Originally posted by JB73
habu, how much is an ultralight like that?
does it take a long time to get the hang of flying it?
You can get a very decent trike with a 582 engine for under 20k from airborne in Australia.
My trike is a DTA voyageur which has a 100 hp Rotax 912 s engine and a stainless steel (painted white) chassis and a really good wing. It cost about 45k US. Used trikes can be had for the low teen's.
It took me about 20 hours to finish my license. In the US you don't need a license but I recommend lessons to get at least 15 to 25 hours under your belt. If you fly GA aircraft it actually takes a bit longer at the begining to master the controls. Everything is reversed (push bar to climb) and there is no rudder so you end up pushing on your nose wheel controls to try and straighten it out on landing. Of course that does nothing. Also you push left to turn right on the ground which is reverse for taxiing a plane.
They are the most fun way to fly. They are not toys. I can fly at 10,000 feet agl easily and cruise at 100 kph. I can land in a couple of hundred feet. They out climb and out turn any 3 axis plane. They are cheap to run, mine used 10 liters an hour versus 14 gallons an hour for my Cessna 182. There is no annual required. You can change the oil and filter yourself which is the only real maintainance you need to do over a season. My engine has a 1200 hour TBO.
If you want to know where you can get lessons let me know what part of the country you are in.
