“Given that the cause of this accident remains to be determined by the Airworthiness Investigative Authority, I have ordered an operational pause on the CT-114 Tutor fleet as>ĪNN's Daily Aero-Term (10.08.22): Hover Check "Ultimately, one day I'm pretty confident that you'll be able to fly from here to San Francisco on an aircraft with something like a gas-turbine burning hydrogen, but there's no wa>Īirborne 10.03.22: CV-22 Rescued, Lilium eVTOL Transitions, ATP IncreasesĪlso: Subaru Bell 412EPX Helis, China Airlines 787 Order, FedEx Pilots, NAA Honors Cheryl Stearns On 12 August 2022, a hard clutch engagement forced an AFSOC (U.S. FMI: More News ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.07.22)Īero Linx: Lake Amphibian Club This website is created and sponsored by the Lake Amphibian Club, to help spread the word about these wonderful, versatile amphibians that can land j> The Part 103 (ultralight) requirements, so there is no real needįor rule change to fly this machine," the spokesman concluded. "The Mosquito, with its carbon fiber boom, meets "The FAA proposed Sport Pilot rule doesn't affect us muchīecause it does not include helicopters," said the company May not have a top speed in excess of 63mph, 100kph -ed.] The factory reports a max speed of 63 mph,Īnd cruise speed of 63 mph. The Mosquito is powered by a Hirth 2706, 2 cylinder, 2 cycle,Ħ5 horsepower engine. Resulting in a payload (pilot and 5 gallons max of fuel) of 270 (according to factory specs), with a gross weight of 550 lbs. The Mosquito features an 18-foot diameter main rotor and aĤ0-inch tail rotor. Review) match up -ed.] Pulls its weight - and then some Your tools, facility, and experience, it's probably a reasonableĮsimate, provided the parts and instructions (which we didn't Only, and they estimate build time as '200 hours.' [Depending on The factory reports that this helicopter is sold in kit form similar to the Swedish Aerosport Mosquito, each sporting unique strengths. The company has begun production with 17 orders in queue, a company A foot-launched powered hang glider, also called powered harness, nanolight. The unit at Air Venture is the first production ship, Innovator Technologies make the Mosquito in Calgary (Alberta),Ĭanada. It flew several times and drew a lot of attention. Hocus-pocus: this is a real helicopter with a driven rotor and a The first time this year at EAA's Air Venture. The Mosquito Ultralight Helicopter was publicly exhibited for Don't need the sound of the engine in such situation.Īnd if I land to early, I can still take off again, from the same place.Ultralight Helicopter Debuts at Oshkosh By ANN Correspondent John Ballantyne Difficult conditions, with small and powerful thermals. I figured out later that in fact, I was trying to land exactly where a convergence was setting up, without understanding it.Īnother time, thermalling white engine at idle. One time once ago, I went back, motorless, to cloud base. Any lift is then transformed into more airtime. Sometimes, early in the season, when I don't feel on top of my game, I just cruise around, and wait the end of my flight, high above the landing zone, to cutoff the power. After, it suddenly becomes so quiet, only the noise of the wind.that is priceless. Even though I reckon I feel strang just prior to shutting off. POWERED HANG GLIDER MOSQUITO MANUALJust make sure there is place to land in case you miss the thermal, and the motor doesn't start.Įvent with a manual start, that is no big deal. Off course you can shut off your engine after you reach a proper area for soaring. Be sure to get a competent assessment of the condition before buying anything used! If buying used is your only budget choice, keep checking for used trikes (search under "trike"). Airborne has the T-lite and V-lite trikes, Northwing has the ATF and Solairus, and Gibbogear has the BB103 among other FAR 103 ultralight trikes. New ultralight trikes can be purchased from several companies. Obviously, an Atos on an Ego trike (full composite streamlined structure) will be the best performance in a "soaring" power package, but the cost is much higher. But, if you want speed… HG is not where you'll find it -) The main performance drawback of a trike comes in glide with speed (unless the wing is ill-suited to the job). Every foot-launch powered HG pilot I have met who is big and/or getting a bit older realizes all that running is unnecessary to soaring.Īn ultralight trike with a modicum of streamlining is more than able to soar engine-off in most conditions that can be soared without a trike.
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