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- What model Trike do you fly?
- I fly WSC trikes. I like to fly the antares trikes because of thier ingenuity and great flight characteristics.
- What is your Home City, State, Country (for our member map)?
- Clovis, Ca. U.S.
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So I decided to check out the fixed wing side of LSA.
During a nice flight out of Chandler Airport in Fresno, Ca. with an instructor freind of mine we encountered a problem....
It was 6 p.m. We were cleared for takeoff in the beautiful A-22 Valor LSA high wing aircraft. Takeoff was uneventful even with the fair 12 mph headwind. We climbed out being careful to stay under 1,500ft. and outside of the first ring of Fresno International Airpot's Class C airspace, paying attention to the GPS. We headed N- NE to look at Friant Dam from the air. I had the… Continue
Posted on June 18th, 2008 at 8:00pm —
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As you may have figured since reading my blog entitled "Hello" I am a trikeless student pilot. So i've place my icon over the direct location of my house. Cool things we've got on this website. :)
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My name is Sean Copus. Im a 15 year-old wsc student living in Clovis, California. I love to fly Antares trikes. I'm kind of stuck dry here in Fresno County because of the limited amount of instructors; theres 1. His name is Paul Splan and I would like to get a hold of him but ive been busy with school. If anyone has information about him i would be grateful for your notice. The MA-34 R912 Ranger in my picture is not mine, but my Uncle Peter's, whom im very happy to be related to. He got together… Continue
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Anyways, what's new with you? Are you any closer to flying?
It flies just like any airplane or trike. The four forces, lift, weight, thrust and drag still applies.
We can break down what 3-axis means so we can understand how the Skypup is a 2-axis machine. If we were to go up in a Cessna 162 right now you would notice that there are three different control surfaces. Moving the stick fore and aft you would notice that it changes the pitch and the nose would go down and up. This movement is the first axis.
The second sort of movement that I'd show you in the 162 is the rolling movement. This is done from moving the stick left and right. You probably already know that the ailerons are responsible for that sort of movement. This is the second axis.
If you kick the rudder in a 162, the nose would move left and right (without the airplane rolling). As this happens, it's important to know that the nose is pointed in one direction, yet the airplane is moving in the direction it was going before the rudder was applied. This is the third axis.
My Skypup only has a rudder and elevators. Because of the dihedral, it's able to turn. As you are flying and want to turn, you simply apply some rudder. As rudder is applied, the airplane flys sideways. Because it's flying somewhat sideways the air is not coming perfectly straight at the nose anymore. The air catches under the dihedral and rolls the wing, thus allowing the aircraft to turn.
I hope this explains everything, but if you have more questions, I'll be happy to answer them.
Mark Zinkel
I'm in the early stages of building, but at least I'm building. It took me forever to get started as there was a surprising amount of planning, thinking, and getting familiar with the aircraft.
Keep in touch and go flying soon,
Mark Zinkel
You can check out more information about the Skypup at skypup.net. If you go to the site and click on "Registry," you'll find some photos. Also, if you go to youtube.com/profile?user=dodger2952 you can watch Roger Ford's videos of his Skypup. There's some more videos not on youtube and I'll see if I can get them on there. If they do end up on youtube, I'll send you a link so you can check it out.
Mark
How are you?
Anyways, what's your status and your largest barrier in regards to getting yourself into the air?
Mark Z/
thanks for joining us here! Love the Photo of you in your member profile. Please let me know if you have any questions.
thanks!
spence
Welcome to the best place for answers, learning good stuff and just haveing fun!
How you been?
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