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  by Victor Agadzi 2 days ago

  Larry, Pretty awesome aerobatic show. I bet then its a HAZZARD wing built by Walter Mauri. Heard the name enough to know.
  That pilot definitely go SKILLLLLLS.
  I got your message and spoke with Abid. Thanks. I guess my logbook has disappeared. I've posted a new video-amphibious triking in florida.
  Fly Safe
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  by Victor Agadzi 1 month ago

  Victor Agadzi Said Wednesday 27th January 2010 05:05am:..Yep, Cruising at 55 all the time and easily exceeding vne. We changed the thrust line and and implemented the offset on the engine, as well as placed the Apollo vertical stabilizers all after getting rid of the HAZARD 15. The MP2 was tested with the changes and flew perfectly. Who knows, I believe the HAZZARD would have flown very well if we had made these changes and then flown the HAZZARD. I anticipate no need for changing the thrust line by going with the smaller MP wing. This wing will pretty much do it all for me with regards to average stall and average VNE with a slightly longer take off roll which currently is not a problem since the trike planes extremely well at high speed. I will go easy on my test flights initially hopping, then skipping then leaping ...
  then enjoying
  Vic
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  by Victor Agadzi 1 month ago

  Hi Larry,
  After a lot of thought and soul searching I think I'm convinced I want to get the M-Pulse 2 15m wing. I 'm willing to compromise on the higher stall since the trike seems to be very stable at high speed on the water and I have no worries landing at 40mph and higher. As you know, I've been wanting a wing with a higher upper end speed at the same time keeping my stall relatively low. Let me know waht deals come up since I will like to trade my 19m in,in place of the 15meter. There is no rush and I'm willing to wait till the right wing or deal comes along. Please extend the warmest greetings to all the guys and Good Luck with Sun N Fun this year. I will not make it this year. I have sent Abid my mailing infos but have still not recieved my logbook back. I need to extrct some infos so please tell him I'm still waiting for it... Great Job on the REVO..
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  by Larry Mednick 2 months ago

  The story of how the Revo came to be is now a link on our our home page mid way down at www.evolutiontrikes.com
  
  It tells the story of how Abid and I wound up where we are today. This may not interest everyone, but for those that might be curious, it's all there.
  
  enjoy!
  
  Larry Mednick
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  by Larry Mednick 2 months ago

  Hey Victor, actually we have tried many size tips including a set of Aeros winglets as well. Also the angle on the winglets was played with from 0-45 degrees. The end result was the angle, size and shape you see in the video.
  
  The wing received very special tuning to work properly with the winglets. The winglets are a complete 100% success. With the wing tuned the way it is for the winglets it can be flown without the winglets, but it has very extreme edgey handling which is fine if you are a very skilled pilot. Now the wing is super easy to fly with the stabilivers. Just remember the faster you go the more maneuverable the wing gets. 95 MPH seems to be it's sweet spot for ultimate handling, but beginners will love it at 70 MPH...
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  by Victor Agadzi 2 months ago

  Cool Winglet add on. Simple yet fulfills the purpose. Interestingly, have you noticed any significant benefit.?? I believe they may be too small to significantly affect performance but they are still very coool.
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  by Victor Agadzi 2 months ago

  Larry , Wes, Abid,
  The guys in Zephyrhills,
  Nice REVO, the REFLEX wing seems to be so smooth and in synch. Great video. Beautiful flying and very nice handling on the combo.
  Merry Xmas and Happy New Year All. Larry please ask Abidto send my logbook.....Thanks
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  by Abid Farooqui 3 months ago

  Victor,
  More tension in the wing, definitely effects handling especially in roll. It increases "effective" dihedral effect. The crossbow band is used so the trailing edge doesn't get all the tension in addition to keeping twist in check. That should help in roll at high tension.
  What you are suggesting; the cable to pull haulback cable back is similar to VG in hanggliders, the corset system is doing essentially the same thing just via a different method.
  I don't know about the automatic tensioning system. It takes me one extra minute to close in all the plastic tips of every top surface batten on the Reflex 11. I can deal with an extra minute and know things are secure.
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  by Victor Agadzi 3 months ago

  Hey Larry,
  Are you sure that if the crossbars are pulled back to tension the wing in flight, it would adversely affect the pitch or roll? I dont believe so.After analyzing AC's corset system mentally, I believe ,we achieve the same effect with less of engineering.A cable can pull the crossbars back in flight and rollover a pulley system toward a simple hand controlled winch on the control bar. This would give a similar effect to the corset. Talk to Kamron about it. Also , the automatic batten tensioning system would be unique and really cool. Much better than the new clicking the batten into place system.