Does anyone know more or less the range of the Microlight? I am planning a long flight and it would help me a lot when planning the flight.Andrew Brown

Hi Andrew,No, I don't know. But you can easily figure it out by flying a known distance and checking your fuel quantity before and after. Create a flight plan and fly it. On the knee board you can read the distance.Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

Hard to say, Andrew, since it really depends.You might try the Air Creation site for specs, but the U.S. distributor does not seem to provide that information.I pulled out my Kitplanes Trike and Powered Parachute Directory and they claim somewhere from 150-200 n.m. for the trike with a 582 and 10 gallons in the tank. Hard to say where they get that information.Anyway, it can't be much and is bound to be slow - I wouldn't fly the North Atlantic with that, since looking at the ocean for long periods of time can't be much fun. And you will need a life raft!Good luck with your trip - not something to do in real life, as pushing the crossbar on the wing of a heavy trike will probably tire out the arm muscles pretty quickly.Best regards.Luis

The last time I flew in a real one the fuel burn was enough for two hours in the air.

My plan was to see if I could fly from Canada to the UK (cross the Atlantic in other words) in the microlight.The first leg would have been CYVM > BGSS. I tried twice but couldn't make it. It would need a strong tailwind to do so ...Distance between the two airports is 242nm.First attempt at about 2000 feet was 49nm short of destination (15 knot headwind most of the way).Second attempt between 20 feet and 200 feet 37nm short of destination (average about 7 knot headwind).I do think it can be done but only by landing/taking off on rough ground rather than between airports.Andrew Brown

Hi Andrew,Couldn't you add some extra fuel? After all that is what Charles Lindbergh did too.You can edit the aircraft.cfg file, but I am afraid that I don't know which value to change under the {fuel} section. Jozef K. http://homepages.onsnet.nu/~jkusters/signature.jpg

>>I do think it can be done but only by landing/taking off on>rough ground rather than between airports.>Exactly what Jozef said. Add fuel. That's what that back seat is for in the Trike. Imagine a big ferry tank strapped securely there. Put in the appropriate weight, and go!I think at LEAST a 10 gallon drum could fit there, strapped into that back seat. And at what, 6 lbs/gallon = 60 lbs of gas?In fact you could probably fit a 15-20 gallon tank strapped in that seat. 20 x 6 = 240 lbs...might push the weight limits of the Trike.Space-wise though, I think that seat could hold a lot...RhettAMD 3700+ (@2.5 ghz), eVGA 7800GT 256 (94.47), ASUS A8N-E, PC Power 510 SLI, 2 GB Corsair XMS 3-3-3-8, WD 250 gig 7200 rpm SATA2, CoolerMaster Praetorian