*MUST SEE* Ultralight landing in the bad turbulence

This is the movie editing experiment. I used stabilization function of Final Cut Pro to remove the background movements from the clip. Now, you can see the real movements of the trike in the turbulent air. The clip is made from the flight David and I landed at Livermore near San Francisco.

[@waterfalldesign]

The way that the image-stabilization software isolates the trike movement, indicates how it actually feels to fly in such cruddy turbulence. Love the way you relaxed through it and became a good dampening, non-overreacting, shock-absorber pilot! You set it down nicely near centerline, anyways. (and probably happy to be back on the ground) Great piloting skill!

[@MrDlt123]

Fine landing in such bad turbulence. Some people get nervous and drop it hard just to get down but you kept your patience and let it glide in. Beautiful vid too!

[@HenryGyroLife]

Thanks a lot !!

[@waynegrobler7432]

Nailed it.!! But expected you to just watching the way you fly.. without fighting her but still always flying her. Good stuff. !!

[@tourbike]

Is it not a terrfying feeling? How safe are these trikes?

[@MissMarinaCapri]

Really spectacular color recording, very pleasant to watch. Talented piloting in turbulent atmospheric conditions.

[@strikemaster1]

You were moving around like a bee in a bottle. In such conditions it was a master landing. Well do to you sir. I would fly with you any day.

[@HenryGyroLife]

I gave up flying trike about 2 years ago. I fly a gyroplane now. Much easier to fly in turbulence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYbJiYpubrp8eJo

[@strikemaster1]

@@HenryGyroLife What a coincidence... just got back a few days ago from a gyro fly-in to a private farm strip in Oz. yes, they can really throw those machines around compared to fixed wing. For "seat of the pants" flying they would be great.

[@rudolphstassen638]

I an a Microlighter in Gauteng South Africa- Good Control excellent video

[@MicrolightsAustralia]

that's some serious turbulence! well done on a 'text book' perfect landing

[@craigpennington1251]

Me personally, I would not fly if wind is over 5mph in an ultra light. Great landing.

[@HenryGyroLife]

Craig Pennington I don’t take off if crosswind component is higher than 10mph. This video was taken at the destination airport of the cross country flight.

[@craigpennington1251]

Very understandable.

[@jonyoung4080]

Amazing job

[@TheKingofthebins]

Cool video

[@jeffparkinson5005]

How much does a trike and wing set up like that cost. New vs used? Thank you, and great landing and nice looking machine.

[@rahulvarde7254]

Nice

[@Bajnokable]

That's a scary landing, imagine if you had a first flyer in the back lol

[@keymaster2108]

would that be scary and dangerous for a beginner solo flyer?

[@IMStrawman]

Man, how nerve racking was that?

[@lu123lu1]

bravo ! tu es bien entrainé !

[@clayholliman3724]

Do you have that man's voice saying PULLUP. PULLUP. PULLUP PULLUP ?

[@HenryGyroLife]

Trike control is opposite of airplanes.So must be “PUSH-UP push-up push-up”😅

[@clayholliman3724]

@@HenryGyroLife Well sir i guess NOW YOUR GOING TELL ME IT DON'T HAVE NO (AUTO -POLIT) ...so tell me this then sir ..if it dont THEN WHO LANDS THE PLANE IF I FALL OFF ? ? ? MR.SMARTIE PANTS ..

[@HenryGyroLife]

@@clayholliman3724 then, it will crash, but it will crash even I have auto pilot. does auto pilot can land an airplane ? I’ve never heard of it 😊

[@aviationboi7476]

Wait what kind of aircraft is this

[@HenryGyroLife]

I use 4 of Hero2. 2 on wing tips, one on the nose of trike and one on the control bar.

[@BT3701]

Personally I can find no rational or logical reason for wanting to be seated below a kite bouncing all around at such heights.

[@АнтонРодионов-э8я]

Почему не ушёл на второй круг?

[@sacredeyez90]

That looked kinda fun. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@christoohunders5316]

T"was time, pizza was running cold !

[@Kosh800]

.... that looked like a runway incursion to me.

[@Hornadayfan]

Takeoffs are optional. Landings are not...

[@HenryGyroLife]

You are absolutely right !!!

[@MrDoggoneone]

***** Do you have a BRS on your trike?

[@kiwinertia]

gliders have no option when you run out of air.With a motor you can come around again.

[@Mircal-f7g]

Nice

[@yobrojoost]

You did well setting it down so nicely. I'm learning to fly one at the moment, just done first solo!

