Retractable landing gear trike?

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Retractable landing gear trike?

Postby DieselFan » Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:57 pm

Not sure if ol RV posted something like this in the past...if so oops.

Anyways I reckon these trikes look really cool.

Specs are similar to normal trikes, although handling is supposedly much better

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Postby Junkie » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:04 pm

The glider wing looks neato :lol:

but the the trike SUCKS :shock: ^^.^ ?!@? ^?^ ^ - like one of those Herman Goering Specials form WW2 :twisted: :roll: 8)
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Postby DieselFan » Fri Aug 11, 2006 11:49 am

From the bit I gathered, it appears the advantage of the shape is that smaller motors can be fitted and return a similiar speed envelope to normal trikes.

20hp +, on the one 45hp sustained speeds of 130km/h were attained.

Any pics of the Cosmos one?
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