Originally Posted by
chevvron
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.