How to fly a Trike / Microlight
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 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.
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
Well done. I would love to take a flight in one of these.
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That sound of the Microlight is music to my ears! I want to fly Solo on a Microlight one day!
Good work, Chris. I'm here searching for inspiration to do this myself.
Good luck!
Would you like any of this for a 'video of the week' or anything GoPro?
Good stuff.
I learned so much.
Darrell Latham me too.
Very nice job! I want to start flying soon, you encourage me.Thanks Dennis
So awesome. Congratulations on the first solo. Keep the blue side up and the rubber side down. Blessings.
I'm about to purchase an Aerotrike Cobra. Thanks for your inspiring video.
very cool
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No shit. That's amazing
learning to land in the trench of the Death Star! Impressive.
Basically. Crashed there eventually
Well done you
Nice flight!!! You are the guy!!!!
Great to see you instructing on TH-cam Len. I wouldn't enjoy that runway in a crosswind!
Cool video !!!
skip the music please ,, we want to hear the wind and motor sound ,,,
I neeeeed one
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.
lol sounds like 90s shooter music being played through blown speakers
Good wee film:)
This will be my next motorbike, only with wings! This is called flying!
Me too I will have one this summer
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... ;)
Next emotion is taking the first passenger !
Great vid and congrats (ehem shame about the music). Food for thought.
Whaddya think Amy?
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.
The music
Great video! Really appreciate it!
Awesome.......
Do you do in flight meals?
Great video? Which country was this? I see South African flag on your helmet
Australia. The training pilot was south african
Good
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!
3:30 "You have done well, young padawan."
wonderful video ! thanks..
well done....
Lovely video!
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!
Nice, nice, nice! No more words!
Talk about P factor on takeoff!
It not as bad as it seems - until you crash.
I turned the sound off and played Mendelssohn :)
The loud ass music has to go.
Because music sounds better than the airplane noise. Why do you think everyone has either ear plugs or communication .
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
What airspeed do you maintain once you get to altitude?
Around 50-60 mph
From the camera at the top it looks like your in a flying kayak!
WOOOOWW How much is one of those?
01:17 that feeling must have been pretty awesome, good music choice :)
nice my friend
Back ground music is way too loud.
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.
Nice
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.
Whats minimum runway requirement for landing & take-off
love the South African flags!!
wow I loved it! whats its fuel efficiency?
Huge P-factor starts at 1:22....
like to music
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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freakin sweet! I want one, camera and trike
hi South Africa
what is the price of trike pilot training ?? and where in Arkansas can this be done??
Where was this?
Len Miller, a South African instructor now teaching in Australia.
whats is wind speed limit for safe flight?
Well done!
Sweet :-)
Brilliant !
well done!!!!
Awesome Chris ! c'mon, get a hang glider and join us asap !!! ;-)) hehe
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What's with this TH-cam obsession of ruining good videos with crappy music?
You want professional production values? Pay for a ticket.
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.
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???!!!
Landing looks scary compared to being in a Jabiru.
Music socks.
What the fock?
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.
fck that muzak good otherwise
he flew it straight into the ground no flair at all - keep practicing :)
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.....
Shit landing, however, I don't expect anything better from a powered approach.
NO...NO....not more bl***y music....arrrrggghhhhh
haha, he was thinking of going with Motorhead, so count your blessings.
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