Larry Mednick
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We have plenty of large liners in stock. Just give me a call to order. 813-810-9262. Thanks.
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Yes pitch reversal means being confused which direction the controls move for pitch. Pitch control includes both attitude control as well as AOA control. If we never “ask” our students to perform a pitch control task, they may never begin to learn pitch. My first clue was the student could not coordinate a turn. The nose fell below the horizon repeatedly and once developed into a full blown spiral. Then we did pitch exercises and he started to develop the skill. I’ll make a video to show what that exercise is exactly. A short version would be to fly from trim to near stall and back to trim without changing altitude. But there is more, much more, to practice.
In any case so many pilots push out to flare BECAUSE that’s how you flare. But they have no control because they don’t know how to fly pitch. Ultimately we had a panicked reversal that got my full attention during a flare.
So many CFIs use throttle and the wing’s natural pitch stability to fly. They let the nose “self correct” and go along for the “ride” (oscillation) until the trike stabilizes. They fly it like a PPG with throttle and roll and push forward (not pitch CONTROL) for takeoff and landing.
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I know our former students flew around the world and they did it by having a private pilot weight shift control license. Sport pilot is worthless outside of the US.
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Who knows where to get bar mitts that leave the control bar exposed inside the mitt? That is my recommendation. And I urge people not to use bar mitts that have material around the bar because you have to death grip the controls to hang on. I like to use a rubber coated “box handler” glove inside the bar mitt which is as “sticky” as my bare hands on the bar grips so its just like flying in the summer.
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Hi Blair, I assume we are talking about sliding in sideways? The 40′ is plenty wide/long since your wing span is right around 34 feet. The wing is very close to 12′ tip to nose. The angle of the wing will have a lot to do with the overall length on the trike since it will get shorter as it gets taller when the bar is moved forward. But I don’t have a machine here to play with and measure with that wing at the moment. If the door is on the side, how wide is the door? And how tall? A 14’X14′ door opening would probably be ideal with some room to spare so you don’t get hangar rash going in and out.
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Hi John, so pretty much any soaring trike will be part 103 which doesn’t require a license at all. And I am not 100% sure if you can add on a WSC rating to a Glider license, but that may be a possibility. I haven’t had the need (yet) so I am not sure. I know many people on here will know and hopefully chime in.
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Hey Sean, give me a call or email and let me see if I have their info. We debated about puting contact info publicly on this forum. But decided to keep more privacy.
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Hi Mike, I do have Jorge’s info but he is not a CFI. He has the wrong color flag. Anyway email me at evolutiontrikes@yahoo.com
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Dave Schultz in Murfreesboro 615-642-6258 he is on our world map page
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Ken is a really great instructor. His number is 517-404-3308
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813-810-9262
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They cut the good stuff!? That’s too bad…
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Hey Ken, thank you for this info. Yes it seems like they have the best deal around! Falcon/Star is the only other trike policy I am aware of. Who knows of another company offering insurance?
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The sprog loops have little bearing on how the sprogs work. The reason for the Velcro being left loose is so the Velcro doesn’t get hung up as the sprog passes in and out as the wing flexes.
The sprogs were only active in this video when he was on the ground. After that, they had no purpose during this demonstration. They are critically important in the air to prevent a tumble during negative Gs. But 99% of flights are 100% positive G load flights. Until that one time they activate (cables go tight) and keep pitch stability.
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I am proud to say I initially taught Diane to use Final Cut Pro to edit videos. Now she is an expert on the software. It’s really easy to use and there are some short cuts I can show anyone which make the whole process very fast to slice, dice and splice footage.