Rating on Trikes

[Bayliner]

Hi All

I am about to complete my training. I have bought a Polaris Skin but will have been trained on an Aquila Trike. According to my instructor I will need to be rated on the Polaris before I am allowed to fly. He is not rated for the Polaris and therefore cannot give me a rating and apparently there is no instructor in the greater Cape Town area who can do this for me. Is there anybody out there who can shed a little more info on this issue? Is it true that I will not be allowed to fly the Polaris if I only have an Aquila rating?

Your advice will be much appreciated as right now I have that sicky feeling in my stomach.

[John Young]

Is it true that I will not be allowed to fly the Polaris if I only have an Aquila rating?

Your advice will be much appreciated as right now I have that sicky feeling in my stomach.

Hi,

Yes, it's true.

But don't lose heart. It's not a big deal.

Options -

1. Take a cheap air ticket and fly to a rated instructor for the conversion (if there is a trike available), or

2. Use a cheap ticket and fly a rated instructor to your location, or

3. Use a cheap ticket and fly your instructor to a rated instructor, or

4. Pack up your trike and trailer it to a rated instructor for the conversion.

In my case, before the GT450 arrived I used option 3 above.

The conversion won't take long.

Regards
John ZU-sEXY

[Wargames]

There was talk that the rating thing on trike will fall away. Everyone know that all trikes pretty much flies the same. Will this still happen??

[Trikenut]

I am almost 100% sure Louis Van Wyk has this on his MPL!
Give him a ring on 021 975 3891 or check out their site: http://www.aerosport.co.za
Hope this helps!

[Bayliner]

Thanks John. I will discuss your options with my instructor. I will just need to find a suitably rated instructor.

Ross, thank you. I will give Louis van Wyk a call and have a chat with him.