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MICROLIGHT FLIGHT TRAINING |
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| I am standing in front of my Pegasus
Quantum 15-912. This type of microlight is known as a 'flex-wing'
or 'weight-shift' due to the method of control. This machine is near top of
the Pegasus range and is actually a
replica of the microlight aircraft which was flown around the world by Brian Milton
and Keith Reynolds in 1998. The engine is a 4-stroke Rotax 912.
(1200cc capacity, flat-4 cylinder, liquid cooled and produces 80 bph). This type of aircraft can be de-rigged and carried on a trailer with the wing in a bag. Rigging and de-rigging takes about 20 minutes. Normally these machines are kept in a hangar semi-rigged. (with the wing rigged but removed from the trike and stored separately). |
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| Below, (and in the background above) is a
Pegasus Cyclone AX3 which is the other type of microlight. These
are referred to as 'fixed-wing' or '3-axis' due to the method of control
which is with stick and rudder. This aircraft has the very popular
Rotax 503 2-stroke engine producing about 52bhp. Although these machines can be
de-rigged for trailering it is a more elaborate and lengthy procedure
and not something you would want to do every day. For this reason
these machines are hangared fully rigged. I teach both types of microlight and they can be flown on the same licence i.e. NPPL Microlight. |
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