Marc,
You may contact Max Harth at harthmr$smithville.net (using the @ symbol instead of the $) as Max is the chair of the aerosports connection handicap wing and is familiar with handicap pilots. Max flies a Rans S12 Rotax 582 2 place that is altered to accomodate his handicap. One of the instructors at our club helped Max through the changes of the aircraft. As Abid stated, it is best to fly your aircraft and to get an instructor to fly a handicap plane is difficult but can be done. Max has use of his arms and cannot grip but can move his hands well enough to accomplish a perfect flight. His airfield flooded in Bloomfield, IN a few years ago and our club helped him rework his plane. In addition to being a good friend, he is my hero when it comes to perfection and climbing any personal mountain.
He is familiar with trikes but flies a fixed wing. He may be able to help you in many ways we regular trikers can't.
Mark Poliak
Astra HKS
Westfield, IN
> Hi Marc,
> Modifications to any model (including trikes) would allow your friend to
> fly an LSA.
> The main thing is for training he may want to buy an aircraft which has been modified already for him and train in it.
> For instance if he started training in a regular trike, they would use feet to control all the steering and brakes and right foot controls the throttle (besides hand throttle) so it would not be easy for him to
train
> in it.
> We have a guy coming here from a foreign country soon to learn to fly trikes who like your friend has no use of his legs.
> Abid
> http://www.tampabayaerosport.com
> http://www.evolutiontrikes.com
>
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> >
From: Marc <averys_98550@ comcast.net>
>> > To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
>> > Sent: Sun, May 23, 2010 9:06 pm
>> > Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Hand controls
>> >
>> > I've got a friend is getting the aviation bug and is looking at what
>> is
>> >
>> > available that he could fly. He has no use of his legs so would need something
>> >
>> > that is only, or can be fitted with hand controls. He also would need
>> > to have a
>> >
>> > configuration to which he could mount or carry his wheelchair (16#) with him. It
>> >
>> > looks like a trike would most likely be the ticket, but I'm not well versed on
>> >
>> > the various layouts and/or modifications that can be done with the various
>> >
>> > models of trikes. But then I know we have some of you who are well versed in
>> >
>> > this area.
>> >
>
>
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