Originally Posted by
patowalker
Ah, yes, I meant the number of the department followed by two or three letters. It is all very confusing to Brits, because the registration is only under the wing and the radio callsign is sometimes shown in small characters on the tail.
BTW, Jean Luc Prignol, seen in that video, signed me off to carry passengers in my ULM. Quite a character.
I'm positive the one I first flew at Halton had the letters/numbers 'F59EE' painted on tail; unfortunately I didn't think to take a photo of it; perhaps Forfoxake will confirm. I have recorded it in my logbook as a 'Viper' rather than an AX3 by the way.
One significant thing I notice in the video is the pilot has a 'joystick' between his legs whereas the one I flew had a single central stick which could be shared by both occupants as with the 'production' version.
I'm not sure if all UK registered AX3 were UK built; certainly the first ones were French built, however I believe the later AX2000 was UK built.
Bill Sherlock fitted one with a Rotax 912 which was much faster and took off after a ground run of about 5 feet; he also dropped into Halton one day with one he had fitted with a 2 cylinder 4 stroke engine; not sure what make the engine was but it was much quieter than the 2 stroke Rotax 503.