Air Creation Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Insane... Tanarg flight by my friend Henry.. a masterpiece of man and machine.! 5 Link to post Share on other sites
David Isaac Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 What magnificent scenery. Surprised the little Rotax could climb that high in a trike. Engine failure would have been interesting, but he appeared to have that deep valley within glide reach most of the time. I hope he had his heated undies on. LOL Link to post Share on other sites
fly_tornado Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Beautiful scenery but looks like its freezing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
alf jessup Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 What magnificent scenery. Surprised the little Rotax could climb that high in a trike. Engine failure would have been interesting, but he appeared to have that deep valley within glide reach most of the time. I hope he had his heated undies on. LOL David, 10000 ft in a 100 hp powered trike would be no problem at all, it would have a far better ROC than any GA piston single. My 80hp 912 trike used to climb out at 1500 +fpm no problem at 50kias. As for the cold, yep up there you feel it. Alf 1 Link to post Share on other sites
facthunter Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 With standard lapse rate a 20 degree day is zero at 10,000 ft and the chill factor makes it really felt. Nev Link to post Share on other sites
kgwilson Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Great scenery & nice cruising music. Looked incredibly smooth. Presumably an early morning flight. Link to post Share on other sites
Ultralights Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Didnt a Rotax powered pipistrel sirus fly over Mt Everest on its round the world trip recently? Link to post Share on other sites
Deskpilot Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Did I, or did I not, see another aircraft lower down and leading him at times? I considered a lens glare, even a bird, but it seemed to appear in different relative positions each time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crezzi Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Didnt a Rotax powered pipistrel sirus fly over Mt Everest on its round the world trip recently? That's certainly possible - Richard Meredith-Hardy did it a few years ago. He was flying a trike AND towing a hang-glider ! Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites
Air Creation Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Hey John.. been a long time mate.. your post jolted my thoughts! Yep.. we did many thing a few years ago.. great to see you are keeping the dream alive. Be good to catch up sometime soon. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites
Air Creation Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Yeh Doug.. your are on the ball.. nothin wrong with your Purr-iffeR-alll Vvvvision. Yes.. if you look closssserrr.. you can see other trikes flying this INSANE journey of man & machine.. some 5 or 6 times! Their were four pilots, Henry, David, Tom and George.. three Tanarg BioniX machines and an ASTRA trike.. kinda like a Quik R or similar.. Sharing imagery of trike flying from friends across the globe, increases your passion to fly I feel.. its sure does for me..! Just love technology these days.. Link to post Share on other sites
Cosmick Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 How smooth is that air and over that terrain, what a thrill. Link to post Share on other sites
CrayonBox Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 My xt912ul trike went easily to 9,200ft with two on board. So not a problem for them. And yes, that is a very beautiful scenic video. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crezzi Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Hey John.. been a long time mate.. your post jolted my thoughts! Yep.. we did many thing a few years ago.. great to see you are keeping the dream alive. Be good to catch up sometime soon. Cheers. Aye - I'm still "bar shifting" as often as possible :-) An inland trip to catch up is long overdue ! Cheers John PS excellent video BTW Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Crezzi Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 With standard lapse rate a 20 degree day is zero at 10,000 ft and the chill factor makes it really felt. Nev IIRC I saw negative 28 deg in a trike at 10,000 ft (UK wintertime) . I was wearing pretty much everything I owned ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
w3stie Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Beautiful video. This is what GoPro is made for! I've been following Henry's channel for a while, getting my vicarious thrills :) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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