Skydiving from a Microlight Trike

[mutt]

Got invited to fly tomorrow morning for the last time prior to the closure of our flying club, asked to drop something for the sky diving club! Got a strange idea that it might be a human.......

Has anyone ever tried dropping a skydiver from a trike? If so, is it advisable?

Please dont answer with the regulations to do with dropping things from an aircraft, I'm operating in a land without ANY regulations!

Cheers

Mutt.

[AndyDRHuddleston]

Hi mutt,

Can't say I've ever had a someone jump out of my trike, but at my old club up in the North West one guy did it all the time. He'd climb to 3000ft-3500ft, engine off, guy jumped one way, trike went other way!

Maybe obvious, but just thought it'd let you know its possible!

Cheerio

ADRH

[bar shaker]

A mate is a jump instructor in Ireland and is also a microlight pilot. He jumps out of trikes all the time.

Last year, he wanted to jump at the annual Spamfield meet, on the IoW.

The CAA made it clear that no arguments would ever sway them into allowing this.

I wonder if this now falls under EASA :}

[Genghis the Engineer]

Out of interest, does he leave the engine running - or shut it down before the jump?

G

[mutt]

It wasnt a human but a wind drift indicator... :)

Mutt

[tffy]

So you likely won't get the text, but the pictures answer the question...

http://forum.sukhoi.ru/showthread.php?t=28552

tffy

[TheKentishFledgling]

Link's not working, tffy.

tKF

[vintage ATCO]

Works for me. How do you avoid the propeller!!?? :eek:

[TheKentishFledgling]

Working now!

tKF