How to fly a Trike / Microlight
I really wanted to learn to fly, and a microlight / trike seemed like the quickest, cheapest way to do it! This little video just shows my journey from a total novice through 20hrs of great instruction to my very first solo flight. I still have a lot to learn, but the feeling of that first solo was just amazing!
THANKS to Len Birger - my amazingly patient, encouraging and safe instructor at 'Microlight Adventures' - www.microlight.net.au - in Somersby, NSW's Centra Coast!
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Would you like any of this for a 'video of the week' or anything GoPro?
Awesome video! I was a licensed Private Pilot many years ago and miss the adventure! I am thinking of taking microlight flying lessons in the near future! There is a small flying club about 2.5 hours from my home. I am researching costs, requirements and scheduling now.
@monal7211
8 жыл бұрын
sir do you have idea how much it cost to built one
Real nice, It would be better without the music! Congrads....
@clex2005
2 жыл бұрын
YES.
Good stuff.
Nice flight!!! You are the guy!!!!
Very nice job! I want to start flying soon, you encourage me.Thanks Dennis
Well done. I would love to take a flight in one of these. #
Cool video !!!
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Good wee film:)
So awesome. Congratulations on the first solo. Keep the blue side up and the rubber side down. Blessings.
So that's how to do it!!!? Very informative. I'm goin flyin right now.
@ChrisBrayPhotography
8 ай бұрын
hahah yeah ok fair point =P FYI i crashed later so maybe don't follow this lack of information anyway =P
That sound of the Microlight is music to my ears! I want to fly Solo on a Microlight one day!
Great video! Really appreciate it!
I learned so much.
@adamrodriguez7691
5 жыл бұрын
Darrell Latham me too.
Lovely video!
Awesome.......
No shit. That's amazing
very cool
Good work, Chris. I'm here searching for inspiration to do this myself.
@ChrisBrayPhotography
Жыл бұрын
Good luck!
Great job pilot! I wish excellent weathers to the flying... ;)
I'm about to purchase an Aerotrike Cobra. Thanks for your inspiring video.
Great to see you instructing on KZread Len. I wouldn't enjoy that runway in a crosswind!
well done....
Do you do in flight meals?
I neeeeed one
wonderful video ! thanks..
I love it, nice landing
Thanks for sharing your solo flight with us. It was such a great feeling and reminder of my first time. Safe flying my friend (agree about the music, would be better with engine and wind, but stil good)
@ChrisBrayPhotography
4 жыл бұрын
My pleasure! I did actually crash it not long after. lol. Whoops.
Well done you
WOOOOWW How much is one of those?
3:30 "You have done well, young padawan."
Nice
Well done!
Sweet :-)
nice my friend
what is Max Altitude Limit & what flight equipments are mounted on it
@Unknown-er1cr
7 жыл бұрын
10,000 ft is safe without oxygen. The world record with oxygen is around 25,000 ft!
Brilliant !
lol sounds like 90s shooter music being played through blown speakers
Great vid and congrats (ehem shame about the music). Food for thought.
And no gloves either! ;) Well done, had my trial flight and loved it. going back for more soon.
@nevillevanjaarsveld4708
10 жыл бұрын
You dont really need gloves in South Africa
@nevillevanjaarsveld4708
10 жыл бұрын
***** Ah ok. I mistook it for Natal
01:17 that feeling must have been pretty awesome, good music choice :)
Nice, nice, nice! No more words!
Good
wow, great adventure.... I love it.
@ChrisBrayPhotography
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 😃
@anina.toskani8636
3 жыл бұрын
@@ChrisBrayPhotography I would love to learn that too, but I think that's only possible in the US and not in Corona times.
A Canon shooter flying XT-912. Awesome - like me. I got my cert in January and the journey continues. Have you bought or planning to get a trike soon? I got mine in Sept'12. I'm in Hervey Bay, Qld. I'll be looking for your vids. Cheers.
well done!!!!
like to music
freakin sweet! I want one, camera and trike
What airspeed do you maintain once you get to altitude?
@Unknown-er1cr
7 жыл бұрын
Around 50-60 mph
The music
This will be my next motorbike, only with wings! This is called flying!
