Search found 22 matches
- Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:27 pm
- Forum: Aviation Humor & Mayhem
- Topic: So this pilot walks into an airport bar...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 15486
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 8:40 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: IPad
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3790
- Fri Aug 17, 2012 7:52 pm
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: Possible LSA weight exemption on certian legacy aircraft?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 34159
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:46 pm
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: Possible LSA weight exemption on certian legacy aircraft?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 34159
- Thu Aug 16, 2012 9:16 am
- Forum: Ask The Mechanic
- Topic: Rotax Can't Make You Go To School
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10161
Roger, Thanks for the information. Rotax is smart to have the program you describe. Mechanics are smart to get and maintain certification. Owners are smart to use well-trained and qualified mechanics. The goal of making sure qualified mechanics are easily identified and readily available to owners i...
- Wed Aug 15, 2012 7:21 pm
- Forum: Ask The Mechanic
- Topic: Rotax Can't Make You Go To School
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10161
The FAA decision was the right one. Otherwise, Rotax, or any other manufacturer, can specify any level of mandatory training for mechanics who want to maintain the manufacturer's products (and change them over time). In essence, they can hold the owners and the mechanics hostage to their rule, at th...
- Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:32 pm
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: Possible LSA weight exemption on certian legacy aircraft?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 34159
Icon and weight
Seems like a case of counting chickens before they hatch to be calling Icon "the biggest future lsa manufacturer". I think it was James Thurbur who said "Predictions are difficult, especially when they are about the future". If I am not mistaken, Icon has not delivered a single a...
- Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: Aviation Humor & Mayhem
- Topic: Non Union S.Carolina Dreamliner drops flame/starts grassfire
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7642
- Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:25 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Air France All Female Crew - Video
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5769
- Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:14 am
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: SportCruiser (Piper Sport) Clone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 23667
Paul, we agree that as speed increases, hazard to occupants increases. But, again, the kinetic energy of the vehicle (airplane, car, etc) is not the issue. If it were, then a 15 MPH train crash should kill all of the train occupants (given the enormous kinetic energy of a train) and a 15 MPH bike ac...
- Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:08 am
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: SportCruiser (Piper Sport) Clone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 23667
Designrs - unless there is a mechanism to transfer the kinetic energy of the airplane to the occupant, then it isn't a factor( certainly not the dominant factor). If two airplanes were to hit something on the ground or in the air, then the damage done to the thing hit is proportional to the mass and...
- Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:26 pm
- Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
- Topic: SportCruiser (Piper Sport) Clone
- Replies: 42
- Views: 23667
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:52 pm
- Forum: Safety Corner
- Topic: Fear and Loathing in Base to Final
- Replies: 43
- Views: 20918
- Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:29 pm
- Forum: Safety Corner
- Topic: Fear and Loathing in Base to Final
- Replies: 43
- Views: 20918
This is a little more complicated that it seems. First, is the ball true? By this I mean, when the airplane is truly level with respect to the horizon, is the ball centered? Many CTsw airplanes (mine included) have less than perfect calibration of the ball. This issue is often covered in books on ai...
- Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:16 pm
- Forum: Hangar Talk
- Topic: Are LSA's viable for x-country flying?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 14306