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Hi Jeff, Can you explain what you mean by it being adjusted hands free to 64 Knots. I'm assuming that the adjuster device is an electric hang point adjuster, so are you saying the factory has it positioned to pull 64 knts when the hang point is in the full forward position? I have seen pics and read about the dragonfly, it's great to see a new idea occasionally and it does look like a lot of fun although it would be hard to remember to put the landing gear down I reckon. I went to have a look at your pics but it says I have to be a member of 'mate land' microlighters and me not being from around there, and Ray being the policeman for that page, he may :pc strikes back: if I joined up Regards Bill

Welcome Hi and:welcome: Jeff. Nice Trike :thumb_up: How do you like the SST wing and do you have any time under other trike wings that you can compare it with ? Regards Bill

I've got 2 dogs. I bought a large bag of Meaty Bites at Coles and was standing in line at the check-out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog. On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Meaty Bites Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 25 kgs before I woke in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is to load your pants pockets with Meaty Bites and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again. I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her. Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition because I had been poisoned by the food. I told her no, it was because I'd been sitting in the middle of the road licking my and a car hit me.

Suction cups aren't even reliable in my tractor and it doesn't get very high at all ,depends on the size of the bump Regards Bill

I think the point is probably about as sore for trikers as when a light GA plane goes down and it is reported as an ultralight and we see fixed wing ultralight flyers arc up. This is what a powered hang glider is:Mosquito Powered Hang Giding Harness Regards Bill

Don't think you'll find a cockpit like this on a hang glider - wait on they don't even have a cockpit do they Regards Bill

Short Little Jokes Honestly, some folk will take offence at anything. I met a bloke with no legs this morning while at the bus stop, all I asked was "How are you getting on?" Paddy was in the delivery room when the midwife handed him a black baby. "Is this yours?" she asked "Probably" said Paddy "she burns everything!" A gypsy girl sent an email to an agony Aunt..... "I am 12 years old and haven't had sex yet, do you think my brother is queer?" My missus has just gone into hospital with 2 black eyes and a broken jaw. It seems we were on different wavelengths when she said she wanted decking on the patio. Sex therapists claim that the most effective way to arouse your man is to spend 10 minutes licking his ears. Personally, I think its bollocks. They reckon that beer contains female hormones and I think they are right. After 8 pints I talk crap and can't drive. Q. What's the difference between Basil Brush and a Paki with a rucksack? A. The Paki with a rucksack only goes "Boom" once. Vicar booking into a hotel asks the receptionist "Is the Porn channel in my room disabled" "No" she replies "it’s just regular porn, you sick " A mate of mine has just told me he's a girl and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother has a moustache!" A man goes to the Doctor with hearing problems "Can you describe the symptoms to me" "Yes.....Homer is a fat, yellow, lazy and Marge is a skinny bird with big blue hair."

This is just too beautiful not to share: "Dear Santa, this year please send clothes for all those poor ladies in Daddy's computer.

Kevs trailer pics Hi Kev, Here are the pics you requested (I hope, this is the 3rd attempt) The front support has a quick release pin which when removed allows the pole to rotate which allows the wing to be lifted off the rear supports and lowered onto a small trolley then lifted off the front support and wheeled around by 1 person. The U sections all pivot and the rear supports T section pivots as well to allow perfect alignment. Other features worthy of mention are, the frames at the front for fixing the fuel cans to, the toolboxes recessed into the floor and the deep channel for the front wheel which eliminates the need to tie up the steering for either loading or unloading

Hi Ray, If you have an accurate set of scales you can easily determine how much fuel you have added to refill ( a litre of petrol weighs approx .72kg). Regards Bill

Hi all, Just received the first HGFA newsletter since the new crowd moved in: In this issue Gulgong Classic Kathryn at Gulgong HGFA VHPA Paragliding calendar No Microlight News Comp Calendar Apparently nobody sent any microlight news to the ed so bad luck chaps. It's already looking like it is as we where warned, the new administration doesn't think they need to provide for trike pilots thumb_down Regards Bill

Trike pricing No the pricing isn't it. The cheapest airborne $27630 plus GST, it's just that nobody wants one of those :yuk: Don't know why that is, but I suspect it is a carryover from people having to build huge brick houses that they can't afford and have a big 4wd they don't need, finance is too easy to get. When the cheap model was the best you could get that is ok but if there is a better one we've gotta have it. Evidence here is that what I originally posted about is an anomaly confined to that area and perhaps the people promoting the sport around there don't have the drive they used to i_dunno Regards Bill

No probs Kev, I'm going to try to get there in the next week or so :thumb_up: (it's in the hangar at the airfield). Regards Bill

Yes Glen, It is about as compact as you could get. I haven't had cause to use it yet except to bring the trike home after purchase. It is not my car that is the previous owner in the pic. Regards Bill

Tool boxes Hi Scott What about a couple of boxes for tools, tyre pump, and spare parts. Mine has two, partly submerged in the floor so the trike rolls over the top. They need to be large so you can put your wing bag and trike covers inside while not in use Here is a pic of my trailer (taken before I owned it). Sorry it doesn't show much but I'll try to get some better ones when I'm there next. Regards Bill

The amusing ones are the ones that swore black and blue they where never going to go up in that thing . Then they see their friends and family going up (2 in their 60's, 1 aged 77:gerg:), really enjoying it, and you can read their minds .......:patch: Hmmmm maybe I'm missing out on something here, but what can I do 'cause I did say....... Regards Bill

Hi Heon I have no experience in this area, but couldn't you convert the entire purchase price including freight and any other extras, to US$ on the day the order is placed and that way you would be insulated from any fluctuations and be able to quote a fixed price. Regards Bill

For category 2 ASA CX-2 Pathfinder Electronic Flight Computer ASA-CX-2 ASA's CX-2 Electronic Pathfinder Flight Computer can calculate true airspeed, ground speed, Mach number, altitudes, fuel, headings and courses, time/speed/distance, winds, and weight and balance.

