Our friend Chris drove all the way from Colorado to fly his Revolt Trike with us. We had two days of perfect flights that he will never forget with historical locations and incredible mountain flying.
Hello from the Czech Republic ! Thank you for the beautiful video. This fall, my training will begin on a motor hang - glider and Im looking forward to it. I love the beautiful views from this machine. ❤
Flying vicariously through your videos (especially this one) brings back wonderful memories. The two of you are a gift to the true spirit of flight. I wish I could do it again. My inspiration has been restored herein this fantastic video! Thank you both for the effort and special memory!
Landing that tight behind an aircraft, take a descend path above and land after the touch-down point of the prior aircraft. You don't need that much roll-out and braking space. You could land easily on the last fifth of the runway if you needed to.
Thanks for the comment. The ideal is to land after their touchdown point where they quit producing lift. However, On this landing, I watched his touchdown point and also what he did before and after his touchdown. He was doing a touch and go. He flew flat for a distance before touchdown, touched down and quickly took off and flew flat along the runway for a most of the distance of the runway. Like i said in the video I don' t normally fly that flat of approach but given what i saw the other aircraft I was attempting to avoiding his wake turbulence completely. Most likely the wind blew the wake turbulence further than expected towards the end that i was landing on. I plan on doing a really good video on this topic. Some of the cirrus pilots out here will turn final while were on final and for sure they would catch up and overtake us. RU-vid has some great videos (tragic though) of showing a faster aircraft overtaking a slower aircraft on final. Neither aircraft see each other. One day at Buckeye I Observed a Cirrus take off right after a trike and had I not said something on the radio I believe they might have collided. The students are still figuring everything out. The trike pilot would have been hit and never known what happened. They haven't yet learned how much faster they are flying than the slower aircraft. At 120 MPH (i have seen them fly often faster than that in the pattern) it is 2 Miles per minute. Every landing is good to analyze and ask ourselves what would we do or not do again. I also said that more time between landings is the most ideal. 5 cirrus aircraft in the pattern is a bit of a challenge. The main thing i try to avoid is a long final. My back will be turned and the other aircraft will not see me. If you sit in a cirrus their view is very limited. I do not know if that was wake turbulence for sure. I suspect it was , but Buckeye is common for really strange winds even when no other aircraft are present. As stated in the video flat landings are not ideal. Time is ideal. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment. Always learning and looking for a better, smarter, safer way to do things.
@@rogerlarson8040 You have several good points there. Over all, I like your state of awareness. Thanks for replying. In such cases, I'm always glad about the strong side wind component. It blows the wake away. But, if I'm not mistaken, there is a dangerous strength of the side wind component of two knots that will keep one of the wakes on the runway. But as soon as the wind blows stronger than that, you can make a final descent and touchdown with confidence. Anyhow, as you are stating, the best and surest way to conduct the landing is to have a lot of time between the aircraft. If the weight classes are too different, in a bad composition of circumstances, even three minutes might not be sufficient.
I have been not-so-patiently waiting for another vidio since you went vacationing. Thank you for another wonderfully crafted video experience. I still want to intrude on you both but just don't know exactly how or when. Some day.....
Wow…I wish you guys could receive an Emmy award for(LOL) the fantastic exciting video you produce. I wish one of the Phx news channels would do a segment on you two…..great videos with beautiful scenery….. Bill 2055 (ret)
Wow what a compliment! Thank you so much Bill! So happy to hear how much you appreciate our videos. We sure appreciate your wonderful comment! Hope to have more coming soon!
Hey Roger and Diane... That's another very good video! I love the beautiful guitar music that is included, also. All of the comments are so good, and worth reading, too!
Thank you! I'm using a Sony AX53. It has a built in gimble for stabilization. Though I often when filming during flying I need to add extra stabilization in Final Cut Pro. Sometimes adding a little slow mo with Optical Flow as well. When not flying in turbulence or on the ground, the stabilization is exceptional.
@@larsonadventures580 thanks For sharing. I will look into that unit for my activities. I appreciate it. You guys have fun and keep making those excellent videos!
Thanks. Of course we are partial to our Revolt Trike as we love it along with the excellent manufacturer and customer service. The Revolt for a two seater or RevX single seat. Check out their website and call Larry. Larry Mednick Larry Mednick EvolutionTrikes.com evolutiontrikes@yahoo.com (813) 810-9262 USA evolutiontrikes.com/revolt-pricing/?fbclid=IwAR28I1BwRjKvZdDRCLQn13A5Byoqe2GKbxNFq6n7SZivq1x0GnE1xyMBdj4
These videos are very soothing to watch. The FlyCom helmets are the bomb...I have been Gyro training for the last couple of months and is highly recommended...I think I will try them with my Paramotor Trike.