[@whisperingeagle]

Henry i watched this again. What a natural intuiitive pilot you are! I wish more pilots would take note of your high aproach to the runway and your management of airspeed through the bar not the throttle. This is a safe way to land in high turbulance. Great demonstration

[@ericscott1895]

I fly the Airborne Edge XT with the Arrow K wing. I have been through some pretty rough stuff and I have to say, that was a job very well done!

[@billjuhasz3875]

One of the downsides to very low wing loading, as on ultralights and other very slow aircraft, is the extreme response to gusts. I remember back in my USAF days when I was used to flying B-52s (very heavy wing loading) and flying for hours at low altitude with a relatively smooth ride, I then rented a Cessna 172 on Kawaii to take my wife on a tour of Waimea canyon. The turbulence, which would have been quite bearable in a B-52, with over 100lbs/sqft wing loading or helicopter (remember that the rotary "wing" on a helicopter is very heavily loaded) was brutal in the 172 with it's 10lbs/sqft wing loading. I finally gave up and just flew around the island and, even then, the turbulence made the ride no fun at all. Think about it this way. When flying an aircraft with a flaps up stall speed of maybe 200 knots (loaded B-52), a 10 knot gust only represents 5% of the airspeed necessary to fly. In an ultralight with a stall speed of 20 knots that same 10 knot gust is 50% of flying speed.

[@lw216316]

good move....an airsick wife would be no fun. What are the take off, stall, cruising and landing speeds of the big bird?

[@billjuhasz3875]

Generally we took off at max gross weight of 488,000 lbs. At that weight we rotated at 160KIAS. Landings were always done at about 25,000lbs fuel and no weapons, so roughly 205,000 lbs, with target touchdown speeds of 120KIAS . Full stalls were not allowed as they will cause minor airframe damage (not sure what would have been damaged) but the approach to stall (buffet) with flaps up at close to gross weight was over 200KIAS. Cruising was always done at 0.77Mach. On an actual mission (thank god we never flew an actual mission) altitude would we slowly increased (up to roughly 55,000 feet) to stay at best range airspeed Low level (no longer done) was done at 280KIAS average. Vne (maximum allowed airspeed) was 390KIAS or .88mach (depending on which you reached first). Generally we had enough power to exceed Vne or Vmo (limiting airspeed or mach number) in level flight.

[@lw216316]

thank you for the interesting info and for your service...I was one of those kept safe during the cold war. I seem to recall a lot of dark smoke during takeoff....was that just the nature of those engines or maybe just a bad memory?

[@billjuhasz3875]

lw216316 The J57 used on all but the last version of the B-52 (the H model used the TF-33, a turbofan update of the J-57 turbojet) had the capability to use water injection on takeoff for extra thrust. Water injection was not always used for takeoff (it depended on takeoff weight, temperature and runway length) but when water injection was used the engines made a bunch of black smoke. The engines were fairly low smoke under most other conditions, though not as low smoke as a modern turbine engine. As a side note. There was a horrible B-52 crash at Mather AFB in the early 80s where a pair of B-52s were doing a MITO (minimum interval take off). The first aircraft was not using water injection (might have been an H model) and the second aircraft was using water injection. Because of the extra thrust the number two aircraft began to overtake number one. Instead of turning to stop the overtake the number two aircraft pulled power to slow down. The water injection was supposed to shut off when power was pulled but the system did not work properly and all eight engines flooded out (too much water, not enough fuel). The pilots tried to restart the engines but they were too close to the ground and ended up crashing just past the runway. The really sad thing was that 6 of the 9 people in that plane that day were within ejection parameters and likely would have survived if they had ejected. Besides the pilots being overloaded at the time, they were likely concerned that ordering the crew to eject would have meant certain death for the 3 extra crew members who were not in ejection seats that day (only the primary crew members have ejection seats, the instructors, instructor pilot, instructor navigator, and defence instructor positions are not on an ejection seat since they are not normally on board during combat). The MITO rules were changed after that to require all aircraft in the takeoff string to be using water injection, or all to not be using water injection (though it is possible to do a mixed water no water takeoff safely). Today there are only H models flying so this is a non-issue (no water injection).

[@lw216316]

I remember seeing a KZbin video a couple of years ago of a B52 - I think it was an airshow, he did a really tight low altitude turn and stalled.

[@Hovermaster]

I’ve flown my trike in conditions like that. I knew I was going to get down, just wasn’t sure what the end result was going to be.

[@tampazeke4587]

There is one thing and one thing only that you can always rely on. You're ALWAYS going to get down. The only variable is...in how many pieces?

[@teenagerinsac]

@@tampazeke4587 If the forecast is for gusts in excess of 30 knots STAY GROUND BOUND AND LIVE!

