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VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:26 pm
by Trikenut
Hi Guys,
Just wondering, do you NEED a VSI in a trike?
I am looking at various Aquilla panels on the net and in other places and I have found that some panels have them and some don't!
Comments and answers please...
Cheers
Ross
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:09 pm
by Wargames
Hi Ross,
You don't even need a ASI to fly a trike. Now why would you need a VSI??
Regards,
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:39 am
by Trikenut
Sorry, let me rephrase that...
Does a VSI HELP in a trike?
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:47 pm
by ZULU1
I like them when thermaling you can see the lift easier sometimes than feel it...
eish Zulu1
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:50 pm
by CHARLIE WHISKEY
VSI
If not a Windsock Flyer "Windkous flieer" it's a must for X-country flying.
Cheers
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:32 pm
by Big-D
Depends if you obsess about lift. I do - Got 1070fpm the other morning and that made me more happy than all my christmas presents
- For me it is a must - I have one on the plane and built into the GPS, I look at both - Also handy when 700feet agl and you wanna set the cruise throttle to maintain altitude - Set throttle to where VSI shows zero - On my trike this is about 5000rpm take your foot off the gas let your legs hang and
D
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:26 am
by CHARLIE WHISKEY
Big D a VSI for a Cabbage trike is an overkill, maby if you remove it you would be able to + at least 100 ft on your lifting factor. Well maby the saddlebags....
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:25 pm
by Big-D
You referring to my saddlebags or the trike's, CW?
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:40 pm
by CHARLIE WHISKEY
We'll lose both and a Superlift trike is born
Going next week some time for a outing to Theuns'es farm. Would be an afternoon flip.... Do you want to strech you cabbage limits?
Cheers
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 6:00 pm
by Big-D
Mmm I am tempted - Feel safe as long as I can see the Magalies - So Technically Moedville is still in my "Patch"
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:32 am
by CHARLIE WHISKEY
MR D
I'll ring you with time & date. Afternoon flip yes?
Re: VSI's in trikes??
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:41 pm
by nickjaxe
My trike did not have a VSI and after a holiday I had in France this year were I managed to get some hours in with an instructor flying around the French alps and doing some soaring under the instructors guidence and finding the VSI on the trike very handy in that situation, I decided I wanted one but had no room on my panal for the normal round one,
So I got one of these,
http://www.microtim.com/
Since I fitted it I have found it to be a handy and educational tool, its very accurate as well, upto now I just use the VSI part of it.
Nick in the UK.