Larry Mednick
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Hey Pete, sorry for the trouble, so the actual browser needs to be copied and pasted and not the share link from YouTube. That should make it work.
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You should get an email. I guess this reply will be a good test.
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Ok, question for the group: If you wanted an electric soaring trike that could really thermal, would you be concerned with how many feet it could climb or how long if could fly? For example if it could climb 7500 feet per charge or fly for 1 hour per charge. And How would you fly something with a <200 FPM sink? Low level flying? Exploring? pattern flying? climb to cloud base or altitude and soar? All of the above? And would this be an only trike or a 2nd trike for you.
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At Oshkosh I was able to confirm eye witnesses said he climbed out to 300’ and spiraled it in. I imagined it went about like that before finding out.
We had a beautiful memorial for Sam at Oshkosh where his Grand daughter read a beautiful Eulogy about Sam.
He will be missed
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We don’t have private messaging on here YET…
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So when the wind gust comes from the right for example, the relative wind you were flying in which is going straight over both leading edges and hitting the front of the carriage now shifts to from the right. If you are going 50 MPH and get hit with a 90 degree, 50 MPH gust from the right, the relative wind will shift temporarily to a 45 coming from the right. If we imagine your leading edge is at 45 degrees (90 degree nose angle, for example purpose , yours is 135 degrees) the trike is now in a slip and 100% of the relative wind is pushing on your right leading edge and 0% is hitting the left leading edge. The wing now will coordinate itself so it is flying straight into the wind again. When the gust goes away, the process repeats itself again and the trike coordinates again.
So if you felt that when it turned sideways your trike was flying sideways through the air, I can see that raising alarm, but the fact that when it turned sideways your were now flying straight into the relative wind with a crab angle to the ground. The trike after the initial yaw/heading change was as happy as it was a second before the gust. And as mentioned, your ground speed may have slowed down, but should have continued in the same ground track. So maybe less concern now with more understanding that your trike simply coordinated itself and was flying straight through the air when you were eyeballing that BRS handle.
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Not to nit pick but a blast from the right will turn you right. So must have been a gust from the left that turned you left. Typically there is no roll upset when you get a horizontal blast, just a temporary heading change. if you are touching down, add power and time the “swing back” with the touch down. Otherwise just ignore it because your flight track should remain unaffected.
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Paul Hamilton has similar field elevation and mountains. But you don’t need 100 HP. Something like a REV X has similar power to weight ratio.
Here is us taking off in Stevensville MT flying at 12,500’ https://youtu.be/PEq4DGu7zM0https://youtu.be/PEq4DGu7zM0
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Hi Monte, unfortunately 5000’ elevation is pushing it unless you weight 150 or under and 6,000 feet in the summer is a deal breaker for the REV ultralight. We have over 5 years worth of Rotax 582s which can reach over 15,000 feet. The REV X would definitely be the choice for your application between the. 2 of them. Many of the much smaller lighter trikes can operate from those elevations on the same 36-38 HP motors such as the ATF or the ANT.
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Ironically, I am using a photo to show that we can now post photos in comments.
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Leo, we are going to add the ability to post photos in the comments.
Diane, we are on our way to TrikeFest. Back at the office I can see the traffic. It has been pretty good with average view times 11-17 minutes. High hundreds per day and sometimes into the thousands.
Hopefully the site will be moving faster tomorrow. Tonight this site gets a big update. Fingers crossed that the lag is reduced significantly. Regardless I will try my best to make this site live up to everyone’s expectations. As a perfectionist, I totally agree we are not there yet. But thanks everyone for enduring our growing pains.
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Swing? Did it yaw or did the carriage swing or both? Did the carriage bank at all
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wind sheer can be completely horizontal and in many cases is.
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I’ll ask, but perhaps starting the thread with a photo and comment would of be the best answer. The Only reason we have a discussion page is when there is no photo or is no video regarding a topic.
Because of the homepage the activity will generally revolve around the homepage bringing people into the thread. That thread can be under a discussion, photo or video. All 3 have the potential to become long threads just the same.
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Possibly… Getting out of a trike upside down underwater can be difficult and sometimes the control bar can pin the pilot in. So if you don’t drown there could be some impact absorption depending on just how hard you hit
