at 5:34 you can see him go 90 deg, maybe a little more even. You can see he quickely returns to 0 after he saw that. heheh....pretty lucky if you ask me (don't push God's buttons)
Be careful. Any trike pilot trained in the UK is able to perform 60 degree banked turns without losing height - it's part of the syllabus. The same pilots will also tell you that continuing an advanced turn beyond 270 degs is downright dangerous due to wake & various gyroscopic effects. Don't try it! PS I'm a trike instructor with 5000+ hours....
Very nice however the coment "USAF carrier pilot who now flies 777's" doesnt mean much. Trikes fly nothing like 3 axis aircraft. Most good trike pilots can fly 60 degree turns and maintain altitude if they have enough power. And yes, I am a trike pilot.
The trike is a DTA Voyager 912S. The pilot is an ex USAF carrier pilot who now flies 777's. He's a trike instructor and pilot examiner. The flight came about over a discussion to see if a trike could sustain a 60deg+ bank without losing altitude.
HOLy Shit! Thats some serious flying! Advanced turns in a trike! Good skills. Forget 70° bank, they were closer to 85/90 at times. It looked as though at one point it was going to go over!
wouldn't think the A frame would have to be strengthened its only around +2Gs, the quantum for example is stressed to +6 i think. when I was doing some spiral dive training, we went over almost as far (but not quite!), it goes round bloody fast. Good fun :)
Having watched it again, im more concered about the near invertedness of the trike. AT some points the carriage is above the wing, if the frame isnt strengthened, IIRC there's a risk of it collapsing and the carriage falling throught the wing.
Trike never gets above the wing and barely pulls 2g. There's a slight wobble in the last segment as the trike passes through it's wake. Hardly any stress in the trike at all.
search "motnik" and watch "ultralight flying is fun" to see a 180 degree bank inverted fall, nosedive into landing manuver!!! It is near the end of the video.
at 5:34 you can see him go 90 deg, maybe a little more even. You can see he quickely returns to 0 after he saw that. heheh....pretty lucky if you ask me (don't push God's buttons)
josef2424 4 years ago
I fly 6ft over groud banking to a 15sec 360 deg turn.
My flights are hell exciting. Ill post my yesterdays video. LOOF FOR IT.
dieztendix 4 years ago
I wanna buy one of those...Which are the best ones?
notosus 5 years ago
Be careful. Any trike pilot trained in the UK is able to perform 60 degree banked turns without losing height - it's part of the syllabus. The same pilots will also tell you that continuing an advanced turn beyond 270 degs is downright dangerous due to wake & various gyroscopic effects. Don't try it! PS I'm a trike instructor with 5000+ hours....
happypilot 5 years ago
Very nice however the coment "USAF carrier pilot who now flies 777's" doesnt mean much. Trikes fly nothing like 3 axis aircraft. Most good trike pilots can fly 60 degree turns and maintain altitude if they have enough power. And yes, I am a trike pilot.
doughhook 5 years ago
The trike is a DTA Voyager 912S. The pilot is an ex USAF carrier pilot who now flies 777's. He's a trike instructor and pilot examiner. The flight came about over a discussion to see if a trike could sustain a 60deg+ bank without losing altitude.
nzer57 5 years ago
Aye, true. I last flew a microlight (as they're called here in the UK) years ago. Doing my NPPL at the moment in a piper Cadet.
joeslifeyork 5 years ago
HOLy Shit! Thats some serious flying! Advanced turns in a trike! Good skills. Forget 70° bank, they were closer to 85/90 at times. It looked as though at one point it was going to go over!
You got a strengthed A-Frame?
joeslifeyork 5 years ago
wouldn't think the A frame would have to be strengthened its only around +2Gs, the quantum for example is stressed to +6 i think. when I was doing some spiral dive training, we went over almost as far (but not quite!), it goes round bloody fast. Good fun :)
meggark 5 years ago
Having watched it again, im more concered about the near invertedness of the trike. AT some points the carriage is above the wing, if the frame isnt strengthened, IIRC there's a risk of it collapsing and the carriage falling throught the wing.
This is what i was taught whilst studying.
joeslifeyork 5 years ago
Trike never gets above the wing and barely pulls 2g. There's a slight wobble in the last segment as the trike passes through it's wake. Hardly any stress in the trike at all.
nzer57 5 years ago
Search "motnik" watch "ultralight flying is fun" near the end will show what happens when you go FULLY inverted. ENJOY!!!!
kitepilot 5 years ago
search "motnik" and watch "ultralight flying is fun" to see a 180 degree bank inverted fall, nosedive into landing manuver!!! It is near the end of the video.
kitepilot 5 years ago