@williambennett7033
2 жыл бұрын
Me too I will have one this summer
Next emotion is taking the first passenger !
love the South African flags!!
Whaddya think Amy?
Talk about P factor on takeoff!
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
It not as bad as it seems - until you crash.
Great video? Which country was this? I see South African flag on your helmet
@ChrisBrayPhotography
Жыл бұрын
Australia. The training pilot was south african
I am in zimbabwe and want to know generally how safe are these things. especially incase of engine failure and ability to glide or land dead stick
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I wanna use one of these to fly from one place to another. like a 200 mile trip. I wonder if I carried extra gas and plotted out landing spots and a route if I could do it.
@trent5555
6 жыл бұрын
Azure Tides the answer is yes. My trike has a 6 hour range and can easily do 200 mile trips. Trikes have circumnavigated the earth. Google it.
I turned the sound off and played Mendelssohn :)
wow I loved it! whats its fuel efficiency?
hi South Africa
Where was this?
@Unknown-er1cr
7 жыл бұрын
Len Miller, a South African instructor now teaching in Australia.
From the camera at the top it looks like your in a flying kayak!
whats is wind speed limit for safe flight?
what is the price of trike pilot training ?? and where in Arkansas can this be done??
Huge P-factor starts at 1:22....
Whats minimum runway requirement for landing & take-off
learning to land in the trench of the Death Star! Impressive.
@ChrisBrayPhotography
2 жыл бұрын
Basically. Crashed there eventually
Awesome Chris ! c'mon, get a hang glider and join us asap !!! ;-)) hehe
Because music sounds better than the airplane noise. Why do you think everyone has either ear plugs or communication .
skip the music please ,, we want to hear the wind and motor sound ,,,
Chris, this video will be a huge help and inspiration to a LOT of individuals. If you wouldn't mind, please tell us what your financial investment in this endeavor has been been leading up to your first solo flight. Great vid - thank you sir!
The loud ass music has to go.
Back ground music is way too loud.
It's all in the landing. Unfortunately you left the wing in its natural position on the final approach. This way simplifies landing the aircraft, but diminishes the overall quality of the touchdown and fails to demonstrate an attempt to float it with momentum to the ground.
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
You're suggesting what, pulling back until just before touchdown?
@ivanagnesini5946
5 жыл бұрын
👍🏻
Music socks.
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
What the fock?
fck that muzak good otherwise
And the Mute button comes into its own yet again💩
@ChrisBrayPhotography
Жыл бұрын
Yeah im over it now too.. haha
@davidwright873
8 ай бұрын
Yeah what the hell???!!!
I liked the video. Hated the music. Sometimes, less is more...
that fucking music was unnecessary
@clintonhowell2892
8 жыл бұрын
It is very loud up there. Trust me, you would have been way more annoyed by the sound of wind and moving parts than any background music.
Landing looks scary compared to being in a Jabiru.
Can i ask when you made this flight were you listening to that music? If not why would you make us listen to it? I didn't finish it cause whats the point without sound. Please stop putting music on these videos there killing it for anyone that wants to hear the engine and the wind.
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
I muted it and played the B-17 engine drone video.
Shit landing, however, I don't expect anything better from a powered approach.
he flew it straight into the ground no flair at all - keep practicing :)
having a metal control bar so close to the pilots chest does not look very safe on microlights. risk it could get forced into a pilots chest and cause injuries.
@andymackk99
5 жыл бұрын
you mean just like a steering wheel? ;-)
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
If you're heading into the ground at that angle, that's the least of your worries.
Music is not acceptable!
Lose the music.....
NO...NO....not more bl***y music....arrrrggghhhhh
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
haha, he was thinking of going with Motorhead, so count your blessings.
What's with this KZread obsession of ruining good videos with crappy music?
@commentatron
5 жыл бұрын
You want professional production values? Pay for a ticket.
Первый полёт самостоятельно, а уже рукой машет в камеру!
@k998um
8 жыл бұрын
Не то слово! Мне вот самостоятельный предстоит тоже после 10 часов обучения.
@user-ie7iz7vm2y
8 жыл бұрын
+deltaangar Маякует- Памперс полон ;) а так тостанова,конечно же
Shut that music off,hurts my head,we want to hear the wind,an the motor .i rate u dislike