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  by Paul Hamilton 1 month ago

  yes again. bad typo on my part. yes 61.109 (j)
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  by Andy Abrams 1 month ago

  Paul,
  
  61.107 doesn't have a (j), but 61.109 does and it references back to 61.107 (b) (10). Just picking nits...
  
  Thanks for the confirmation of my thought on the Regs.
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  by Paul Hamilton 1 month ago

  Andy,
  Yes you can solo if you are signed off to solo by a trike CFI no problem. You do not need a third class medical, drivers license is OK. You got it. You do not need a student pilot certificate, the CFI endorses your logbook since you already have a pilot certificate.
  
  But here is a funny one. Once you get trained by one CFI and take a proficiency check with a another CFI per 61.321, or go the private pilot WSC per 61.107 (j), you will need a flight review to be current and fly.
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  by Andy Abrams 1 month ago

  Trike Instructors...Get out your FAR's...
  
  I hold a Commercial Pilot Certificate Airplane SEL, MEL...and I have a current 3rd class medical...I have not completed a flight review in more that 24 months...I have taken lessons in Weight-Shift and received the necessary instruction to be endorsed for solo.
  
  Can I solo in a Weight-Shift aircraft without completing a Flight Review?
  
  What I have found so far in the FAR's is yes I can solo a Weight-shift without needing a Flight Review.
  
  See FAR's 61.56 subpart (g)...and 61.87 subpart (m)
  
  Any other opionions or thoughts? Am I missing something?
  
  Andy
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  by Rob Stapleton 3 months ago

  This from the NTSB report from the Thornburgh accident in Feb.
  Jon, sent this in hopes that the TRIKE community will heed his tragic experience:
  
  Trike pilots should be aware that the engine could experience uncommanded full power at any time after the engine is running. This could occur during taxi, during the magneto check in the run-up area, or even after landing.
  
  1. Before the engine is started, and at all times thereafter, the bungee-tie should be removed from the control bar/down tube. In other words, from the time that the engine is started the trike pilot should be able to fully manipulate the control bar without interference from the bungee so that he can immediately start flying the trike in the event of an uncommanded full power causes the trike to unexpectedly take off and become airborne.
  
  2. Both the front and rear pilots should have immediate and unimpeded access to a "kill switch” that would stop the engine in the event of an uncommanded power increase.
  
  According to FAA Advisory Circular AC 20-27F, Certification and Operation of Amateur-Built Aircraft, "Amateur builders are free to develop their own designs or build from existing designs. We do not approve these designs and it would be impractical to develop design standards for the wide variety of design configurations, created by designers, kit manufacturers, and amateur builders."
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  by qazi ajmal 4 months ago

  I need use trike wing. Or wing sail. In low price. I m waiting for ur good replay.
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  by Richard QUÉBEC 4 months ago

  Hello every one's I come from Québec Canada
  I'm instructor ultrat light.
  I'm a passionate of sky!!!
  If you mish to fly whit me in québec.... WELCOME!!!
  it'll the best time to practice french:)))
  Regard's
  richard
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  by Jacob Kahn 6 months ago

  I need someone to teach me around Long Island New York. I am dying to fly it is not even serious !
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  by eyal ben 9 months ago

  hello . i got a question if someone might know.
  i wish ship my trike to mexico and around, that i could taste other places of flight. does anyone ever done it before ? whats the requirements that i sould consider? any tax fee ? permits ?
  
  thanks.
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  by John Strachan 11 months ago

  I'm a Micro/Ultralight flying instructor operating from Balado airfield in East Central Scotland, just north, over the Forth bridge from Edinburgh. Over here in the UK we have to have a minimum 100 hours (not usually enough) sit a tough course and sit a flying and oral exam to register with the Civil Aviation Authority as a flying instructor. The qualification covers flexwings or 3 axis. Just wondered what the regs were over the pond.
  I'm a frequent visitor to central Florida, are there any flexwing clubs round that area?