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by acensor
Fri Sep 20, 2019 4:42 pm
Forum: Light Sport Aircraft
Topic: In praise of CKT LSA exhausts AND their customer service
Replies: 0
Views: 7414

In praise of CKT LSA exhausts AND their customer service

Having occasionally been guilty of posting a rant about disappointing aircraft parts and customer service culture (or lack of it) from makers (particularly about Rotax’s dismal customer-unfriendly policies) it seems only fair to offer positive feedback when it’s due. Back in 2015 after our Rotax man...
by acensor
Thu Sep 19, 2019 2:06 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

Hi Bryan. You wrote, in part ..... "... I'm 58. I think real computer people are those that are well-versed at MS-DOS and how it lurks in the background and Makes Windows 10 work......." At the risk of us getting even further off topic: I've got a few years on you , and made my living doin...
by acensor
Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:41 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

But deciphering metars, drawing on paper charts, using the e6b slide-rule and the magnetic compass are all part of the hazing ritual that the in crowd uses to discourage people who won’t pay to learn the useless information. I wonder why general aviation is dying? .... exams still contain questions...
by acensor
Tue Sep 17, 2019 8:55 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

Paul... That's what I thought all along. The post I was responding to seemed to be maybe be saying otherwise ..... What it was saying was I could fly LSAs under Basic med. Which there's no point to st all ....unless it would allow me do SOMEthing I couldn’t do flying as I am now (such as. maybe fly ...
by acensor
Tue Sep 17, 2019 7:46 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

[quote="bryancobb"]Yes acensor...You ARE correct. If you had taken the physical 7 years ago and passed, you would now be able to do Basic Med. In hindsight however, there was no Basic Med then and you had no idea there would ever be, so stop beating yourself for decisions you made back the...
by acensor
Mon Sep 16, 2019 10:46 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

Although I could almost certainly pass a standard aeromedical III, at the time (7 years ago) when I was going to go for Private Pilot I was informed that if I ever had cancer the local examiner could not approve me... had to kick it upstairs. No matter that it was forty years ago ... FAA would proba...
by acensor
Mon Jul 29, 2019 4:42 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes
Replies: 60
Views: 126454

Re: The new Sport Pilot Rule Changes

Hi drseti.... Well you had me there for a second until I saw you signed it "happy April first." :wink: Alex. P.S., As you probably know there actually IS a move in the works to expand what Sport Pilots can fly. IIRR it will, if eventually accepted allow sport pilots to fly heavier (up to 3...
by acensor
Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:07 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Rules for converting s-lsa to e-lsa ?
Replies: 21
Views: 25786

Re: Rules for converting s-lsa to e-lsa ?

"...... The answer is definitely NO. Also for the E-AB you will need a A&P to do the condition inspection...." Yeah..... I was pretty sure about both of those. Slight correction though re "for the E-AB you will need a A&P to do the condition inspection." Since the aircraf...
by acensor
Tue Jan 29, 2019 8:47 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Rules for converting s-lsa to e-lsa ?
Replies: 21
Views: 25786

Re: Rules for converting s-lsa to e-lsa ?

I'm looking at an odd bird (in terms if it’s registration.) It's a Jabiru. an Experimental Amateur built by its type certificate. Although it was built at the factory and by the factory personnel. Don't ask me how that happened. Haven’t found out that piece of history yet. Bding factory built of cou...
by acensor
Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:12 am
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: New FAA rules make flying more affordable!
Replies: 24
Views: 82855

Re: New FAA rules make flying more affordable!

"....The 20 hour limit set by the FAA was for the airplanes they envisioned pilots flying, and not the airplanes they turned into. I think a person could do it in 20 hours in a simple, and slow airplane." You're IMO quite right that few sport pilot students get to their license in 20 hours...
by acensor
Wed Sep 27, 2017 2:35 pm
Forum: The new Sport Pilot rule makes flying affordable!
Topic: New FAA rules make flying more affordable!
Replies: 24
Views: 82855

Re: New FAA rules make flying more affordable!

Sport pilot and LSA worked out for me, but it definitalyy has not, as hoped, become much of a robust path into aviation for those the many for the many who would love to, but for whom the cost or time were and are significant, often overwhelming, barriers. As if 2015 there were only about 5000 who h...
by acensor
Tue Feb 14, 2017 9:50 pm
Forum: The Want Ads
Topic: Used IvoProp 3 blade quick ground adjust prop.
Replies: 0
Views: 14377

Used IvoProp 3 blade quick ground adjust prop.

$225 or make offer. New it's $660. This is the Ultralight model. Tractor/front prop.... not for pusher. Rated for engines up to 100 HP. 72 inch diameter. Light weight. Total prop 8 pounds. See We've had it on a 80 HP Rotax 912. I can't say enough good things about our experience with this prop. One ...
by acensor
Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:20 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Part 23 rewrite and LSA's
Replies: 30
Views: 13631

Re: Part 23 rewrite and LSA's

Even if the sport pilot rule for legal-to-fly under sport pilot rules the MTOW was raised to 1700 lbs, wouldn't the 152 be still locked out? AFAIK to fly any aircraft under sport pilot certificate or sport pilot rules with a PP certificate it has to OFFICIALLY stall at 45mph or less, but the 172 off...
by acensor
Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: Hangar Talk
Topic: Part 23 rewrite and LSA's
Replies: 30
Views: 13631

Re: Part 23 rewrite and LSA's

Helen, as best I can read it the order Trump signed doesn't cancel, just DELAYS for 60 days, recently instituted executive orders. Sounds like if they don't read and attempt to reverse any particular order it would then automatically continue. And anyhow BasicMed, as you know, isn't scheduled to go ...
by acensor
Fri Jan 20, 2017 11:07 pm
Forum: Ask The Insurance Agent
Topic: How do my hours effect my insurance rates?
Replies: 6
Views: 18343

Re: How do my hours effect my insurance rates?

FWIW....We (me and my co-owner) pay about $500 per year for just liabilty. (We used to carry hull coverage.. No longer). BTW: My original squawk still stands....that I have never been able to get a straight answer...or any really...from an agent as to how our total or last 12 month's hours effect ou...