[Larry Mednick]

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.

[Larry Mednick]

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

[Larry Mednick]

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.

[Larry Mednick]

Ironically, I am using a photo to show that we can now post photos in comments.

[Larry Mednick]

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.

[Larry Mednick]

We are definitely still working out the bugs. I believe there is no edit on PHOTOs , but you should be able to edit DISCUSSION and VIDEOs. We are working on making all of them editable for 30 m minutes so you can get your spellings corrected etc. but also not allowed to remove or change comments in a thread for the benefit of the discussion.

As far as the iPhone 13, is anyone else having issues? I am using my iPhone 12 which works just as good as my desk top. The site is slow and takes 3-4 seconds to do pretty much anything. I wonder if your internet speed on your phone is related to the problem.

As far as scrolling and scrolling, by breaking down. Page by page it does allow each page to load faster. So I am told an endless video or photo page would not be advisable. As far as the home page being limited to 60 posts that is to keep viewers touching base regularly to see what’s new before it’s gone.

I think you will see, this site will lend itself to longer threads such as the electric propulsion discussion with 40+ comments. So far that is the only thread that has “broken out” so far. But wait until someone calls your REV ugly and then you will see a longer thread. 🙂

The menu should take up the whole page so you can see your selection and press on the correct tab. No other good way to do that as far as I know.

Try pressing a menu button once and just wait and see if it is a slow problem or a button problem on your phone.

[Larry Mednick]

I can make that happen. Stand by

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I don’t have an answer for your Trevor, but I did want to say what a tremendous resource we have lost with Peter no longer being a DPE. Luckily we have Mike Hudetz in IL. There are plenty of great candidates that could step up, but it is quite an undertaking on many levels to say the least.

I am glad Pete is still flying his Sea Wing and it’s just the DPE position he has discontinued.

BUT IM STILL CALLING PETER WHEN I CANT FIGURE OUR IACRA! 😂😂😂

[Larry Mednick]

There are a LOT of factors. But in many cases If you can get to cloud base, the turbulence is over. And not just over but completely gone! Unstable gusty air and thermals usually get better with altitude if you can’t reach cloud base. If you are in the mountains like Paul, things can definitely get worse as you climb… But as mentioned above its easy to go down. I do a lot of demo flights and will wait until I am above the clouds to give the controls to a first timer. A lot of times when a cold front comes in there is a beautiful warm temperature inversion once you “get on top” and usually 40+ MPH winds “on top” it’s pretty cool sometimes! just remember when you get up to that heavenly still air, the conditions on the ground may be building quickly and you could be returning to air below that you DON’T want to fly in and certainly don’t want to land in. So have fun up there, but not for too long…

[Larry Mednick]

Swing? Did it yaw or did the carriage swing or both? Did the carriage bank at all

[Larry Mednick]

wind sheer can be completely horizontal and in many cases is.

[Larry Mednick]

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.

[Larry Mednick]

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

[Larry Mednick]

Thanks Jackye, Can you pin him on our world map?

[Larry Mednick]

Hey Jim, we are really excited to be going to Trikefest this year. We missed it last year because it was not back to back with Oshkosh, but on the 4th of July instead. Way to go Mike Hudetz for putting on this event.

This event is posted now on our EVENTS page which is a new to Trikeaction. See you there!