On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:34:14 -0800 (PST), Michael
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> wrote:
>...I would
>like it to be two seats, to be something that can comfortably operate
>from a 1000 ft grass strip, and something with a relatively narrow
>wingspan or folding wings or some such...
>...It also can't be something that requires a crew of any sort -
>it needs to be something I can easily pull out and launch myself. No
>balloons, no gliders. Also nothing foot launched - it's not so much
>the foot launching but the foot landing I can't take.
>
>Now, having said that - I'm otherwise flexible. Powered parachute?
>Trike? Three axis? Gyroplane? Any of the above would work for me.
For 3 axis airplanes, the Kolbs are hard to beat if you want easy
folding... mine takes about 20 minutes trailer to air, though I
believe the new ones are even quicker.
Powered parachutes (PPC) are OK of you just want to fly around
straight and level, slowly... personally I find them kinda boring.
Powered paragliders, OTOH... are close to the most fun I've ever had
in the air... slower even than a PPC, but the handling is like a tiny
s****ts car compared to the Mack truck of a PPC. Most PPG's are foot
launched and single place, but there are PPG trikes too, and 2-place
as well... the FAA considers a PPG trike to be a PPC.
BTW, foot landing a PPG is pretty mellow, too.
-Dana
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