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Posted by: erkki67, February 19, 2023, 10:00am
Has there been a Airbike with a lifted wing root, for taller pilots, and if yes by how much?
Posted by: nitrobill, February 21, 2023, 3:37pm; Reply: 1
Hi. I'm 6'5". I talked with Wayne about it back in the 90s and we raised a single place and a Tandem wing up 3" with no problem.
Posted by: erkki67, February 21, 2023, 6:46pm; Reply: 2
Thank you very much indeed, this are the kind of infos I love.
Was the tail structure also raised, or did it remain according to the plans?
Rgds Erkki
Posted by: nitrobill, February 21, 2023, 9:34pm; Reply: 3
Everything else was built by the plans.
Posted by: erkki67, March 5, 2023, 6:01pm; Reply: 4
too sad it wasn't made when the aircraft was available from TEAM!
Posted by: erkki67, March 5, 2023, 6:02pm; Reply: 5
What was the lowest HP engine installed, that the Airbike still flew with it?
Posted by: nitrobill, March 8, 2023, 4:23pm; Reply: 6
If you keep it light they were flying on Rotax 277 28hp or zenoah g25 22 hp, not real good climb rate. Mine has Rotax 447 dual carb 42hp and it only had 600 fpm but I was 250 lbs.
Posted by: erkki67, March 9, 2023, 6:56pm; Reply: 7
we are in the same class of weight!
Posted by: nitrobill, March 10, 2023, 2:33pm; Reply: 8
I think you will be happy with around 40 hp. These come out nose heavy with bigger engines so don't go too big or you'll have to add alot of dead weight or modify the fuse. I had to add a 18lb BRS chute to the rear to get mine to balance with the 447.
Posted by: erkki67, March 18, 2023, 4:20pm; Reply: 9
How much did it change the angles of the vertical tubes up to the wing root? and how much did the backrest angle change?
Posted by: erkki67, February 1, 2024, 7:09pm; Reply: 10
Did the whole tail move up too, or did it remain as per the plans?
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