Hi Asterix Sorry I am only replying now, but I just saw your thread now. From a control perspective hang gliding is closest to what you are used to on a trike. I am biased towards hang gliding. I have done a course a few years ago, and will hopefully be getting back into it again this year. One thin...

Sorry to continue to hijack the thread but I don't see a separate WhatsApp group thread.

Could you please add me to the WhatsApp group. I want to start flying microlights.

John Keen 083 675 8198

I am looking for a Quicksilver Sport 2s or something similar, side by side two seat open pusher type conventional control microlight. Preferably strut braced wing, but may consider others, depending on what is available. Is there anything like this available? John Keen 083 675 8198 or commanderkeenz...

Firstly a big thank you to all who have offered help. It is greatly appreciated. It looks like the reserve has a good number of pilots willing to help where they can now. I don't want to go over this incident further, but just to say someone from the reserve will phone Waterkloof tower anytime they ...

As has appeared in the news one rhino was killed in the Rietvlei Nature Reserve around two weeks ago. The week before that one was shot and wounded, and a week ago another rhino was found shot and wounded. Now today the following weightshift microlight in the attached photos (looks like ZU-CNA) was ...

There is a photograph of the aircraft. However, I do not think it has geotagging and the height of the aircraft cannot be determined from the photo. It is primarily witness accounts, including the person who took the photo.

The area where the microlight was flying IS marked as a Nature Reserve on aeronautical charts and is clearly North of the Pinedene Corridor. Anyone flying in this area under the Jhb TMA should know the restricted areas and the rules of flying within the Waterkloof CTR. It appears this pilot ignored ...

Between 10:15 and 10:45 this morning a microlight flew low over the rhinos at Rietvlei Nature Reserve East of Pretoria (within the Waterkloof CTR). The microlight approached from the North travelling North to South, before turning West and circling overhead the rhinos (well North of the Pinedene Cor...

Hi Charl

Sorry I did not see your post sooner. I will have a look and join the page.

Thank you for the reply. If i was in SA I would take you up on your offer for coffee and a discussion. Perhaps when i am back in August. I will probably only be looking to buy maybe early next year. I have seen the same recommendation elsewhere, for a 3,47 gearbox and 72" 3 blade warp drive prop. At...

It is a Quicksilver Sport 2S. It will be used primarily for fun flying. I don't know yet if I need a better climb rate or better economy, or better speed, etc. I want to know what combinations of the mentioned options will affect which performance parameters, and how. I am trying to understand how t...

Kloot Piloot: Thank you for your information. I was never able to confirm the supposed "law" that everyone was quoting.

Sorry for the newbie question. I would like to know how different gearing, prop diameter, number of prop blades, and prop pitch affect performance. The microlight I am considering will have a Rotax 582. Standard gear ratio 2,58:1, optional 3:1 and 3,47:1. I am looking at the warp drive propellors wi...

The landing fees are supposed to be standardised across all airports in Namibia. I haven't been to Tsumeb, but recently landed at both Rundu and Ondangwa where I paid either R30 or R35 for landing and navigation fees. I think the difference is between local flights and international flights. Both ti...

As far as i know, it hasn't. The problem is the transfer of a species of water weed between bodies of fresh water within SA. All boats must have their hulls disinfected when transferred between different bodies of water.

Maybe allowed if only operate from same body of water?