Here is a change of pace video, done with a keychain camera modified with my own lens and held in my mouth to get the front shots without much fuzz. Ahh, but I prefer to be a hobbiest first and foremost as without this fun there is no fun!. Nevertheless, my job as an RC Trike Kit manufacturer is to make things simple for the end user. In some cases, I believe, more involved, because as we get things in smaller order, they get a bit more laborious and tedious to work with. It is my passion and my job as leading RC Trike Kit manufacturer to understand and know well.Īs real Trikes have to be done, the sail is probably the most important part of a Trike, in real or model form, and so my work in designing these models is no different than the work of real Trike manufacturers. GOD, my family and people that work with me directly, only know the countless sail designs Ive done in search of various performance characteristics. This is not the MIA Robo Trike, but a simple version based highly on MIA's 2009, Roto-Trike but without the tail fins and a different sail. Small Area Flying Low and Slow MIA EEE-ZEE (TM) RC TRIKE MICROLIGHT ULTRALIGHTĪs the years go by, living here in AZ, USA seems that winters get colder and colder, but eventually some days are actually calm enough to enjoy an evening's RC Trike Flight with a micro version of what I am calling, the MIA EEE-ZEE Trike. I eat, breath and sleep with this day in and day out, since I design original kits and aftermarket parts for a living, but most of all, because I am myself, the customer looking for Performance, Durability and Realistic Appearance, trademark characteristics of MIA Micro-FLIGHT. Making the model extremely crash-proof, is an art in itself, and it is not necessarily making parts in metal. Most but not all the models I design are relative to the space surrounding me, I don't have a lot of time to spend a whole day at a flying club or field so I design and build them smaller than the average trainer size 40, 60 airplane so that I can SAFELY, and EASILY fly them around the backyard cul-de-sac schoolyard, small park, anytime, and or travel with the model easier. It is more a matter of careful geometry, aerodynamic design, good mechanics and control setup. Also, by no means the model trike needs to be heavy to fully effect weight shift control, proof in this model. If you have been watching my other videos you can see my other wings have been simpler, and I am for this approach simply because I don't like to put too much time into a model that really doesn't need to be complex. This MIA Micro Trike is nothing new, but a memory that was waiting to be made real in smaller scale. It would have been great to have retrofit it with a modern day BL motor and Li-Pol battery setup. I feel sorry now, that I sold that trike. I sold the wing back around 2000, to make room for other designs. WOW we are so spoiled with today's battery technology! and many people really don't appreciate this. It was powered by an USA made Astro-Flight motor with an, also USA made, Joe Utasi ESC, Futaba servos and receiver and a monster of a Ni-CAD! battery pack. It had all the complex cable rigging and even a working control bar linked to an original kung-fu grip GI-Joe pilot. Similar to ultraleves, deltaplanos, powered hang gliders.īack in the 80's 90's I had started with a similar design, an 8ft wing trike made from fiberglass tubing, aluminum, wooden shaped battens, and rip-stop nylon wing (Attached photo-green model). World's first miniature true RC Ultralight weight Microlight Trike.

Motorized hang glider ultralight