Deane. Thanks for getting back with a suggestion. I got to really looking at just that possibility, on my own wheel, this afternoon. While I'd sure prefer to...
'Preciate the link Joe. However, I've found that the wheels that are offered by the Ultralight and LSA parts-houses all seem to be too small in diameter, and...
wheel for the swift is still made in calf and I have some old 1 to if you want them ! Â mike swift 53 ... From: Miller Stroud <vrodtn@...> Subject: Re:...
Today, I got a chance to fly my Swift with a newly repaired front wheel. It passed the flight test with... well, flying colors. My emergency is hereby declared...
I understand the desire to replace the wheel with "OEM" equipment, but it sounds like the original wheel might not be up to the task in the first place. If I...
if you are in need of whells get 1 on the shelf ! I do have a few here and now were to get the 1 tyhey use so 20 $ not bad and it help not to loss a day of...
Marc, and all It isn't that I am anal about keeping my Swift OEM. I might prefer doing that, but I had long since abandoned hope that I might find one just...
... thousand" freak situation where the entire inertial load of the landing motorglider suddenly went from the routine, down-the-runway touchdown with gradual...
Hmmm... maybe so. Do you know who manufactured those wheels? kd ... From: "Deane Williams" <pyroartist@...> To: <Class2HangGliders@yahoogroups.com> ...
I don't think anyone specs wheels that are engineered to be landed sideways. They would be way too heavy if they could survive that. I had a Schweitzer 1-26...
I'll check "Skyway Wheels" out. I'm thinking that I might at least be able to use one of those for my rear wheel, (since it doesn't need to mount a disc for...
How do you think it's the better way to a sailplane pilot "get the hand" to fly a Mill? Do you think it is tottaly necessary to get hang glider instruction...
If available, aerotow first. This allows you to learn flying the wing with a familiar launch method for a sailplane pilot before having to learn footlaunching....
Hi Ricardo, I owned a bright star Swift and I was hang gliding instructor in France.I gave simple instructional advices to a friend of mine who is glider...
I have not aerotow facilities right now, where I'm living. Just a 3000 ft asphalt air strip. But auto towing, to go to some crow hops are feasible. Then the...
I don't know precisely the Millenium,but i presume it has close handling to the swift.Even these machines are sensitive ,they are stable,it means that if you...
Ricardo, I came from a hang gliding and sailplane background and flew a Millennium for many years. I currently fly a Swift PAS. My observation is that if you...
Hi David, I was active flying sailplanes in the 80's and 90's years. That time, here in Brasil, plastic machines were rare. Rich members of the gliderclub had...
Hello, Today I found that one of the aileron hinge pins is missing . I'm going to do a complete check of the wing. http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~yoshihg/pin.jpg Also,...
fantastic glass work! the links below is where i get my stuff. Tim will ship international this is the home site http://www.wingsandwheels.com/textindex.htm ...
Hi All, I'm 66 years old living in the mountains of western North Carolina. I hope this first post is not too spam like but I have a project that needs a new...
finally a good day for a 100km triangle. i got to the hangar in the morning only to find 2 flat tires and one broken bracket on the tug. got all that fixed. ...
I had several Conversations with Taras Kiceniuk regarding building an Icarus V. Ultimately I built an Easy Riser and taught myself to fly it in 1976. It was...
