Poetpilot;
See post 8. Describing the aircraft as overweight is not just stupid, but poor airmanship because:
A: It is illegal to fly overweight (It means flying outside the limits set out in the POH)
B: Flying overeight negates the insurance (See A above)
C: Flying overweight is in fact plain stupid due to potential stresses on the machine, not knowing how it will behave in the event of an engine failure, or what have you done to the stall speed/VNE.
Poor planning and getting lost in the first 10 minutes was funny, but poor airmanship never the less.
I wonder what the BMAA made of the "fuel transfer system."
However I would love to have taken part in the competition, the other pilots made it look fun, I suppose the focus on how dangerous it is to fly microlights made better TV.
SND