Product Details

• Directors: Paul Hamilton
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2002
• Run Time: 56 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1929795467
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,805 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Covers all the basics-good value for the money, April 9, 2007

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rizzywizzy (ID, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Be a Pilot, Learn to Fly an Ultralight Trike / powered hang glider (DVD)

I am on my way to become a Trike pilot, I have logged about 6 hours so far. I just bought this dvd and I am very pleased with it. It covers all the basics of trike flying and handling. When I watch this dvd what I learn is that there are a lot of things that my instructor tells me from time to time that I later forget, This dvd reinforces those concepts and permanently burns them in my memory...Personally, I think that a new student should watch this dvd as many times it takes them to know and REMEMBER all the different trike handling concepts and then start taking lessons from an instructor. Some of the Pros and Cons of the dvd

PROS: The dvd covers pretty much all the basic aspects of flying a trike such as the following topics.

FIRST FLIGHTS: Preflight, Startup, Taxi, Takeoff, Turns, Climb and Descent, Patterns, Airport, Low pass, landing and shut down.

PRACTICAL MANUVERS: Steep turns, Stalls, Slipping turns to descend, throttle control, emergency procedures, airport procedures, engine outs.

FURTHER STUDY: Ultralight instruments: Engine, Airspeeds, Vertical refrence, Cross country, Emergency.

CONS: Although not a huge con but for some of us on budgets, for forty bucks Paul's team could have included Preflighting and setting up a trike wing in this dvd, since these topics are part of triking (instead of making seperate dvds for these topics). Again I don't see it as a huge con but something to think about.

In the end I still think that for any to be Trike pilot and even BFI's it will be a good resource.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Brief, September 2, 2007

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Davin Perry (Cheney, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be a Pilot, Learn to Fly an Ultralight Trike / powered hang glider (DVD)

This video is very brief and they want you to buy more videos to show the pre-flight, and setup take down.

3.0 out of 5 stars It's alright., August 2, 2010

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Eric Whittaker "I Rock At Life" (Cheney, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Be a Pilot, Learn to Fly an Ultralight Trike / powered hang glider (DVD)

I just had the chance to check this video out and it was pretty short, my ultralight just cannot seem to handle making it off the ground whatsoever. Every time I attempt to launch, I end up steering directly towards my university (Eastern Washington University), I think it's broken but the video offers no information as how to maintain your air ready vehicle.

For an even better instructional video on the subject matter, check out the following link:

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Thanks,

Eric