How to fly a Trike / Microlight
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- I really wanted to learn to fly, and a microlight / trike seemed like the quickest, cheapest way to do it! This little video just shows my journey from a total novice through 20hrs of great instruction to my very first solo flight. I still have a lot to learn, but the feeling of that first solo was just amazing!
THANKS to Len Birger - my amazingly patient, encouraging and safe instructor at 'Microlight Adventures' - www.microlight.net.au - in Somersby, NSW's Centra Coast!
Awesome video! I was a licensed Private Pilot many years ago and miss the adventure! I am thinking of taking microlight flying lessons in the near future! There is a small flying club about 2.5 hours from my home. I am researching costs, requirements and scheduling now.
sir do you have idea how much it cost to built one
Real nice, It would be better without the music!
Congrads....
YES.
That sound of the Microlight is music to my ears! I want to fly Solo on a Microlight one day!
Well done. I would love to take a flight in one of these.
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So that's how to do it!!!?
Very informative.
I'm goin flyin right now.
hahah yeah ok fair point =P FYI i crashed later so maybe don't follow this lack of information anyway =P
Would you like any of this for a 'video of the week' or anything GoPro?
Good work, Chris. I'm here searching for inspiration to do this myself.
Good luck!
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Good stuff.
So awesome. Congratulations on the first solo. Keep the blue side up and the rubber side down. Blessings.
Very nice job! I want to start flying soon, you encourage me.Thanks Dennis
Nice flight!!! You are the guy!!!!
Great to see you instructing on UA-cam Len. I wouldn't enjoy that runway in a crosswind!
I learned so much.
Darrell Latham me too.
I'm about to purchase an Aerotrike Cobra. Thanks for your inspiring video.
Cool video !!!
Thanks for sharing your solo flight with us. It was such a great feeling and reminder of my first time. Safe flying my friend
(agree about the music, would be better with engine and wind, but stil good)
My pleasure! I did actually crash it not long after. lol. Whoops.
This will be my next motorbike, only with wings! This is called flying!
Me too I will have one this summer
very cool
Good wee film:)
Great vid and congrats (ehem shame about the music). Food for thought.
No shit. That's amazing
I neeeeed one
lol sounds like 90s shooter music being played through blown speakers
Lovely video!
Next emotion is taking the first passenger !
Do you do in flight meals?
And no gloves either! ;)
Well done, had my trial flight and loved it. going back for more soon.
You dont really need gloves in South Africa
***** Ah ok. I mistook it for Natal
Great job pilot! I wish excellent weathers to the flying... ;)
3:30 "You have done well, young padawan."
Because music sounds better than the airplane noise. Why do you think everyone has either ear plugs or communication .
Awesome.......
skip the music please ,, we want to hear the wind and motor sound ,,,
Well done you
The loud ass music has to go.
well done....
Great video? Which country was this? I see South African flag on your helmet
Australia. The training pilot was south african
what is Max Altitude Limit & what flight equipments are mounted on it
10,000 ft is safe without oxygen. The world record with oxygen is around 25,000 ft!
learning to land in the trench of the Death Star! Impressive.
Basically. Crashed there eventually
I turned the sound off and played Mendelssohn :)
Talk about P factor on takeoff!
It not as bad as it seems - until you crash.
The music
Great video! Really appreciate it!
Whaddya think Amy?
Nice, nice, nice! No more words!
01:17 that feeling must have been pretty awesome, good music choice :)
nice my friend
WOOOOWW How much is one of those?
Chris, this video will be a huge help and inspiration to a LOT of individuals. If you wouldn't mind, please tell us what your financial investment in this endeavor has been been leading up to your first solo flight. Great vid - thank you sir!
wow, great adventure.... I love it.
Thanks! 😃
@@ChrisBrayPhotography I would love to learn that too, but I think that's only possible in the US and not in Corona times.
From the camera at the top it looks like your in a flying kayak!
Good
A Canon shooter flying XT-912. Awesome - like me. I got my cert in January and the journey continues. Have you bought or planning to get a trike soon? I got mine in Sept'12. I'm in Hervey Bay, Qld.
I'll be looking for your vids.
Cheers.
What airspeed do you maintain once you get to altitude?
Around 50-60 mph
I am in zimbabwe and want to know generally how safe are these things. especially incase of engine failure and ability to glide or land dead stick
I love it, nice landing
wonderful video ! thanks..
Nice
Where was this?
Len Miller, a South African instructor now teaching in Australia.
love the South African flags!!
I wanna use one of these to fly from one place to another. like a 200 mile trip. I wonder if I carried extra gas and plotted out landing spots and a route if I could do it.
Azure Tides the answer is yes. My trike has a 6 hour range and can easily do 200 mile trips. Trikes have circumnavigated the earth. Google it.
It's all in the landing. Unfortunately you left the wing in its natural position on the final approach. This way simplifies landing the aircraft, but diminishes the overall quality of the touchdown and fails to demonstrate an attempt to float it with momentum to the ground.
You're suggesting what, pulling back until just before touchdown?
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Sweet :-)
Well done!
what is the price of trike pilot training ?? and where in Arkansas can this be done??
Back ground music is way too loud.
like to music
Huge P-factor starts at 1:22....
that fucking music was unnecessary
It is very loud up there. Trust me, you would have been way more annoyed by the sound of wind and moving parts than any background music.
freakin sweet! I want one, camera and trike
Whats minimum runway requirement for landing & take-off
Brilliant !
wow I loved it! whats its fuel efficiency?
whats is wind speed limit for safe flight?
What's with this UA-cam obsession of ruining good videos with crappy music?
You want professional production values? Pay for a ticket.
hi South Africa
Awesome Chris ! c'mon, get a hang glider and join us asap !!! ;-)) hehe
well done!!!!
Can i ask when you made this flight were you listening to that music? If not why would you make us listen to it? I didn't finish it cause whats the point without sound. Please stop putting music on these videos there killing it for anyone that wants to hear the engine and the wind.
I muted it and played the B-17 engine drone video.
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I liked the video. Hated the music. Sometimes, less is more...
And the Mute button comes into its own yet again💩
Yeah im over it now too.. haha
Yeah what the hell???!!!
Music is not acceptable!
having a metal control bar so close to the pilots chest does not look very safe on microlights. risk it could get forced into a pilots chest and cause injuries.
you mean just like a steering wheel? ;-)
If you're heading into the ground at that angle, that's the least of your worries.
Lose the music.....
Landing looks scary compared to being in a Jabiru.
fck that muzak good otherwise
NO...NO....not more bl***y music....arrrrggghhhhh
haha, he was thinking of going with Motorhead, so count your blessings.
Music socks.
What the fock?
he flew it straight into the ground no flair at all - keep practicing :)
Shit landing, however, I don't expect anything better from a powered approach.
Первый полёт самостоятельно, а уже рукой машет в камеру!
Не то слово! Мне вот самостоятельный предстоит тоже после 10 часов обучения.
+deltaangar Маякует- Памперс полон ;) а так тостанова,конечно же
Shut that music off,hurts my head,we want to hear the wind,an the motor .i rate u dislike