skeptic36

Hi Toby,

I'd suggest having a couple of lessons before you make the decision a) to purchase, and b) which one you want.

Regarding which one to buy do you want to do a lot of x country flying or do you want to fly low and slow for sightseeing with some off field landings? These are things to work out before deciding because it's horses for courses :big_grin:

Good luck anyway, it's a lot of fun.

P.S Do you think you can handle owning a Trike, it's a lot like gaining movie star status overnight, you get a lot more friends and they are real chick magnets

Ohh, I would have said scared of ferrets!!

And the Irishman with leaves up his ...... Russell

Oh yeah and the Irishman with a shovel Doug

Yeah yeah and the Irishman without a shovel Douglas

I've got a clip of a joke told by one of England's great comedians about a guy who was on the top of as building putting waste bricks into a barrel suspended on a pully. He climbs down the ladder, unties the rope......and the story goes on and on as each time one end was heavier than the other. If anyone can tell me how to attach an audio file I'll post it.

Is this the one

The Sick Note

Dear Sir, I write this note to you to tell you of my plight

For at the time of writing, I'm not a pretty sight

Me body is all black and blue, me face a deathly gray

And I write this note to say why Murphy's not at work today

While working on the 14th floor, some bricks I had to clear

But to toss them down from such a height was not a good idea

The foreman wasn't very pleased, he is an awkward sod

He said I'd have to cart them down the ladders in me hod.

Now shifting all those bricks by hand it was so very slow

So I hoisted up a barrel and secured a rope below

But in me haste to do the job I was to blind to see

That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me

And so when I untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead

And clinging tightly to the rope, I started up instead

I shot up like a rocket, till my dismay I found

That half-way up I met the barrel coming down

Now the barrel broke me shoulder, as to the ground it sped

And when I reached the top, I banged the pulley with me head

I clung on tightly numb with shock, from this almighty blow

And the barrel spilled out half the bricks some 14 floors below

Now! when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor

I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more

Still clinging tightly to the rope, me body wracked with pain

And half way down I met the bloody barrel once again

Now the force of this collision half way down the office block

Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty state of shock

Still clinging tightly to the rope, I fell towards the ground

And I landed on the broken bricks scattered all around

I lay there groaning on the ground, I thought I'd past the worst

But the barrel hit the pulley wheel and then the bottom burst

A shower of bricks rained down on me, I didn't have a hope

As I lay there bleeding on the ground I let go of the bloody rope

Now, the barrel then being heavier, it started down once more

It landed right across me as.., I lay there on the floor

It broke three ribs and my left arm and I can only say

I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today

written by Pat Cooksey

A Car For Christmas

Danny had recently passed his driving test and decided to ask his clergyman father if there was any chance of him getting a car for Christmas, which was yet some months away. 'Okay.' said his father 'I tell you what I'll do. If you can get your grades up to 'A's and 'B's, study your bible and get your hair cut, I'll consider the matter very seriously.'

A couple of months later Danny went back to his father who said 'I'm really impressed by your commitment to your studies. Your grades are excellent and the work you have put into your bible studies is very encouraging. However, I have to say I'm very disappointed that you haven't had your hair cut yet.

Two rough, tough, tattooed trike pilots walked into a yuppie bar clearly looking for a fight. One says to the other in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear "I RECKON ALL LAWYERS ARE FILTHY THIEVES!" The whole place went quiet, then a timid little man stood up and stammered "TH TH TH THATS AN INSULT" . The loud trike pilot walks over and getting right in his face asks "are you a lawyer?" he answers boldly "no I'm a filthy thief "

Hi All,I was just running my Rotax 582 engine (fitted in an edge trike) and upon doing an ignition check, noticed that one switch did not drop the revs as usual and the second switch cut the engine, in other words it seems that the engine is running on a single ignition circuit only.

I went through the usual troubleshooting (including changing all plugs) but still cannot get the second cylinder firing. NOTE: I pulled the plugs off the cylinder that isn't firing and the engine runs the same as when they are connected...

 

Any suggestions before I am forced to hand it over to an autoelectrician?

 

thanks guys.

 

Darren

I am wondering if you didn't quite write the above as you intended, because one circuit failing should not shut down one cylinder. I can't understand why turning off one mag circuit shuts her down but pulling the plug leads off one cylinder has no effect. But I'm no expert :confused:, perhaps someone who is might comment :big_grin:

Regards Bill

Murphy's Lesser-Known Laws

1. Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

2. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

3. Those that live by the sword get shot by those who don't.

4. Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

5. The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

6. If you lined up all the cars in the world end to end, someone would be stupid enough to try to pass them, five or six at a time, on a hill, in the fog.

7. The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by those who got there first.

8. The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

9. A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

10. When you go into court, you are putting yourself into the hands of 12 people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Thurst

So it seems Thurst and Power are related. Who's more powerful? A 100m sprinter, or a weight lifter? To me, it's the weight lifter, but the correct answer would be the sprinter. The sprinter has more power (As he runs further in less time), while the weight lifter has more Thurst, as he can..... yeah, stuck now.

