Anyone have an ultralight?

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Anyone have an ultralight?

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I am thinking about getting one. Does anyone here have any experience in them?
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Superman wrote:I am thinking about getting one. Does anyone here have any experience in them?
My uncle bought one a long time ago, but he never flew it. He's a pilot and maintains that they're quite dangerous. If you're seriously considering getting one, please be careful.
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Id rather not fly anything smaller than a Cessna 150...
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I wonder if I could just cruise it around at maybe twenty feet off the ground. I could fly to work in it, or even class!
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Every time a microlight flies past my work, I wish the 3.7 AA gun we have had ammo.....
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Don't you need an actual GFPT or General Light Fixed Wing lisence to fly a powered Ultralight? Again, I'd rather something made by Textron/Cessna or Piper or Beech, rather than something put together by some guy in his back yard...
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jenat-lai wrote:Don't you need an actual GFPT or General Light Fixed Wing lisence to fly a powered Ultralight? Again, I'd rather something made by Textron/Cessna or Piper or Beech, rather than something put together by some guy in his back yard...
Nope. If it's under a certain weightlimit and doesn't fly faster than a fixed
speed, you don't need a license :twisted:
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I've only once seen an ultralight before, maybe because I live in the city.. but we were taking off at night from a small airport up in Idaho, and there was this slowmoving ultralight circling around the airport. For some reason I found it more frustrating than other night traffic, it just doesn't move like something in the air.

Personally, I enjoy gliders the most. Get out on a hot day, and there's no greater feeling than finding a great thermal, get to a nice altitude, and then fly off with almost no restrictions.
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