Ghery
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Ghery Pettit
HPNFlyGirl said:Seems to me as if ultralights are ultra dangerous.
jangell said:They can also be as dangerous as all hell if you do not maintain them properly and do not know how to fly.
jdwatson said:John Travolta flies an UltraLight.
lancefisher said:They can also be "dangerous" if you maintain them and know how to fly but don't give them the respect they deserve like any other aircraft.
lancefisher said:They can also be "dangerous" if you maintain them and know how to fly but don't give them the respect they deserve like any other aircraft.
Dave Krall CFII said:Wouldn't that come under, "don't know how to fly"?
lancefisher said:Not really IMO. I've seen multi-thousand hour airplane pilots who certainly "know how to fly" but failed to consider that an ultralight can kill you just as dead as a Gulfstream. There's a tendency to think of them as "toy airplanes" and to expect that if you can fly a King Air, any ultralight flying should be a piece of cake.
Dave Krall CFII said:...then they don't really know how to fly, just partially.
flybill7 said:I used to own and fly a Kolb UltraStar ultralight. It was a lot of fun -- some of the funnest flying I've ever done. From the ground they look so slow that you think there would be nothing at all to flying them, but as soon as you get about ten feet off the ground in one, you realize you are in a real airplane and you can get into trouble just like a real airplane. I had a pilots license before I flew the UltraStar. In addition, I took an hour of training in a Kolb two-seater before soloing the UltraStar. I can't imagine flying any kind of ultralight without proper training, even though it is not legally required.
Our UltraStar had a second generation two-stroke engine and it was just not reliable. The current two-stroke Rotax 503/582s are much better but they are still two-strokes. Ultralights can be flown safely, but you need to fly them over flat, open areas where you can make an engine-out landing.
... Bill
JoeSelch said:More info on the crash... possibly disconnected elevator controls.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?ContentBlockID=a0ee2001-ec71-4ca3-81db-ea616f22a724&
lancefisher said:Last weekend I took a ride in a Kolb Mark III on floats. I'm looking for something I can certify as an experimental that I can fly from my lake and this one looks like a possibility.
flyingcheesehead said:Lance,
Are you looking at something amphibious so you can fly from home to the airport too? That would be super-amazingly cool to be able to do.
Grumman79L said:I have many, many hours in different Ultralights; Quicksilvers, Phantoms, Flightstars (my fave), Weedhoppers (yes, I barely survived) and Rotax Rally's. I even have a couple of flights in a Sadler Vampire (and if I could find one now)...
Yup. FAA always looks for an actionable certificate. Then you have to get it back.SkyHog said:Heres a question: If I do something illegal in an Ultralight, is my PPL on the line?
Grumman79L said:Lance,
I'm not sure if this will qualify for SP but I guy at DTN has one and he loves it!
Powered by the Rotax 914 turbocharged four stroke it will cut along @ 110Kts.
Seats two side-by-side. Lands on water or land...
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Chris