[@ArnoldsDesign]

And this is when I start asking myself, "What exactly was the shear strength of that 3/8" hang bolt again?" Nice looking trike, by the way.

[@HenryGyroLife]

My hang bolt is 1/2", a little better than yours.

[@ArnoldsDesign]

***** Now that's more like it.

[@davewoolcock8904]

how many hang bolts have ever failed (in the world) ?

[@virginiahansen320]

@Vladimir Putin Yeah, that's pretty much always the case with ultralights and microlights of all types, they have a disproportionate number of accidents, but it's seldom due to actual mechanical failure. The type of people who get into this sport typically have a higher than normal appetite for risk, coupled with the very low training requirements and restrictions in most countries and, well, there ya go!

[@pilotopoetaloco]

Hi Henry Nice video I fly a Quik GT450 from P&M and have practiced in different conditions because turbulence really affects the flight on this type of aircraft. Thank you. It's good to always learn something.

[@dannz2603]

Well done and very cool. Great editing job on the raw video which makes it good and watchable. Enjoy your flying :-)

[@HenryGyroLife]

Thanks, Dan !

[@jeffreywallace2060]

Henry TrikeLife

[@rigidfinger]

Yes, I forgot to mention the fine editing.

[@ivanivanof6130]

In first attempt you decided to didn't force she to land and this patience made you successful in this case.

[@L2FlyMN]

I hate rough air!!!! 🤢🤢🤢Seeing the nose of your machine doing figure 8’s, & knowing you’ll have to land in that without wrecking, not at all fun!!!!!!😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖 Those are the days better spent on the ground wishing you could be flying, rather than flying, & wishing you were on the ground!!!!

[@NMranchhand]

My C-130 brain was getting a bit nervous about running out of runway there. Though I suppose you could have landed in the last painted stripe.

[@blackvic5157]

Nice work. Well done. Rochester, NY, is like this airport, always a crosswind, always turbulence on final. There was once a flight school there, subsidized by a wealthy realtor. He kept the cost down to $25 an hour! That's for the Cherokee training aircraft AND the instructor pilot. So I went, damn the winds. I remember once I was coming in the tower gave us our choice of either end of the runway! Winds were gusting in at maybe 10, IIRC, perfectly perpendicular to the runway. "Take your pick."

[@EricDavidFloyd]

was it the wheels that you touched down with or your enormous balls? Nice landing.

[@GregoryBrown6283]

Hahahahahahaha

[@steelcityspeedshopj.r6942]

Makes me not worry about the occasional tank slapper on my bikes 🏍️ this stuff looks so cool! Maybe some time I could find someone to take me up for a ride !

[@HenryGyroLife]

Thanks, Todd. I was pretty nervous at the final. This was the destination of a cross country flight with another trike. Wind aloft was about 40MPH between 2000 to 4000 MSL. There were turbulence, LLWS AIRMETs and PIREPs everywhere around the area. But day to fly. The airport is famous as "You can land anywhere if you can land here" between GA pilots.

[@tomcoryell]

Nice landing! I figured it would be much worse. Not due to your ability, but due to conditions.

[@ctatrains]

Aw hell no! Beautiful landing, but hell no!

[@johnstewart8849]

Aren’t ya supposed to land on the wide stripes?? Really good vid. They always show low and level flight, not pucker moments.

[@allentobolewski7273]

Just bring it close, then land cross Runway. It's a piece of cake

[@logmeindangit]

I loved how the editing for stability of the terrain relative to the trike made it as if another craft, a STABLE craft, was shooting the video. Nicely done! And congratulations on a good landing. Pucker factor noted.

[@patrickpestcontrol3050]

I was waitting for the big smackdown! But it never came. That's why I don't fly paramotor any more .... Great job !!

[@Ulbre]

i was going to click thumbs down.....because it was taking longer than the beer queue at the match........but then you absolutely gassed that landing.....BIG THUMBS UP

[@HenryGyroLife]

Hahaha 😝 thanks

[@jesusrodriguez9606]

You have to change video title rom "*MUST SEE* Ultralight landing in the bad turbulence" to "*MUST SEE* BEST Ultralight landing in the bad turbulence..." Amazing bro.. good job

[@HenryGyroLife]

Thanks 🙏

[@chuckinwyoming8526]

Good job. You should try it when the winds are 70% above your stall speed gusting 12kts above that. Try landing being blown backwards over the ground! Been there done that in a Quicksilver MX, US part 103 unlicensed ultralight. It did take 2 missed approaches and 4 days to fix the damage...most of the damage was after landing getting back into the hanger.