First solo, Female Pilot:babe:, Tee Shirt, Bucket of Water:dousing:. Am I the only one seeing the possibilities here. No wonder they give them a :Rogue::killen: Does that make me perverted or sexist?:peepwall:

A GOOD LESSON ON FEMALE COMPASSION A man was sitting on a blanket at the beach. He had no arms and no legs. Three women, an American ,a Kiwi, and a blonde Aussie ,were walking past and felt sorry for the poor man. The American woman said 'Have you ever had a hug?' The man said 'No,' so she gave him a hug and walked on. The Kiwi woman said, 'Have you ever had a kiss?' The man said, 'No,' so she gave him a kiss and walked on. The Blonde Aussie woman came to him and said, 'Have you ever been ' The man broke into a big smile and said, 'No.' She said, 'You will be when the tide comes in.'

Did you know that Eagles mate for life? Well one day Harry the Eagle waited at the nest for Mary, his darling of 10 glorious years. After a while when she didn't return he went looking and found her. She had been shot dead! Harry was devastated, but after about six minutes of mourning he decided that he must get himself another mate, but since there weren't any lady eagles available he'd have to cross the feather barrier. So he flew off to find a new mate. He found a lovely dove and brought her back to the nest. The sex was good but all the dove would say is . 'I am a DOVE, I want to love! I am a DOVE, I want to love!' Well this got on Harry's nerves so he kicked the dove out of the nest and flew off once more to find a mate. He soon found a very sexy loon and brought her back to the nest. Again the sex was good but all the loon would say is...... 'I am a LOON, I want to spoon! I am a LOON, I want to spoon!' So out with the loon. Once more he flew off to find a mate. This time he found a gorgeous duck and he brought the duck back to the nest. This time the sex was great, but all the duck would say was...... (scroll down) NO, The duck didn't say THAT ... Don't be SO disgusting! The duck said.... 'I am aDRAKE, You made aMISTAKE!!!!!!!!!!

Security Hi Scott, If you go with an open trailer have you thought about security. If you have your trike sitting in the street somewhere or in the caravan park overnight how do you stop people tampering with, or worse thieving all or part of your trike. This happened to me when mine was supposedly in a secure hangar http://www.recreationalflying.com/forum/other-rec-aircraft/9742-damaged-keel-tube-3.html Regards Bill

Trike trailer Hi Scott, Here is a pic of a tilt set up on a trike trailer. Just uses a Jockey wheel with the wheel removed.

Scarcity of instructors Hi all, I disagree about the need for more instructors. Most professional trike operations are in a popular tourist destination so you can book a couple of weeks holiday there and knock over most of the training while there. Everybody has to make a living and to do that a professional instructor has to train quite a few students every year. I spoke to an instructor recently who used to train up to 12 per year, last year it was 2.... His reason for this is that there are now a lot more instructors than there used to be. The same bloke is currently looking for a part time job. If we want good training, then instructors need to be able to earn a good living without the distraction of needing to find alternative ways to pay the mortgage. Also practice makes perfect i.e. the ability to know when a person is ready to solo etc. has to get better the more often you need to make the judgment. Regards Bill

Hi all, Just got back from a great weekend in Bright/Porepunka area. We had cause to be there for other reasons but fluked it because the Bright Rod Run hot rod show was on:thumb_up:. Ive never seen so many in one place. As a consequence we couldn't get accommodation except for a caravan site so couldn't tow the trike over. We hired one over there though and had a great couple of hours taking the extended family for rides over the chalet on Buffalo on Saturday evening in great conditions. O.K I'll get to the point of the post now. I was talking to a bloke out at Porepunka this morning and it turned out he used to import Pegasus trikes, he doesn't anymore because he says the triking scene has fallen away dramatically. He flew in that morning and there was an Allegro 3 axis came in to pick him up and no one else there. He said 10 years ago there would have been 8 or 10 trikes there and several ultralights and the place would be abuzz with activity both schools would be training people flat out etc.. I was thinking about this and remember my TIF several years ago over there ( it was a while between that and when I got my license last year ), there where people everywhere and the school had to shoe horn my TIF in with everything else that was happening as I was only in town for the day. So what happened ? You can't tell me peoples spending power has been curtailed over the last decade (except maybe a little over the last 12/18 months). The boats, 4wd's, houses etc. just keep on getting bigger and fancier. Trike flying is a great sport with trikes getting better all the time as well. Is trike flying becoming more or less popular around you airfield ? Regards Bill