Larry Mednick
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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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Actually, I believe even Airborne switched to 6 ply tires over the last few years on their M4 trikes. I could be wrong, but I think they were using Airtrac 600s. But those are much taller tires than the XT stock tires and will not fit under the wheel spats unless you modify the mounting system and raise them up for clearance
The other problem you are having is that your wheels are probably not tracking due to the axles not being true from normal use even. Some nice custom axles I think Ken Highfield is building may fix that issue which destroys any good tire. So you might try the same tires again with straight axles and get better results.
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Hi Jon, so first off, it really depends on what the airport manager wants. They may ask (require without actual authority) that 1 runway is in use at one time. If there is anything I have learned over the years, it’s try to please the airport management.
At our airport,we use 3 runways at the same time!!! They (tow and jump planes and gliders) use runway 1 to takeoff and 19 to land and then the rest of us use 5 or 23. The threshold of 19 and 23 are nearly touching.
It is very common for a jump plane to take off on 1 while I’m on my departure leg of 5. Radio communication is critical. I can turn out midfield on my Xwind to avoid the intersecting upwinds. It is also common for their final to intersect our downwind and final on 23. Making a 360 on the downwind towards the runway for spacing is a common call.
The bottom line is if everyone is on the radio and you can avoid and keep proper separation you can fly intersecting patterns. But if management doesn’t want you to, then don’t make a habit of it. Needing to land once to get down safely is a lot different than shooting the pattern for an hour on a different runway. ALWAYS do what you need to do to be safe, REGARDLESS of the rules.
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Hi Ishan, welcome to the group!
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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.
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Hi Neil, climbing in turbulence is most definitely the hardest. Pitch control again is even more critical. Where I see people mess up is they pull back on the bar to lower the nose, but then they tend to hang on to the bar and then the trike speeds up and then they can’t let go without it pitching up. Remember, quick tugs (pull in fast and then immediately let out) are the key to lowering the nose. The faster the better. Pulling in slowly will cause the trike to speed up and then pitch up in many cases, so you can actually cause more harm than good in many cases.
Climb out at your proper speed of VY (medium speed usually) in the bumps. Going fast in bumps is a no-no and will beat you up and your equipment. If the bar is slightly behind trim (because you have a recommended slight back pressure) you will not stall. And remember, accelerated stalls are just stalls (with the bar way out) when flying at over 1 G (which is not related to climbing out, even steep climbs) Accelerated stalls will happen when you stall in a turn or comin out of a dive. But in all cases the bar must be pushed forward to critical AOA. The only time a trike can stall with the bar not all the way forward is when the nose is pitched up and you step off the gas and get a sharp nose down break as the trike runs out of airspeed. This is not an accelerated stall either. Just be careful not to come completely off the throttle with the nose at a very high nose up attitude.
Also a wet wing or frost on the wing or a spiral dive can allow the wing to stall before the bar makes it very far out. Otherwise you WILL NOT STALL with the bar neutral regardless of climb attitude.
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Hi Gino, I would suspect toe angle as the source of your problem. with toe in or out, you will shread the tread right off of whatever tire you put on there.