Sport Pilot Talk

I soloed at 12 hours and passed my checkride with 22. I have said it before and I will say it again, the instructor makes all the difference in the world. I was lucky and got training from an OUTSTANDING CFI that made learning fun and easy. Once I had confidence in myself the rest was easy. I also a...

jake, ...during low flight over the runway, intentionally drift from centerline to left runway edge then back to centerline, the right runway edge and back to centerline. if you can demonstrate that skill you probably won't be challenged much by x-wind landings I used this exercise, and it helped m...

allegroboy wrote:bought the allegro this afternoon. hopefully tomorrow will be a decent day for flying weather wise so i can go for lunch by plane

CONGRATULATIONS on your new purchase.

Welcome to the boards and good luck on your training. We look forward to hearing all the details of your 1st solo flight and checkride.

By all accounts Tecnam should be able to dethrone Flight Design on the strength of their product, but I suspect that the old reputation for awful support is what drags them down. Buyers may be wary and waiting to see if things are improved. I am eager for any new reports of repairs and service. Tha...

BTW - Stalls are AWESOME! I had to do four stalls for my checkride, it was a hoot. Power off, Power on and Accelerated Stalls to the left and right. I couldn't find anything requiring an accelerated stall in the sport pilot practical test standard. Was there a reason why you were tested on it? Not ...

I finally found my answer one day as I was flying solo amongst scattered clouds. Some were scattered low, hanging below me as if I were at 20K ft, others were in my way as I danced around them to remain VFR. I was just awestruck at the beauty I was being allowed to see, in a way that no one other t...

"You guys are just silly with those plasticy looking urpeein things." Your post makes me smile, thank you for having a sense of humor in a difficult thread. I especially love the you being more genius than the rest of us part, that tickled me greatly. Thank you sir for the injection of hum...

Welcome to the boards Brian

zaitcev wrote:But this thread is about Rotax, because like it or not Rotax is the engine for us, and everything else is on the margins.

NO, Rotax is the engine for you. Jabiru is the engine for me and a lot of other flyers out there with LSAs. Jabiru, Lightning, some Sonex and even a Rans 19 now.

I don't know too much about the operations but the plane looks like a HOOT. I want to see how it fairs out once deliveries start taking place.

Dave is exactly right, you can go from S-LSA to E-LSA very easy. If you ever change your mind it is much more difficult to go back and MUST have manufacture's approval.

Idle curiosity question: is the throttle artificially retarded to force compliance or is the Lightning (and Cub) placarded to "Do not exceed 2850 RPM"? I'm assuming it's placarded and/or part of the operating limitations. If so, could one take S-LSA to straight Experimental? You'd need to...

The Lightning certainly is sleek, and (potentially) fast. I thought the Jab 3300 was heavier than the Rotax 912. Any idea how the useful load compares to the other S-LSAs? Empty weight directly from my POH is 835 lbs I have full glass w/ synthetic vision and 30 gallons of fuel 2850 RPMs will yield ...

The Lightning certainly is sleek, and (potentially) fast. I thought the Jab 3300 was heavier than the Rotax 912. Any idea how the useful load compares to the other S-LSAs? Empty weight directly from my POH is 835 lbs I have full glass w/ synthetic vision and 30 gallons of fuel 2850 RPMs will yield ...