> The problem is that most trikes are not setup to have my weight in the front seat.
> so the weight and loading is all wrong.
> With me in the front seat, most trikes land on the front wheel.
>
Ah, a CG issue as it relates to the trike's cart!
Hmm, aren't there adjustments on some trikes that allow for adjustment
of the cart hang point relative to the cart just for CG reasons?
Or, perhaps much less costly, can a replacement or supplemental control
bar be fitted to your trike, temporarily, to allow the instructor flight
control access? Adding a rear kill switch is very simple. Ground
steering from the rear isn't as easy but it's doable, I'd bet. Ah, but
you said your trike was factory built. I presume it's N-numbered as an
SLSA, not a kit-built ELSA and especially not as a grandfathered
experimental ELSA? Thus, you can't make changes?
You're running out of answers.
1. I KNOW just how hard it is to lose huge amounts of weight. Though
I've managed it once, I'm not succeeding now.
2. Modifications to your trike - discussed above.
3. Finding an instructor who owns a two-control trike that can be
adapted to your weight in the front.
3-alternate. Come to think of it, is there a requirement on a trike
that the pilot in command be sitting in the front? Can you find an
examiner who'll let you fly the two-control trike from the rear seat for
the check-ride?
4. Buy a suitable trike for the checkride then sell it.
5. Fly illegally till you get caught or have an incident that brings
you to the attention of the authorities then pay the heavy penalties.
(Having a fatal accident while flying blatantly illegally voids your
insurance, assuming you have insurance that covers you while flying.)
6. Sell the trike and buy a motorcycle - at least as dangerous and the
danger is less under your control, but what the fuss - that's fun, too.
Keep us posted on your final solution. It's an interesting puzzle.
Ed
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