Sport Pilot Talk

RTC'83 wrote:Looks like you are enjoying it, nice plane.

Thanks, having a blast

Some good stuff today, got in 1.6 hours and my total training time is now 16.2 hours with 8.9 hours in the taildragger Did some “backcountry” type flying down a long straight 2 track road holding the plane about 1-3’ off the ground for about 3 miles at a time simulating holding off for a wheel landi...

Day four in the taildragger Didn’t get to fly yesterday due to a massive wind event here in Utah. Today was cold so the I felt like I had an extra 30hp today which was great. We had about 12-15 mph from the NE today on the ground, a bit more 2000 AGL and my CFI wanted to use that for steep turns aro...

Well done! It is surprising just how much rudder is needed... happy feet! A technique that helped me is to keep pressure on both rudder pedals and reduce pressure on one side or the other to steer, rather than pushing on one rudder pedal at a time. And to make a correction, and as soon as the corre...

Today was Day 3/1.7 hours Did the typical power on and power off stalls, did .5 hours of IFR which was fun and no issue at all. Followed a VERY rural road at about 150’ AGL doing left and right hand slips holding altitude while staying on the road. Those were my first slips so all good. My CFI chang...

Day 2 Day 2 Lots of great stuff and disappointing finish to the 2 hour lesson Practiced power on and power off stalls, recover from emergency situations, steep turns around a point, “S Turns” down a road. In the image from FF you can see a turn around a point, I did one then he had me come out and r...

I was 7.3 hours into my training all in a Archer to this point and today was the transition to taildragger. It was AWESOME! Got 2.1 logged in the Rans S-20 with 5 full stop landings. Each got progressively better and the last one was really nice on the “home strip” (24 feet wide) which is UT9 at the...

Just curious... Did you discuss this with your instructor at any point? I was in the middle of changing instructors when I posted this question. I was going from nose wheel to taildragger and was not flying for about 2 weeks when while I was also studying for my written which I passed. The initial ...

Warmi wrote:No need for any medical - just your driver license.

Thanks, then I can cancel my Dr. appt.

I was going back and forth between PPL and Sport, but we will be flying a Rans S-20 so no need for a PPL

I am about to solo after having passed my Sport Pilot written this week. I am uncertain as to the requirements for my initial FAA medical if any. Am I good to go with just my DL or do I need to get an FAA medical the first time?

Thanks