I took a flight in a Revo with Paul Hamilton out of Carson City. We flew over the mountains and around Lake Tahoe. It was awesome and would recommend to all. If you want to get into light sport flying I would recommend buying a low hours (less than 1000) LSA like a Flight Design CTSW for around $70k. You can cruise at 115 kts 5 gph and have a 900 m range. If things go bad.... just pop the brs.
Revo is the Ferrari of the flexwing aircraft. Winner of awards including: 2010 "Outstanding New Design" 2017 "Best Trike Ultralight" Kudos to the designer and builder, Larry Mednick
You did an excellent review as always! I've been flying various Australian made Airborne trikes since 1999 and absolutely love weight shift for the pure joy of flight. I'm looking forward to flying the Revo someday soon.
Looks like you had a ball on that Revo Mojo!! Larry is a great Instructor he will definitely get you where you want to go in any training on that and other Models in that line!
Outstanding mike, as usual, you are a brave man, but with a experienced pilot there pretty safe, reminded me of my first ultralight flight were I was at the controls, I like the way you explain yourself, good video, long time fan, thanks mike.
we have a guy in our area paul hamilton that is a big advocate for trikes he flies out of carson and minden and does the lake tahoe loop its awesome great video these are like you said a weekend toy but a fun weekend toy! from student pilot ED
in some ways this design is probably safer than a traditional airplane, the engine is behind so if it explodes, leaks oil, propeller comes off, it's going to fly back instead of into your body or face, also if you even need to stand up and stretch, the wing is high enough from the seat that you could probably fully stand up in the gondola, it's inherently stable, so if you go into a cloud, just release controls and the trike will naturally correct itself, but most of all, the only moving mechanisms are the axis point where the wing is attached, so less moving parts like cables, hinges, rods, etc resulting in less points of failure! The Best part is, you don't have to rent hangar space! You can take it home with you in your high-rise condo in New York City!
From what I know the Revo is a very well engineered Flex, But Priced way over the top. P&M Have equally well built machines that don't cost that much, also they are the Worlds largest manufacturers
3-axis aircraft like the Kitfox and flexwing trikes like the Revo offer different kinds of flight experience. Also, the Kitfox takes hundreds of hours to build.
This is a hella-lot of diniero $$ for basically a toy aircraft. While it does look like alot of fun, that price and cost of ownership lies in the millionaire range. Ill stick to true ultra lights and put that $$ into a self built STOL airframe. But none-the-less great video. i can see your channel growing and growing....keep us informed thanks Mojo-Mike
I got my PPL in C172. Also used to fly sailplanes. Transition to weight shift trikes was easy. Just think in terms of what your actions are doing to the wing.
Change out the wings for better performance oh yea. Aluminum wings and fuselage upgrade, now we can get to at least more than one restaurant before the sun goes down and hear the radios too. HaHa
Not exactly. Usually, trikes like these are faster. And it looks more terrifying than this already is. Of course, if you don’t have a fear of heights or even fear itself, it won’t really be much of a problem. The landing also can be a bit tough. But yeah, overall, they’re somewhat similar.
I have flown some trikes and as 3000+ hour pilot in normal aircraft, I find controlling and steering a trike very unnatural, going to the left means moving the bar to the right and vv. I would not recommend pilots to jump between normal aircraft and weight shift trikes as in an emergency situation things could go horribly wrong.
@@rcbif101 I stand by my initial comments. Range is not a factor, both PPG and the Revo are weekend toys and not really meant for range. Again the price diff 8x to 10x more. Ultra light training compared to light sport. It would seem you have a vested interest in the Revo?
@@kapppz I have a friend with a used Revo. You can always get used for a fraction of the price, or another brand weightshift for around 30k or 2 stroke LSA for half that. He would disagree about range being irrelevant. He's done flights out west around mountain ranges that in the same amount of time in a ppg would be just a flight around the town. Have been in both types of aircraft. Always joke a ppg is like a slightly faster hot air balloon flight.
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I took a flight in a Revo with Paul Hamilton out of Carson City. We flew over the mountains and around Lake Tahoe. It was awesome and would recommend to all. If you want to get into light sport flying I would recommend buying a low hours (less than 1000) LSA like a Flight Design CTSW for around $70k. You can cruise at 115 kts 5 gph and have a 900 m range. If things go bad.... just pop the brs.
Revo is the Ferrari of the flexwing aircraft.
Winner of awards including:
2010 "Outstanding New Design"
2017 "Best Trike Ultralight"
Kudos to the designer and builder, Larry Mednick
I would like to get one .if I did not have to go through to much training
You did an excellent review as always! I've been flying various Australian made Airborne trikes since 1999 and absolutely love weight shift for the pure joy of flight. I'm looking forward to flying the Revo someday soon.
You're one brave man, bro... There's no way I'm getting on that Kite. Hahaha.
Looks like you had a ball on that Revo Mojo!! Larry is a great Instructor he will definitely get you where you want to go in any training on that and other Models in that line!
Im afraid of heights but this is my ambiton tbh.. you make the video looks enjoyable. Thanks Man!
Outstanding mike, as usual, you are a brave man, but with a experienced pilot there pretty safe, reminded me of my first ultralight flight were I was at the controls, I like the way you explain yourself, good video, long time fan, thanks mike.
Well done Mike!
also get a flight in the Revolt, the open-air STOL trike.
