Trikepilot Social

I would appreciate the help of as many members as possible.

I am trying to compile some statistics on how many hours in trikes the average (active) WSC pilot flies in a year.  Please also let me know if you have any special circumstances which you think affect the number (ie you are a full-time instructor).

Thanks, in advance, for all responses!
 

I would appreciate the help of as many members as possible.

I am trying to compile some statistics on how many hours in trikes the average (active) WSC pilot flies in a year.  Please also let me know if you have any special circumstances which you think affect the number (ie you are a full-time instructor).

Thanks, in advance, for all responses!
 

Getting ready to do some publications with trikes flying into towered airspace. Appreciate help from those who have experience to make this easier for everyone. For airplanes and trikes, I always get the question for "what is your type of aircraft" which is a 4 character designator for each make/model. Example is Cessna uses C172. The Samba I fly uses UF10.

I call 800-wx-brief and nothing for Apollo Monsoon or Evolution Revo. I did not try any others. I had to fake it using "WSCL" which got ATC off my back but this is clearly not make model specific. All you cross country pilots out there, what have you been using? Any manufacturers have specific "aircraft type" or should we provide a generic trike WSCA aircraft type?

I am doing some more research but any experience or thoughts would be appreciated.

Rotax releases Alert Service Bulletin ASB-912-062 / 914-044 R1

This Mandatory Alert Service Bulletin covers the inspection of cylinder heads #2 and #3 for oil leakages into the intake port on Rotax 912 and 914 Series aircraft engines.  http://legacy.rotax-owner.com/si_tb_info/alertbulletins/asb-912-062-ul.pdf

Thought I'd mention a happy discovery I made.  Likely, many of you are already aware of this.  I was not. 

What I found is, so long as you're a little bit flexible in desired flight altitude, your airplane can be set to naturally hold it, with zero need for operator input. 

What happens is, for any given trim state and rpm, your airplane will naturally climb (or descend, if applicable) to where, given that trim state and rpm, the air remains just dense enough to maintain that altitude.  If it happens momentarily to veer a bit below that density/altitude level, it will naturally tend to climb back to it, and vice versa. 

This makes it very relaxing for the pilot.   There is no need to constantly adjust throttle back and forth, or move control bar in or out.  Just set the trim for the speed you want, then find the throttle setting that maintains (roughly) the desired altitude.  Once you find that setting, the altitude takes care of itself.  

If a while later you find yourself wanting to go a little higher, increase the throttle proportionally.  The airplane will climb to its new equilibrium altitude, and climb no more.  Or, vice versa. 

At least when in smooth air (and of course letting wing pitch take care of itself), I don't think I've encountered departures from the equilibrium altitude (whatever it ends up being, for a given setting) of more than a hundred feet, or so.  I had not been aware this feedback mechanism exists, so as to make "automated" altitude maintenance so easy.  It's pretty cool. 

 

Hi everyone, I have put my trike up for sale and as I am getting a few calls, I wanted to ask this question.

Every caller so far has asked about if the BRS/rocket is included. My BRS and Rocket are expired and personally I don't feel confident in giving them away with my trike because god forbid, if the next buyer was ever in bad situation (mid air collision or something) where they had to deploy the BRS and it failed to work, who would be liable? what is the best way to make sure that one is liabiltiy free?

P.S. Personally, I am thinking not to give the BRS and the Rocket with the trike just for that reason.

Thanks for your guidance.

I'm the world's worst photographer.
Today I went flying to get a photograph of my new Personal Best GPS ground speed and took 24 photographs and ended up with just one blury photo that shows 195 Statute MPH on my GPS. The highest speed was 201 MPH and I thought I had several photos at 197 MPH.
Photograph to follow. 

I just recently bought a new oil filter and spark plugs from Lockwood for my 912ULS.  Both items (including the spark plugs) said they were specifically for the Rotax 912ULS.  But after glancing at the back of the spark plug box, there's a symbol with a red "X" over an airplane and a trike!  Are these OK for use in a trike, or was I sold the wrong part?