Flip please

[Gavin]

.....its got to do with the law! Microlights are aeroplanes that may not exceed 450 Kg MAUW. Period!

Vatso, you need a lesson in air law I will teach you on Saturday morning.

[bobthebuilder]

Not all microlights have a mauw of 450kg.
Some of the single seaters have a mauw of less than 400kg.

[Chris Sibbald]

Hi there
If you are willing to bring your colleague to the coast, im sure we could take him for a flight. I weigh 68kgs and have taken a pax of +-150kgs!

hope you help your mates dream come true.

Chris

[Bundy]

Not all microlights have a mauw of 450kg.
Some of the single seaters have a mauw of less than 400kg.

Thanks for correcting me Bob, 100% right Sir I think you get my point though in this regard

All about safety at the end of the day. Everyone likes to see someones dream of flight come true but pushing boundaries to achieve it will never be advisable. Some pilots have challenged the MAUW limits....very few have survived to learn from their mistake.

[Playboy]

Gerhard......why dont you ask Jodie there at the hanger to give that guy a flip he just loves taking people up that weigh 150kg and more

[Vatso]

.....its got to do with the law! Microlights are aeroplanes that may not exceed 450 Kg MAUW. Period!

Vatso, you need a lesson in air law I will teach you on Saturday morning.

LOL Yes I was told I needed some new lessons.

I think my point is not what the rules say but rather what the machine is really capable?? I do not believe all trikes have exactly the same MAUW & this is a totally technical discussion not a legal one.

If a trike has a bigger wing with more power surely it can lift more....

But I never not follow the rules!!!! flying is safe as long as you follow the rules they are there to save life's.

[John Young]

Hi,

If you knowingly or unknowingly exceed MAUW and things go pear shaped, the consequences would be enormous.

Thatch said 110Kgs per seat for GT450 - correct.

Tumbles talks about short seat belts - correct - they won't get around a XXXXL pax.

Saw a person abort a take-off in his 582 Cheetah - pax. too big. He casually asks me if I could take this XXXXL pax. I told him to go and commit an impossible sex act.

Fly safe - stay inside the envelope.

Regards
John

[Asterix]

Also - if you like loading up your trike with all kinds of extra fuel, tents, sleeping bags, survival supplies, etc - make sure you WEIGHT EVERYTHING! Volume is not a problem if you are a bit creative - but weight can become one, quickly!

[Vatso]

if there is a limit per seat?? how does someone that weighs more fly? does that mean if you 120Kg's you are illegal?

[Nkwazi]

No man. MAUW of 450kgs means just that. Doesn't matter what weight is per seat!!

[Karman]

as per there gt450 website: Seat Load 110kgs

I'm sure its due to the design of the seats /seat fixings so they don't break on hard landings etc.

[Dish]

GT 450's don't have hard landings boet..

[Nkwazi]

You could've fooled me!!

[Dish]

Yeah but that's not hard... Got your visa yet my friend...?

[Karman]

GT 450's don't have hard landings boet..

my appologies,

Rephrase, when hitting unexpted hole in runway