phatcat 0 #1 February 19, 2003 The Ultralight Experience I want one SOOOOO bad! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skygod7777 0 #2 February 19, 2003 ya, those are cool. i have wanted one for a while to play around with. they seam kinda cool later Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kmcguffee 0 #3 February 19, 2003 Flying in a gocart scares the crap out of me! "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Push 0 #4 February 19, 2003 I think indyz wanted to build one -- Toggle Whippin' Yahoo Skydiving is easy. All you have to do is relax while plummetting at 120 mph from 10,000' with nothing but some nylon and webbing to save you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjackson 0 #5 February 19, 2003 Go get your pilots license and get into a real plane. I saw someone I knew die in that same model.--------------------------------------------- Randy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #6 February 19, 2003 QuoteGo get your pilots license and get into a real plane I have my pilots license. Been there, done that, got bored. QuoteI saw someone I knew die in that same model. Funny, I always thought people died in "real" planes too... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #7 February 19, 2003 I'm kinda sorta considering building an ultralight. So far, everybody I have talked to thinks that it is fairly safe, as long as the prospective pilot gets qualified flght instruction and flies a tried and tested aircraft. Many of the deaths in ultralights happened to people who, for some reason on another, thought that they could teach themselves to fly. Just because you don't have to have a license doesn't mean that you can safely teach yourself to fly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjackson 0 #8 February 19, 2003 Thats true... it was just a bad situation.--------------------------------------------- Randy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #9 February 19, 2003 Last week I took a three day course from an ASC ultralight instructor in flying powered parachutes. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #10 February 19, 2003 Quoteit was just a bad situation. Sorry, didn't mean to get defensive. Can I ask what happened? I just want to learn as much as possible, including other people's mistakes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dterrick 0 #11 February 19, 2003 Quote Go to the end of the plane and turn right...unless it a tail gate ;-) ...or a Cessna. If Cessna 1) Remove supplied key from tin. 2) Bend up tab at one end of tin lid. 3) Insert slot of key to tab of tin. 4) Twist toward non-tabbed end until tin is open 5) Say g'bye to pilot 6) Jump yee out! (yes, our C-182 is a early narrow body model. Can you say Sardines? I knew you could ) Dave Life is very short and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friend (Lennon/McCartney) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #12 February 19, 2003 Quote Last week I took a three day course from an ASC ultralight instructor in flying powered parachutes. Sweet! I've looked at those too. Are you going to get one? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjackson 0 #13 February 19, 2003 QuoteQuoteit was just a bad situation. Sorry, didn't mean to get defensive. Can I ask what happened? I just want to learn as much as possible, including other people's mistakes. Not a problem. Learning is a good thing He was messing around and overloaded a wing support cable. "Snap" and spun it in. This was in the days before they had the saftey parachutes. One of those might have saved him.--------------------------------------------- Randy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #14 February 19, 2003 I'd like to, but ten to sixteen grand is hard to justify now. As my boyfriend keeps asking, would I rather have a powered parachute or a Piper Cub? It's a stretch to get either and I certainly can't have both this year. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #15 February 19, 2003 Ever thought of buying used? 10 to 16 grand is pretty pricey. Afterall, it's just an engine bolted to some steel tubing. Do you know of Fisher Flying? They have some Cub clones that are pretty cheap. Of course, you gotta build 'em. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #16 February 19, 2003 Used powered parachutes start around 10 grand. Yes, it's just a motor on tubing (make that an ultra-reliable 65 HP Rotax motor on powder-coated high strength aluminum tubing in an assembly-ready kit including instrumentation and seats and suspension and brakes and a fuel system and radios and a $4000 P.D. parachute and a propeller and engineering effort and overhead for running a manufacturing business in a very small market...) But that's what they cost. I know I couldn't duplicate the product or even make something that would get off the ground for 10 times the price and a year of effort. First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #17 February 19, 2003 Quote make that an ultra-reliable 65 HP Rotax motor on powder-coated high strength aluminum tubing in an assembly-ready kit including instrumentation and seats and suspension and brakes and a fuel system and radios and a $4000 P.D. parachute and a propeller and engineering effort and overhead for running a manufacturing business in a very small market... I deserved that - THANKYOUSIRMAYIHAVEANOTHER? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #18 February 19, 2003 Brian--just take your rig when you take it out for a spin.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
