More microlight pics: Loch Tay area (NLC)

[renmure]

Some pics from today. Did a quick microlight flight from Perth up along Loch Tay and back along Loch Earn.
Total flying time was about an hour



Flying up towards Pitlochry in the distance


Loch Tay with Schiehallion in the distance




Kenmore and Loch Tay


Turning around Lochearnhead to fly down Loch Earn




Loch Turret Reservoir

[Sanjøy]

Go Pro is serving you well, could got for a DSLR on the nose with a remote shutter ?

[ruadh08]

Fantastic day for flying! Very envious Jim!

[rossybee]

Lovely pics Jim - totally

[Dominic]

Very nice... must find the time to catch a flight with you!

[rossybee]

Very nice... must find the time to catch a flight with you!

Hoi! Back of the queue Shanahan - see other microlight thread

[Scotty C]

Very nice... must find the time to catch a flight with you!

jim if you fancy a fly up to http://www.gmfc-insch.co.uk/home.asp more then happy to pay for fuel and lunch for a wee hurley

[renmure]

Very nice... must find the time to catch a flight with you!

jim if you fancy a fly up to http://www.gmfc-insch.co.uk/home.asp more then happy to pay for fuel and lunch for a wee hurley

Scotty, a few of the folk from Perth fly up there regularly and it is also the best strip for me and Wendy to land at to meet her mum and dad from Macduff so it will be a regular haunt

[Scotty C]

cool, i would love to see Lochnagar from above

[BigD]

Awesome pictures and scenery. The colours are stunning. One of my favourite summer evening bike routes.

[ryallm]

Great pictures - such clear air on high pressure days in winter.

Curious to know what the typical climb rate of a microlight is like? Can you stop and restart the engine safely mid flight or is that a no no?

Mark

[BigD]

Curious to know what the typical climb rate of a microlight is like? Can you stop and restart the engine safely mid flight or is that a no no?

Mark

Engine in mine is a Rotax, 4 cylinder 4 stroke 1.4 litre with 100 bhp giving a climb rate of about 1800ft / min if needs be and a top cruise speed of 115 mph

If the engine fails (doesn't really happen but you have to practice just incase).. you become a very aerodynamic glider and will default to an air speed of 60 mph which gives a minimum rate of sink of just under 500ft / min.

I've been following with interest.

[Scotty C]

Great pictures - such clear air on high pressure days in winter.

Curious to know what the typical climb rate of a microlight is like? Can you stop and restart the engine safely mid flight or is that a no no?

Mark

i know what you next question is going to be

[ryallm]

i know what you next question is going to be

Well, boxes ticked for lots of different planes and a helicopter, but microlight, tandem paraglider and hot air balloon are missing from the portfolio

[renmure]

Great pictures - such clear air on high pressure days in winter.

Curious to know what the typical climb rate of a microlight is like? Can you stop and restart the engine safely mid flight or is that a no no?
Mark

Rate of climb with with a pax and at MTOW would be about 1200ft/min, so a bit less than solo.
Can the engine be switched off and restarted? ... yes. Part of the practice for Emergency forced landings involves switching off the engine to do dead-stick landing approaches and obviously restarting it is (hopefully!!) uneventful.

I know what you next question is going to be

I think I can see what's coming next as well

Can you jump out of one? ...Err... I don't know, but I will ask the CFI and let you know