[@HenryGyroLife]

Wow, that is quite a experience. My trike approach speed is about 55 to 60 mph and stalls 40mph. So very strong winds needed to fly it backward 😂

[@annazampi8088]

Nice job 👌

[@grayman2148]

good job but I becha wished for 3 axis control on short final.

[@powderslinger5968]

Impressive! Buffeted all the way down to a greaser.

[@binarygru]

That was some next level balancing 👏. Do you remember the turbulent Wind Speed? 🤔

[@HenryGyroLife]

It was 25mph gusting 33

[@roadboat9216]

Now how would a powered para glider have done it these conditions. Would you have wing collapse? Could one fly at all in these conditions?

[@HenryGyroLife]

I don’t think they can’t take off safely.

[@mikecarmean6446]

Rule #1 UltraLights Don't Fly in Turbulent Winds #2 Know Weather Report! 💥🤔💥 Nice Landing

[@johnnyleewalker9872]

Bet he was glad when the ground effect took the bumps out.

[@garyb2392]

Hmm, this video alone makes me never want to fly ultralights! Thanks for sharing

[@HenryGyroLife]

I can't blame you, lol

[@Cosme422]

yes it is pretty amazing, and that was hot! that landing was nice!

[@chrisriedner5385]

Wow, this Pilot can fly. What a bumpy approach Endteil and landing.

[@londonboy8547]

I've had one of those landings and u just cant wait to get on ground lol well done..

[@Marlondurran]

Fuck sake.. that's off my bucket list now..

[@Bass.Player]

I don't see a problem with the "Must see" in the title because it was the worst air I have see a trike in. Now I know a trike can handle it, if the pilot can.

[@HenryGyroLife]

Bass Player Thanks, Bass. You are one of few people understands how serious the situation was.

[@usnva5638]

***** From 1:25 forward was particularly worrisome because it's right around that point if something went terribly wrong, I don't think the ballistic parachute could've saved you.

[@rokag333]

+Henry TrikeLife good think to know the maximum G you can take in trike in air is +-2G and it can be demonstrated your trike take +6-4G so as long has you have air below have fun! I have been taken in a rotor in north of Roses Spain heading to Capcalera de l'Orlina, my trike was home made 21.5 square meter; single sided with 2l VW motor . max speed 60kmh min 37kmh I started with the wind in my back and climb this trike was climbing very fast: suddenly I start to see my left wing hardly push up, it was just the beginning! I was a strong guy 1.85 98kg but taking the bar full on the left I could not put my plane flat I have register positions at 90 degrees !!! Of course the attitude of the plane was totally hieratic it last for 10 minutes I was exhausted and finally the calm I was at 2500 meters and only then I start to feel the cold. No GPS at that time by looking closely down I start to understand that I was heading to NNW and moving SE !!! LOLOLOL this situation was very uncomfortable since I was already on top of the sea . I had to go down immediately I decide to down the throttle and to sleep on the side to go down fast, again the feeling to be a ball in rugby match I could see my big wings taking strange form this time it take only 5 minutes to cross the rotor. Explanation in spain at below 700m the wind was heading south at 20kmh but on top it was the Tramontane heading NEat 80kmh and maybe more. Since I did make this plane I knew that it was strong but I can testify how strong it is, (your plane is much stronger and the wing is smaller) So unless you did not check the safety and the loop of your cable you are safe no matter what till you have air bellow. Your plane will never break!!! Your landing is the correct landing, I always use it since I have been victim of a wind burst and it was because I was high speed that i did not end on the floor It become trendy to make approach 5 degrees , this is BS we are light plane not Boeing, safe at high speed high altitude, unsafe low speed low altitude. To land obviously we must be low altitude no need to be low speed on top of it LOLOLOL

[@rigidfinger]

Excellent point!

[@flydogusa]

Nice and relaxed putting it down, no extreme corrections! nicely done

[@Zorgstein]

выше глиссады зашёл и с перелётом!)))))

[@MrPeter3011]

I`m no flyer,but to practice such a landing,think you must have very cool cool nerves...well done...

[@KiwiandPixel]

Recognized KLVK in an instant! Great landing.

[@JZvanloggerenberg]

wow, at what point did you go ... fuck this I'm landing?

[@HenryGyroLife]

I already decided at 5 miles away from the airport. I could abort landing during the final approach.

[@joedejesus6363]

Awesome, it that were me I'd be pooping in my pants by now. But you had it under control, great flying skills.👍👏

[@HenryGyroLife]

I hate these conditions when I land especially.

[@BillSmith-rx9rm]

If it was that windy why did you even go up? Did that high wind just pick up after you were flying around?

[@HenryGyroLife]

Bill Smith this was happened at the destination airport of the cross county flight. I was visiting my friend living near the airport. I checked the airport weather farecast before I took off, but I don’t expect it so bad like I experienced.

