Nano trikes.

[Guest rocketman]

Whats the word on using hang glider wings for nano trikes?I remember seeing one at Wangaratta a few years back but where I fly now (and only just at that) we only have 3 x 2 seaters. (I have a Cosmos 14.9 that I'm trying to get my hands around, sometimes I do, sometimes I don't).Neale.

 

 

[bushpilot]

I dont really understand your question here Neale; yet I'd like to help as Ive had a couple of nanos; 1 with Airborne Desire HG and another with Moyes SX5 HG.

 

Can you be more specific?

 

Cheers,

 

Chris

 

 

[Guest rocketman]

I'm trying to find out what wings are acceptable to use, and what modifications are needed. Are there weight limits involved? I've seen a few manufactures overseas that make bases for nano's / single seaters in "Leisure Aviation". I think the one I saw was made by the owner. I have about 8 hours up on the Cosmos now, but where it is hangared (Malaysia) is a long way away from my other place is (Albany) and I'd dearly love to have some form of trike down there that I can dust off and go flying whenever I head down there.Neale.

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

have a look at the HGFA website for their nano catagory

 

 

[eastmeg2]

Any HG wing should be fine, so long as it is rated for the maximum combined weight of yourself and the trike base. And to be legal the empty all up weight (AUW) of your nano has to be under 70kg. I don't beleive that 70kg figure includes weight of fuel.

 

 

[Guest Airmax]

Hello, try to see www.paravolar.es

 

Best Regards.

 

 

[bushpilot]

www.paravolar.es[/url]Best Regards.

You can see here that the wing area is huge - and aspect ratio high. So the wing loading is very low and the handling can get rather interesting in Aussie conditions - particularly in Summer.. So best to start off with a lower-performance wing.

 

I live inland and found that the most comfortable time to fly was early in the day in Summer - or still-air days in Winter.

 

But they are a great way to learn to fly with power - and are relatively safe, provided you have plenty of foot-launch hang gliding experience first. (I always had a hand-deploy recovery parachute as well).

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

great looking wing. i like the spoilers for control. would this compromise the weight shift rule. looks like a bit of a tumbler in turbulant conditions if you slowed it up to much.

 

 

[Guest Airmax]

Hello, the rigid wings here are very famous. Over the past 4 months, we are increased a lot the sales of our trike TK-S (6 unit in a month). We are using the rigid wings in school, allowing better control with turbulence and very less steering effort. Its performance can be graded by a "flap´s system", the glide angle can be adjusted from 17,5:1 to 6:1. The trikes with rigid wing are 70% more stable, without lateral mouvement than with flexible wings, and the speed range of rigid wing is 28 km / h to 120 km / h. Amazing perfomance for realy low price. We want to find Dealers for our products, if you are interesting, please contact us in our e-mail.

 

 

 

Cristóbal Aranda.