Sorry to be so late on this one, but I guess it depends on the drink i.e if it where Gatorade I reckon the sprinters thirst would be greater but if it were beer the weightlifter would certainly prevail

Doug if you right click on New Posts you will get a menu with 1 item being "copy shortcut" click on that then go to your desk top and right click again and you get an option to "paste shortcut"

Hope that helps

Regards Bill

Here's one of those panorama views of the cockpit of an A380. Enjoy.

http://www.gillesvidal.com/blogpano/cockpit1.htm

Regards Bill

Here are some trike pics to keep you interested.

Including one with fold up back wheels.

http://www.ultralightflying.com/wilcox-gallery.html

There is another gallery on the same page titled Knauss Gallery but I can't seem to get the link to that one working.

Regards Bill

Scotty,

Again my knowledge and experience is limited, but I believe the grey head ones have problems with bearings on the crankshaft, mine is a grey head with 330 hrs on it and no problems yet.

Regards Bill

Hi Scotty,

I have flown an Airborne XT912 with a Cruze wing early in my training as well as my Pegasus Quantum 582 with Q2 wing. Other than the difference the 912 provides I don't think there is a lot of difference in handling but you need to see that in the context that I only have about 25 hrs total in either and my Airborne experience was very early in my career when I was concentrating on a lot of things other than comparing flying characteristics

Regards Bill

Hi all,

Contrary to Andrews experience, I was more than happy with the service I recieved recently when I needed a part for my Pegasus wing. When the first one arrived damaged they sent out another without waiting for the return of the first and were always courteous and helpful.

Having said that I think I would rather be maintaining the local product simply because of the logistics involved in dealing with a company on the other side of the world.

There doesn't seem to be many overseas brands with a strong dealership in Australia, I notice a bloke is going to try his luck selling American Apollo trikes in Melbourne but is already concerned that the exchange rate has eaten away his profit margin.

But I guess if you like the product enough a little wait now and again (for parts to arrive) won't worry you ;)

Regards Bill

Hi all,

An instructor once told me if I turned up with an Edge Executive wing he wouldn't teach me ( he kinda coughed and mumbled something about them not being stablethumb_down )

Regards Bill

wish list

O.K guys

I'll type all this again because the broadband just dropped out and wiped the last one out just as I was about to submit it.

The first thing would be not to have to worry about money

Now we've got that small matter out of the way not having the front pole as per the DTA Voyager or Combo (you wouldn't look out of place if you landed on the moon in one of those Combos with the full fairings) really does it for me.

The next thing would be a topless wing because when I join the ranks of the grey (or in my case bald) nomads I would like to be able to park the trike on the back of the ute or light truck and hook the caravan on behind, if you don't have to demount the wing each time that would be a huge advantage.

Then as I'm not going to be concerned with trivialities (is that a word ?) such as financial constraints I think the 912 with its reliable and long range capabilities will do me fine. Recently a gyro with a 914 turbo bolted on the back turned up at Great Lakes this excited me for a while but then I remembered the 912 I did some of my training in had power to burn so I guess I don't need a turbo ;)

Regards Bill

You wouldn't believe it they tried to deliver that same bent tube again today.

It must have went back to the U.K again this time judging by the time since their last attempt

Regards Bill

Hi all

I'm doing a bit of study for my upcoming radio operators exam and have been through Flight Radio For Pilots a couple of times and can't seem to find any reference to how you address an aircraft if you don't know their call sign.

Could somebody help me out please

Thanks in advance

Regards Bill

Hi Ross,

this pic may be helpful

http://api.ning.com/files/itKogLlgz*yQh7cVPUA1Xp30vnVFka4xexS0ZxDO19J0gZk7gDRdyBwFCDHlTfCLDCs6hmjB4xTJ4Q1qvqlKjwXqyS194mdk/IMGP2006.JPG

Regards Bill

Hi Pipross,

I have 3 Comunica helmets that came with my trike and they are useless, I can't stop them blowing back on my head (maybe it's just cos the trike is so fast )

Regards Bill

Hi Scotty,

I think probably go with your origonal find, it seems to have less weather and three axis stuff. You may find that you will have to purchase the Cosgrove one if you go on to start training, probably talk to your potential instructor about that though. I got both the books as part of the start up package but I don't know if that is exclusive to the school I am training with.

The Cosgrove one is a U.K book and the other is a U.S publication

Regards Bill

Hi Scotty,

That book was supplied to me as part of the start up kit when I signed on to learn.

I found it to be quite a good book although there is no refence to it in any of the course as there is for The Microlight Pilots Handbook by Brian Cosgrove(also supplied at start up). Funny thing is though the workbook you get from the H.G.F.A is dated May 1997 and the Cosgrove book was revised in 2002 so none of the page number references in the work book match the actual reference in the Cosgrove book.

Regards Bill

Thanks Neale,

The new tube arrived yesterday in good condition, so all being well I hope to log a few hours this weekend.

Regards Bill

Thanks again for your intrest Rocketman.

I guess the advantage would be to get the thing flying again quicker than waiting for the part to arrive from the U.K but I'm not sure there would be a lot in it financially.

Regards Bill