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by kaputt16
Sun Mar 01, 2020 2:15 am
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?
Replies: 45
Views: 8978

Re: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?

Appreciate all of the responses. For reference the aircraft is a Sling2.

I will reach out to the school management here soon with the G3X guide and see what they say!
by kaputt16
Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:33 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?
Replies: 45
Views: 8978

Re: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?

Not to run up my post count here, burn tge tricycle gear versions are the school all have accurate fuel readings, and the gauge and gal remaining burns down at the same rate as the fuel in the tank.
by kaputt16
Fri Feb 28, 2020 10:28 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?
Replies: 45
Views: 8978

Re: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?

FAR 91.205(b)(9) does specify that fuel gauges must indicate the quantity of fuel in each tank, but it also specifies that the regulation only applies to aircraft with a standard category airworthiness certificate. Since an SLSA, ELSA, or E-AB will have a special airworthiness certificate, I would ...
by kaputt16
Fri Feb 28, 2020 8:03 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?
Replies: 45
Views: 8978

Re: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?

If this is a certified aircraft, there's an FAR that requires the fuel gauge to be accurate at one setting only - zero! If the gauge doesn't read zero at empty, the plane isn't airworthy. (Of course, that means that one reading zero all the time is airworthy!) So I read that portion of the FAR and ...
by kaputt16
Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:54 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?
Replies: 45
Views: 8978

LSA rental has inoperable fuel gauge. How to deal with school to fix it?

One of the schools I rent from in my local area has a bunch of LSAs for rent. One of their aircraft is a tailwheel that I liked to rent fairly often because it’s used far less than their other aircraft and I have a pretty good amount of tailwheel time. However, the fuel gauge has stopped working in ...
by kaputt16
Tue Dec 31, 2019 10:21 am
Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
Topic: Bristell - BRM Aero - HIGH WING B8
Replies: 47
Views: 9406

Re: Bristell - BRM Aero - HIGH WING B8

Makes sense on that one being loaded with Garmin IFR avionics, didn’t think of that. I would rather get a 914 ( or preferably a 915is ) engine instead :D 915 IS all the way! I’m not sure if it makes sense as a trainer, but for pilots with decent amount of experience... yeah baby! I need to ask the S...
by kaputt16
Mon Dec 30, 2019 11:04 pm
Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
Topic: Bristell - BRM Aero - HIGH WING B8
Replies: 47
Views: 9406

Re: Bristell - BRM Aero - HIGH WING B8

IMHO, they are shooting themselves in the foot, with a 600kg MAUW. God only knows what they want for it? Bet it’s north of $210k. 600 kg is 1322 lbs. Minus two pounds and it’s an LSA! Plus Europe has many classes of light aircraft. I don’t see how that’s “shooting them in the foot.” Yeah, many but ...
by kaputt16
Thu May 30, 2019 1:05 am
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: MEI add-on to CFI-S, is it possible?
Replies: 5
Views: 18071

MEI add-on to CFI-S, is it possible?

Okay, as I stated in my response in the other thread, I am working on getting my CFI-S. I am going to be a part time instructor at a local club that is primarily light sport aircraft. However, we were recently told the club is going to be adding a Tecnam P2006T twin to the fleet since they have had ...
by kaputt16
Thu May 30, 2019 12:47 am
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: CFI-S Wrriten Test - Sheppard Air?
Replies: 5
Views: 22069

Re: CFI-S Wrriten Test - Sheppard Air?

Realized I never came back and updated this. Having now taken both the regular CFI exam and the CFI-S exam, I can accurately claim that Sheppard Air will not help you for the CFI-S. There are some overlap questions, however many of the questions on the CFI-S exam were not in the Sheppard Air prep. F...
by kaputt16
Mon Jan 14, 2019 11:04 pm
Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
Topic: Sling 2 build / Midwest Sky Sports
Replies: 249
Views: 433137

Re: Sling 2 build / Midwest Sky Sports

Gorgeous aircraft. The Slings are truly great airplanes, and I think are some of the best airplanes on the market right now, across multiple classes. I hope they are able to get a better following across this country.
by kaputt16
Sun Jan 13, 2019 7:03 pm
Forum: Instructors' Corner
Topic: CFI-S Wrriten Test - Sheppard Air?
Replies: 5
Views: 22069

CFI-S Wrriten Test - Sheppard Air?

First post here, pretty excited to be getting the opportunity to be a part time Sport instructor at my local airfield. Been working on studying for the written, and I was curious if anyone had used the Sheppard Air CFI airplane test prep to help them for the CFI Sport? From what I have gathered, the...