Ted Bailey
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Never considered birds a problem @ 50mph your 3 examples were faster GA planes. Did any of them deploy a reserve, no? and no one died hopefully. GA pilots aren’t flooding BRS with orders. But trikes should have them and GA not? Understand the wing structure and what could be possible but what history of bird strikes fatal or other wise is there for trikes? Have pilot friends that owe their life to a reserve and many that aren’t here because they or the reserve system failed to deploy. I flew with a BRS or hand thrown reserve since Boris fired off a prototype at the WW dealer seminar in 80-81? I Have an 800 soft pack BRS current and on the shelf but only one for 4 soon to be 5 trikes. Don’t want to be anti-reserve chute but I build my own trikes and would rather have another trike or a new wing instead of something in 40+ years I haven’t needed. Anyway yes I choose to fly without a BRS except for reason #4 .
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Yes, I fly without a reserve chute. If it’s airworthy it’s safe. Safe as the pilot. Why would we need a parachute back-up. ?
1. Mid-air/being run over in the sky? Chances of deploying a reserve? 10-30%?
2. Weather-conditions? If the conditions are violent enough to break your wing a chutes not much good?
3. Structural failure? Not on modern wings in approved flight. Name one if you can?
4. Aerobatics? Not allowed to go there. another no chute needed.
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They are simple to make with some delrin and aluminmum tube.
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I bungie the control bar to the side seat rail or fasten the lap belt over the base tube with a bungie to keep it in place, keeps the wing up high. Only bungie the contol bar to the front strut when I am getting teady to fly.
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anyone stocking the solo radio interface in the US?
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One would choose life in a live or die but that isn’t real life. In a mid-air what is the chance of even surviving the impact or being able to deploy and then not landing under canopy on a powerline or freeway? If this is the big reason go ahead but see and avoid is all you get in a 103 and it works pretty good?
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Last flight I flew 70 nm(80 mi) on a triangle with around 30 minutes of meandering a river on 5.5 gal. cruising 55 mph. 118 minutes flight time and still had 2 gal. useable in the tank (7.5 usable fuel tank) good for a 447 Pacer. DA was 5k so my rpm was a couple of hundred above normal. I love my 503 trike but it’s thirsty and only has a 5 gal. usuable fuel tank so I limit my hops to 60 miles with it on XC flights. I’m building a new chariot for the 503 with more storage and fuel for XC it’s done I just need to dissasimble it for painting and install the engine.