[@kamuelalee]

Did ATC give you clearance to land?

[@themccarthyplan2020]

We fly for the best bit, the landings. Good skills. Carry on.

[@tomandsophie]

Excellent! Great flying, and a very interesting bit of video. Thanks.

[@KrishLius]

man very nicely done. iv never sat on anything that flies other than an airplane lol such is the life...

[@Audfile]

looks like it seems scarier than it actually is, correct me if I'm wrong? Looks like the craft is capable in rough air.

[@angargoy7181]

*Like everything in life, the experience and calm in difficult situations allows us to do things well. Congratulations on the video. Angel.*

[@unapro3]

For some reason the movement of the trike seemed exaggerated? With the sudden movement of the trike, especially vertical, I would have thought the pilot would have been thrown around more, but this wasn't the case. Did the editing make it look rougher than it was?

[@dragonmeddler2152]

Nice work with that landing. I agree with you that the turbulence-induced movements of the aircraft may look extreme and scary but really, they're not especially dangerous and the craft is completely under control by a competent airman. Those telephoto shots of passenger planes landing in brisk crosswinds, etc aren't nearly as out of control as it appears.

[@ronaldmartino2610]

Masterfully done! Landing in a jet in bad turbulence is scary. This was well worth watching. Great job. God bless🙏

[@KT-ut9zg]

That looked really scary to me but I'd be interested to know if, for you, it was scary. Where you: 1. 'hey ho, a bit of turbulence' 2. 'Ok, I better keep my wits about me here, it's quite turbulent today' 3. 'Why in the name of all that's holy did I EVER think that flying a microlight was a good idea'? ... or something else? I'd be interested to know. The stabilising software may have made it look worse than it was? Just curious, really nice landing either way!

[@macmac8249]

Beautiful landing. Beautiful. I noticed you were dressed warmly (thick jacket, gloves etc.) and I guess that it might have been cool at altitude. You know what I’d be wearing??....well...depends.

[@jeffrreydm40]

awesome landing. like watching a suspenseful movie.

[@montanamornings8526]

That’s flying by the seat of your pants! Nicely done.

[@mikespeers8281]

I trained on flexwings on a disused 2nd world war runway in the late 80’s (long runways). Similar conditions prevailed in the winter. My ex instructor would have kicked my arse for landing so deep, take off’s or landings, use all of the runway.

[@577buttfan]

Looked like you got dropped pretty fast there at end..could have easily been damaged equipment but you and the machine did well.

[@HenryGyroLife]

I was lucky 😅

[@craigkaschan4822]

Do they glide if the engine fails, for a safe landing I mean ?

[@HenryGyroLife]

Craig Kaschan yes, 8 to 1 ratio

[@dasrockness]

Nice job flying it all the way to the ground.

[@Piflaser]

Good job

[@robertwalsh5461]

Nice touch down!!!

[@DaGoonR]

Sometimes mother nature is just rude.

[@joshuawilliams994]

Gee. You are one cool, calm and collected pilot. If that were me, I would have crashed from the turbulence. Great job in the tough conditions.

[@azimuth361]

Jeepers! That's a pucker factor of about 8.7.

[@HenryGyroLife]

Yeah, right !!

[@eldrugoalex]

Did you land with another airplane still on the runway?

[@HenryGyroLife]

That’s no problem if you can keep safe distance with another aircraft.

[@johnjerrehian4642]

That's a lot of moving in that ultralight. Nice job controlling and landing so well...

[@kimghanson]

Instead of * MUST SEE * , try * Gone Sexual! *. My experience has been if it is something I "must see", it is not worth my time.

[@q.e.d.9112]

The wing on a trike absorbs most of the turbulence and the trike was not moving around as much as it appeared. A fixed wing plane of similar wing loading would have been moving around far more than the trike.

[@desert4seat]

Amazing video!! Thanks

[@jeanjacquesrousseau1955]

Do you have a groundeffect with ultralight ?

[@HenryGyroLife]

Yes, all aircraft have ground effect.

[@Doriesep6622]

Farmer: What kind of bird was that. Farmer with rifle: I don't know. But I sure made him let go of that fellow he was carrying

[@adamdelarozza1985]

If i was that pilot that would of been my final flight in that thing. That may have started out as turbulence but a rhythm/pattern was forming. An oscillation. If that trike starts to oscillate like that and is aided by the wind..... It will be a bad day.

[@easygtr]

I would like to believe I would have abort the landing and perform a going around. I have one question though, was that another trike landing in front of you cause it looks like there is something else there on the runway?