Can a big guy fly ultralights?
Stan Uffner
Hi all,
I'm 6'4" and weigh (ahem) 250 lbs. Still possible to fly? Legally?
I've take PPL lessons and I'm more interested in low and slow.
Info/comments appreciated.
stan
I speak not for Intel, nor they for me.
GuyGratton
Stan,
I can't speak for the USA but British microlights are generally to either
86 kg or (older aircraft) 90 kg per occupant.
If you weigh 250 lbs - that's 113 kg - you should be okay in a 2-seater
with no individual seat limit so long as your instructor or passenger is
less than 66 kg, that's about 145 lbs. Not easy, but possible. To an
extent you could exchange fuel for crew weight but most microlights don't
carry all that much fuel and you need to be careful about what this would
do to the CG.
I should also caution that safety harnesses are normally designed to
restrain a 90kg occupant in crash conditions so you might need to ask some
awkward questions about that for your own peace of mind. However, that's
almost certainly the case in normal light aircraft as well.
As to height - so long as you pick an open cockpit aircraft you'll just
get a better view than the rest of us!
I hope this helps,
Guy Gratton
Chief Technical Officer
British Microlight Aircraft Association
Frank Clarke
Airborn Watersports <st...@emcst.com> wrote:
>Yes a big guy can just about all diferant wings can acomadate 250 lbs
>hang gliders can handle over 400 lbs Tandem gliders that is just be sure
>to use an aircraft with correct weight range.
>--
>Airborn Watersports
>Steven Smith
>850-650-3638 fax 850-650-3648
>http://come.to/hangglide
>http://www.emcst.com/pub/airborn/main.htm
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>Did anybody else have trouble deciphering what this message was? I'm
>almost sure there are missing commas, periods, and capital letters,
>and there are several words I couldn't find in my dictionary. The
>rest of the words I've seen before, but never quite in that order...
>
>And we wonder why the Japanese are getting ready to buy us out. Maybe
>it's because they're better at English than the people who run
>America's businesses.
>
>Frank Clarke
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> I'm 6'4" and weigh (ahem) 250 lbs. Still possible to fly? Legally?
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>> I've take PPL lessons and I'm more interested in low and slow.
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I'm same size as you. Weighed 296 at one time. A single seat MX with a Rotax
447 has taken me to 14,000 ft. Ground level climb on an average summer morning
(70%) is 400 ft per minute. The MX is a hi lift wing.
David Johnston
Check out the T-Bird at the following URL. They offer an enlarged cabin
just for 'geometrically enhanced' folks!
http://www.netins.net/showcase/t-birds/
