Sport Pilot Training on Long island

rcpilot · Post by **rcpilot** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:45 pm

Does anyone know of a school(other that Midisland Air) or private instructors doing training on Long Island?

drseti · Post by **drseti** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:53 pm

I know of no others on LI, but I have no hesitation at all to recommend Mid Island.

rcpilot · Post by **rcpilot** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:16 pm

My only problem with them is they only have one LSA, a Skycatcher and apparently my 260 lbs is too much. So it's either (pardon the expression) a crash diet or find someone with a plane with a higher useful load. If I had $115K I'd buy the Remos they're selling.

drseti · Post by **drseti** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:58 pm

My student weight limit is 250#, which is fairly typical for flight schools using LSAs. Given my weight (170#) and my plane's empty weight (766#), a 250# student would leave me with 22 gallons of fuel. Since my (admittedly conservative) fuel reserve policy is to have students land with 10 gallons (5 in each tank) remaining, that means I have 12 gallons available for a lesson, which comes to 2 hours 24 minutes at cruise. That's about how long a proper dual XC can take, so you can see that the 250# is a realistic (and non-arbitrary) student weight limit.

That said, I've had prospective students who weighed in at 260 to 270, who were strongly incentivized to diet and exercise. A couple of them have come back to me a year later, under the limit, and gone forward with their flight instruction. Think of this as an opportunity!

rcpilot · Post by **rcpilot** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:32 am

My target weight is 240# and I guess unless I'm going to fly in the buff a few pounds below that. Even at that weight with their "anorexic" 140# instructor it looks like there is room for just 13 gallons of fuel(using their weight and balance calculator). I'm going to be eating allot of salads.

drseti · Post by **drseti** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 9:43 am

Yes, the 162 is one of the heavier SLSAs, in part due to Cessna's decision to use the O200 engine. And, if it's equipped with a parachute, you lose yet another 40 pounds. Unfortunate.
Enjoy your salads.

rcpilot · Post by **rcpilot** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 3:46 pm

Ok so it looks like I need to expand my search area. How about Central New Jersey.

SportPilot · Post by **SportPilot** » Sat Jul 11, 2015 4:19 pm

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N918KT · Post by **N918KT** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:04 pm

rcpilot wrote:Ok so it looks like I need to expand my search area. How about Central New Jersey.

Hey there. I know that Solberg Airport N51 in Central NJ has a Skycatcher for rent. When I first did some of my training over there, they had a long wait getting an engine part and installing it, but I think it is available for rent now. I'm not sure if they offer sport pilot training officially, doesn't mention anything about sport pilot training on their website, but you could call and ask.

If you are willing to go even further out west, AB Flight at Queen City Airport in Allentown, PA has Evektor LSA aircraft for rent and specializes in sport pilot training over there.

Hope this helps!

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