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Note that the engine does not have a mixture lever, as the mixture is automatically regulated using a technique called "High Altitude Compensation" (HAC). Page 6 of this [https://legacy.rotaxowner.com/si_tb_info/serviceinfo/5ul89.pdf Service Information] contains more information about this system.
Note that the engine does not have a mixture lever, as the mixture is automatically regulated using a technique called "High Altitude Compensation" (HAC). Page 6 of this [https://legacy.rotaxowner.com/si_tb_info/serviceinfo/5ul89.pdf Service Information] contains more information about this system.
=== Review ===
{{review}}
''' Please note that this review was review was written for a previous version of this aircraft, most of it is not accurate anymore and may be removed soon.'''<br />
This is definitely something different, the classic ultralight trike, somethings I have not flown before in the simulator.  Personally I have seen these things droning overhead and flown very freely, but I have wondered what it would be like to fly.
Starting on Half Moon Bay runway, the Dragonfly is really a minimal aircraft. Startup is with the s button and the throttle responds quickly. In a trice we are off and climbing steadily,
it seems like at 1000 feet per minute or so.  At about a 100 ft, I tried turns to the left and right, and the aircraft is very stable if slow to respond, which may be a good thing, it is the kind of air frame that would never be designed to any sort of a rolling outmaneuver.
The stall is gentle, and actually the aircraft transitions from a stall with power off to a  steady 400 fpm descent ,  which is pretty safe. The engine has to be started again by pressing the s key for an anxious moment there is no power no matter what. Heading back to the airport a few low level turns at low speed about 50 mp the airspeed indicator is marked in MPH establishes the safety of the aircraft beyond doubt.
Landing is easy enough,  it is easy to judge the distance to the ground as it can be seen directly beneath and to the sides of the aircraft
The model is fairly complete, with a multibladed prop and moving joystick and elevator, although eh ailerons do not move much at all. The absence of a pilot and back seat thrillseeker really detracts from the model, as the screenshots show, however this has been noted by the author as a 'to do'.
<gallery mode=Packed>
The Moyes Dragonfly in flight overhead.png|Flying overhead in typical fashion
A seat and some tubes are all that hold the pilot in place.png|Basic to the extreme, some may I would prefer a piece of cloth at least between themselves and the environment
On the ground, looking purposeful with a six bladed prop.png|One of the better looking tube and cloth machines
</gallery>
--[[User:Openflight|Openflight]] ([[User talk:Openflight|talk]]) 11:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC)


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