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dlucier
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Initially Posted - 10/24/2002 :  02:22:27  Show Profile
<img src="http://www.sailnet.com/images/content/authors/sue_larry/102102_sl_flyingdinghy.jpg" border=0>


Is that cool or what? <img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Douglas
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  02:35:50  Show Profile  Visit Douglas's Homepage
Can you get one Coast Guard certified and do you need a parachute as emergency gear.

Doug&Ruth
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Brooke Willson
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  09:50:07  Show Profile
I've heard those things are like a MacGregor sailboat. . . a crummy boat and a crummy airplane (as in, MacGregor's are for people who can't decide whether they want a sailboat or a skiboat, so they get a bad one of each).

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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  11:18:34  Show Profile
I think that the red "tube" under the sail is the emergency parachute. However, I prefer terra firma - the more firma the less terra!!
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jellyfish
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  14:43:05  Show Profile
the guy that lives behind me has one of those things. one day a summer storm came up as they do around here. he was trying to land the damn thing and when it hit the water it spun like a top. everyone was laughing thier butts off except him!
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jandrus
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  16:48:26  Show Profile
As far as I know there's no parachute involved with these things. There's a guy around here who has one - I'll ask him if I run into him.

I'd want the same idea with the canopy style wings instead of a framed wing - I think they'd be more forgiving.

Check out the web site - http://www.polarismotor.it/

c25 #1942 s/v tako kichi
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 10/24/2002 :  17:53:59  Show Profile
That's interesting, Justin, about the parachute. There is an ultralight "airfield" on the N.E. side of San Antonio and most of them (?all) have a chute. It's often tucked into a central vertical tube and has a quick release toggle. I believe that if their engine quits they have the glide ratio of a brick!<img src=icon_smile_sad.gif border=0 align=middle>
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jandrus
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Response Posted - 10/25/2002 :  09:15:12  Show Profile
Yeah, I know. BRS make most of the parachute recovery systems, at least on the trikes I've seen out here, which is admittedly a small sample. Everyone seems to have one.

I may be wrong. I haven't seen the flying boat up close.

There is a review of the thing at http://www.ultraflight.com/issues/august99/aug99page34.htm. The article describes it as flyable power-off!

Justin

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