Wed Jan 19, 2022 11:36 am
#1894368
Following on from the "hanging up my headset?" thread, and prompted by this advert, https://afors.com/aircraftView/54012/Aliz-Discus-SSDR-trike-Simonini-Mini-3, I wonder if anyone here has converted from "spamcans" to flexwing microlights.
I did 3 axis microlight differences training a few years ago, but wasn't really taken with any of the aircraft I flew, but I do think the flexwings look interesting and there are some really cheap, transportable options.
I am nervous of the idea that you push, rather than pull to flare, and think it might be difficult to "unlearn" 30 odd years and about 2,000 flying hours of muscle memory.
I'm also nearer 70 than 60 now, and not very bouncy, which is why I haven't yet had a go at hang-gliding, even though it looks fun, as I don't think my knees and ankles could take the landings.
How hard is the tricycle type airframe of flexwing microlights on the aging musculoskeletal system?
Has anyone made the change, particularly in what I shall euphemistically call "late middle age" and how was it? And did you stick with it?
Thanks.
I did 3 axis microlight differences training a few years ago, but wasn't really taken with any of the aircraft I flew, but I do think the flexwings look interesting and there are some really cheap, transportable options.
I am nervous of the idea that you push, rather than pull to flare, and think it might be difficult to "unlearn" 30 odd years and about 2,000 flying hours of muscle memory.
I'm also nearer 70 than 60 now, and not very bouncy, which is why I haven't yet had a go at hang-gliding, even though it looks fun, as I don't think my knees and ankles could take the landings.
How hard is the tricycle type airframe of flexwing microlights on the aging musculoskeletal system?
Has anyone made the change, particularly in what I shall euphemistically call "late middle age" and how was it? And did you stick with it?
Thanks.