I could for sure find another plane to spend that kinda money on. Great video Mike
we have a guy in our area paul hamilton that is a big advocate for trikes he flies out of carson and minden and does the lake tahoe loop its awesome great video these are like you said a weekend toy but a fun weekend toy! from student pilot ED
Great video!!!
Nice, never did this, kudos for doing it.
Thanks Mike another great video!
Great video!
Great video!! Thanks!!
Great video! I am man enough to admit this trike is intimidating, It would take some getting used to..
Mike in a Trike.
in some ways this design is probably safer than a traditional airplane, the engine is behind so if it explodes, leaks oil, propeller comes off, it's going to fly back instead of into your body or face, also if you even need to stand up and stretch, the wing is high enough from the seat that you could probably fully stand up in the gondola, it's inherently stable, so if you go into a cloud, just release controls and the trike will naturally correct itself, but most of all, the only moving mechanisms are the axis point where the wing is attached, so less moving parts like cables, hinges, rods, etc resulting in less points of failure! The Best part is, you don't have to rent hangar space! You can take it home with you in your high-rise condo in New York City!
Beautiful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Hey their in Tampa? That's my hometown!
From what I know the Revo is a very well engineered Flex, But Priced way over the top. P&M Have equally well built machines that don't cost that much, also they are the Worlds largest manufacturers
Flew as a pax (in the rear) of a friend's #REVO - a year ago... and I'm still giddy.
Sir how much price of thish and other simple trick
You should really stick with the ultralights it's a lot more fun when you got less around you
Terry Queen If anything, the ultralight prices are far more reasonable.
Fair weather local toy... but looks like fun.
I love these things.
I wish a licensed pilot with proper instruments could fly at night.
Nervous, but I'd agree to ride in one instantly.
I wish could do that too
I think if I was going to lay down that kind of money I would go with an autogyro.
Where is the throttle located at ?
Throttle is mounted on the right foot pedal. Break on the left. DON'T SCREW THAT UP :)
I imagine a simple modification of adding a fuel tank on the back seat could allow a flight of great distance.
Well that seems awfully expensive for that trike. I'd rather invest that kind of money in a kitfox
3-axis aircraft like the Kitfox and flexwing trikes like the Revo offer different kinds of flight experience.
Also, the Kitfox takes hundreds of hours to build.
👍👍
This is a hella-lot of diniero $$ for basically a toy aircraft. While it does look like alot of fun, that price and cost of ownership lies in the millionaire range. Ill stick to true ultra lights and put that $$ into a self built STOL airframe. But none-the-less great video. i can see your channel growing and growing....keep us informed thanks Mojo-Mike
Would you buy one of these?
from brasil
I would pass on the price you can get a older twin engine for less
Do you need a license to fly these
yes
@@mojogrip is it hard to get one
@@kennethclaar922 no. Reach out to Larry at evolutiontrikes@yahoo.com cc me mike@mojogrip.net
Ah even after training in case of emergency you will react 'naturaly' , the way you used to. I would crash a trike for sure 😅
I got my PPL in C172. Also used to fly sailplanes.
Transition to weight shift trikes was easy.
Just think in terms of what your actions are doing to the wing.
That’s NOTHING ! Fly a parachute, there’s nothin like it ! Skydiving Rocks ! 🤪😜😉
Change out the wings for better performance oh yea. Aluminum wings and fuselage upgrade, now we can get to at least more than one restaurant before the sun goes down and hear the radios too. HaHa
why would anyone want to fly a gyro copter ???????
That is awesome...but I'll stick to my C152 thanks 😜
That' a lot of money. You can spend 10k on a paraglide and have the same experience. Nice trike though.
Not exactly. Usually, trikes like these are faster. And it looks more terrifying than this already is. Of course, if you don’t have a fear of heights or even fear itself, it won’t really be much of a problem. The landing also can be a bit tough. But yeah, overall, they’re somewhat similar.
85 000 $ ? 😱😱😱 Fuuuuuck ! No fun for poor asses ! 🤒😢😭
I have flown some trikes and as 3000+ hour pilot in normal aircraft, I find controlling and steering a trike very unnatural, going to the left means moving the bar to the right and vv.
I would not recommend pilots to jump between normal aircraft and weight shift trikes as in an emergency situation things could go horribly wrong.
120k lmfao
yea, but 150K ??? Yikes.
No thanks. I'd rather have a Kitfox.
Very overpriced. You could do a PPG trike at a quarter of the cost and get pretty much the same experience.
lol, no....these cruise at more than 3x the speed giving them a far greater range, and are way more tolerant of rough air.
@@rcbif101 I stand by my initial comments. Range is not a factor, both PPG and the Revo are weekend toys and not really meant for range. Again the price diff 8x to 10x more. Ultra light training compared to light sport. It would seem you have a vested interest in the Revo?
@@kapppz I have a friend with a used Revo. You can always get used for a fraction of the price, or another brand weightshift for around 30k or 2 stroke LSA for half that. He would disagree about range being irrelevant. He's done flights out west around mountain ranges that in the same amount of time in a ppg would be just a flight around the town. Have been in both types of aircraft. Always joke a ppg is like a slightly faster hot air balloon flight.
@@kapppz btw - check out Henry Trikelife to see some capabilities.
@@kapppz Yes, very expensive, but this is head and shoulders above a ppg.
AN AWFUL LOT OF CASH for a puddle jumping plaything but it sure is pretty. (MIIIIIKE... MIIIIIIIIIIKE... This is Obi wan saying - You want the Virus... You want the Virus~~~~~
Great Video - thank you