Ford Tri Motor

Flying in the Ford Tri Motor. I actually got to go up and fly it for 15min's. It was during a scholarship that I got and it was one of the activities.

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• Ford
• Tri
• Motor
• EAA
• flying

[tib194]

lol how'd you like flying her

[F22RaptorFF]

when I got a chance to fly it. it was pretty heavy compared to the other aircraft and you have to put in heavy right rudder in order to role the plane to the right when you turn your yoke to the right otherwise the plane just yaws to the right if you just put ailerons in. its very very interesting. plus it doesn't fly straight. so your looking at the radial engine in front and sticking it on an object and using the rudders to keep that radial engine on it. its fun tho

[tib194]

well no prop flies straight lol

yea big shit like that you gotta use a lot of rudder unlike the cessna skyhawk i fly that thing goes where you tell it to haha

[F22RaptorFF]

yeah and the fly by wire jets are nice. can't wait to get my hands on one! But yeah the skyhawks are nice to fly around. But I've flown a Remos sports plane and holy crap! It takes off so fast compared to a C-152 and if you put a bigger engine on it. its so responsive you could to aerobatics! plus its rated at 9g's. some red bull air racer test flew it. sure i know its a sports plane but it fly's about the same speed as the 152 just a little slower but its funner to fly! plus its a stick.

[tib194]

yea sticks are always great to fly i havent gotten my hand on one yet but maybe this summer

[F22RaptorFF]

there were only like 3 in the army back in the day but it was built for civilian transport stuff.

[LuxuryAndExotics]

was this a like classic military transport aircraft or a civilian aircraft?

[F22RaptorFF]

Nope... but it was really cool to fly. I flew it for 15min. Its really interesting to fly. But really fun!

[LuxuryAndExotics]

Was the ride smooth? Looks fun up there!

[F22RaptorFF]

The reason why its shakey is because of turbulance