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We'll see. The history of the FAA making changes even when mandated by congress hasn't been stellar.fatsportpilot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:31 pmWe'll see what the MOSAIC 2023 regulations do. They're going to change the regulations to allow for electric propulsion and LAMA has said that the FAA has not been overly averse to the idea of turboprop engines.
I'm just curious if I'd be able to rent a 172 on my sport certificate, there's a flight school very close to me with pretty well equipped 172's for $135 an hour compared to the $144 an hour LSA's I typically would rent.3Dreaming wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:42 amWe'll see. The history of the FAA making changes even when mandated by congress hasn't been stellar.fatsportpilot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:31 pmWe'll see what the MOSAIC 2023 regulations do. They're going to change the regulations to allow for electric propulsion and LAMA has said that the FAA has not been overly averse to the idea of turboprop engines.
There's some kind of formula they'll use to determine it and the preliminary example we saw so far makes it sound like a 172 might not be out of the question but the new regs are talking about allowing single lever control so having a constant speed prop with a little blue knob probably won't be sport eligible under the new regs. If they even come out the way LAMA expects them to. The FAA might screw us (as usual). Who knows?AviatorCrafty wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 2:43 pmI'm just curious if I'd be able to rent a 172 on my sport certificate, there's a flight school very close to me with pretty well equipped 172's for $135 an hour compared to the $144 an hour LSA's I typically would rent.3Dreaming wrote: ↑Thu Mar 04, 2021 8:42 amWe'll see. The history of the FAA making changes even when mandated by congress hasn't been stellar.fatsportpilot wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 9:31 pm
We'll see what the MOSAIC 2023 regulations do. They're going to change the regulations to allow for electric propulsion and LAMA has said that the FAA has not been overly averse to the idea of turboprop engines.
Yes exactly. We should wait not only until the end of 2021 for the NPRM, but also to the end of 2023 for the final rule (because NPRM can change). Of course the "usual delays" might make it take even longer. FAA is terrible at doing things on time.
Or they can simply abandon it after the NPRM like they did the part 23 rewrite before.
Please tell me you're not holding your breath waiting for new FAA rules for light sport.fatsportpilot wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 4:22 pm We should wait not only until the end of 2021 for the NPRM, but also to the end of 2023 for the final rule (because NPRM can change). Of course the "usual delays" might make it take even longer. FAA is terrible at doing things on time.
There's no reason not to do research into potential choices under an assumption but don't actually put money into it. Not yet.
That looks cool but it doesn't have a heat exchanger does it? Small gas turbine engines at low altitude are really inefficient. I think that TurboTech https://www.turbotech-aero.com/ is probably better for light sport because its efficiency is so much higher. 130hp at 9gph for TurboTech (or 5gph in eco cruise!) is better than 11gph and presumably that 11gph is only at good altitude?Heron Engines wrote: ↑Wed Apr 13, 2022 11:36 am We proudly present our GVA-130 turboprop engine's specifications.
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