. The problem is with both that the plastic yellows with age and there is nothing you can do about that Hope this helps.

In a reply to that report it states that a pilot was almost killed in South Africa. In fact a pilot in another incident was killed in SA a few years ago. He was a low hour pilot and had landed with other pilots at a car show on a race track(if I remember correctly). Members of the public had fiddled with the trike and had pulled the friction throttle back. After numerous attempts to start, the pilot eventually had someone pull start the trike, the engine roared into life with the trike rotating and collided with the first floor of a hostel building. The pilot did not survive. It was due to this happening that my students are taught to always release the bungy on the control bar before starting.

Good point, I hadn't looked at it on that basis! That would be the loop hole they needed and found without a problem

What about a permanent white X at either end of the runway. Your expected guests would then know about it and any one else landing would be doing so at their own risk at an un serviceable airfield?

Hi Tomo, That only applies if you have the runway insight. Obviously if you are 3 miles out you would not know the situation at the airfield.Think back to your training days, on very short finals, the instructor is talking you through your landing or talking you out of a pear shaped situation, someone transmits and you cannot hear your instructor. Could be critical. If at a training airfield you have them in sight and broadcast, I would then look at it as poor airmanship (please don't shoot me down! :-) )

Thanks Sonny, It was hard work but good fun:laugh:

Thanks for that Art, It was apity that the weather was against me and I could not demonstrate the handling capabilities of the XT:crying: We do have a good bunch of Guys operating from Somersby:thumb_up: Regards, Len

I was fortunate in being able to participate in the Airshow at Nelson Bay yesterday. I flew into Williamstown Airport in my XT:thumb_up: @ 09:30 for a briefing and then at 12:00 onto the Air Show. Unfortunately the weather was a shocker and the rotor coming off the hills at 13:00 caused me to shorten my display sequence. I was scheduled for a 10 minute display but after 5 minutes called it off and flew back to Somersby. Lots of interest was generated with our static display at the D'Aborra Marina and many people attending had never seen a trike.

single seat Hii Drifter Driver, How is the flying going

Yes he certainly does deserve a trophy! he grew tremendously on the trip. I have clocked up 100 hours on the new trike;)

Hi Rob, Thanks for your remarks on the pannier bags. We flew to Tumut from Somersby last Thursday (2 x 912XT with Streak wings) and compared temps all the way because of the panniers.We had identical readings. It was a tough trip with headwinds of 30 & 40 Kts after Goulburn. A 3.5 hour trip took 5.5 hours:sad: We had an excellent weekend;)

We have had two trike accidents/incidents in 24 hours, one at Albion Park and one float Trike at Rose Bay.The purpose of these threads is for pilots to learn from these incidents/accidents and yet there are no comments or suggestions as to the causes of these unfortunate happenings. The purpose is certainly, not to lay blame on any person, or to gloat over the happenings.We are trying by discussion to minimise and eliminate any further incidents that could happen to other pilots in similar incidents.

It is always good to buy new. If buying second hand you need to make very sure of history etc. Trikes are registered for 5 years in Australia with no need for an "approved person" to inspect until renewal. (In South Africa they had to be inspected every 100 hours or annualy which ever came first and a school trike every 25 hours) I hope I am allowed to say that my XT912 is advertised for sale in the for sale forum. I would however strongly recomend that you do some training first with an instructor before commiting your self to purchasing any trike. If you require any info send me a PM

More meneer, The XT912 is a magic trike to fly and extremely easy to learn on. I instruct from a very "advanced" airfield and the 912 is the way to go:)

The answer is to get them to puke into their flight suit:yuk: especially if they are a student in the front seat with you instructing from the rear seat:yuk: (have not had it happen yet thank goodness)

CIF= Cost + Insurance + Freight C&F= Cost + Freight With both you would have to do your own clearing but shipping costs are included in the price