Friday 10 October 2008

Some Tanarg features

Unlike many trikes these days the Tanarg has many adjustable features to make the aircraft more comfortable for both pilot and passengers. Here are a few of them.
First picture shows how the pilots footrest assembly can be moved forward or backward to a number of positions to suit all sizes of pilots legs. It takes about 3 minutes to adjust. Also worth noting is that the Tanarg has full sized pedals at the front for the feet, rather than just pegs.
This shows the rear footrests in the rear position for short legged passengers. The pin on the floor is the bit that holds it into place. Note the cable that gives rear seat steering, this is now disconnected on my Tanarg and the rear pegs are non moving.
Here the rear pegs are in the forward position for log leg passengers. The adjustment takes minutes.
This shows the access to one of the small storage compartments, they are very good for gloves, sandwiches and small handbags.
The removable panel below the filler cap is another, larger, storage compartment. This is held on by 5 or six Dzus fasteners.
You can get access to the rear storage from behind, but the access is not as good. Note that the coolant level can be seen from here.
This shows the rear suspension. The Tanarg is very comfortable on the ground and also very stable due to the long wheelbase and wide track of the wheels. The center of gravity is also very low.
In this picture the top engine cowling is removed to show the location of the oil cooler on the top of the engine. This is a problem when carrying passengers as there is not enough cooling air going through the oil cooler due to the passengers shoulders.
If flying solo, the Tanarg can also have a tailor made luggage back fitted to the rear seat.

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