Sport Pilot Talk

FastEddieB wrote: How about joining me in TN? Lots still for sale at 80TN.

Plus we have mountains. Well, sort of!

I'll tuck that thought away just in case. I believe I have been 'westernized' and can't go back to eastern ways, terrain and weather.

I'm 66 now and time to think about retiring and leaving California so I can retire and live indoors.

#1 first consideration when picking a new place to live is the nearby airport(s) and hangar space.

I'd still correct the pitch issue you have as you can damage the engine if you are not careful. Not totally following I am hovering really around 5175 - 5210 wot climb out. Cruise at 5500 level staying In the LSA 120 kts range, but can push it put to 5700 for 5 min which I don’t do. I think if I fl...

CICO (calories in / calories out), as Ed points requires no life style change but you will have to deal with hunger and will likely eventually regain what you lose. I took another approach and became a carnivore (cured all my health problems) and I went from 220lbs to 157lbs with no hunger or effort...

a wider shot

To us light sport guys this is a to-die-for airplane.

Scooper wrote:That's pretty awesome. Out of curiosity, what was your altitude when you took the picture?

Roughly 13,500'. This area has a lot of high terrain but I want to get as low as I can so my altitude when in close will vary from 13,000' to 14,600

Shot from my Flight Design CTSW

The Light Sport rule was orignally an attempt to bring the many Part 103 'fat ultralight' 2-seat trainers under some jurisdiction. Part 103 never meant to give someone the ability to fly around in a 2-place airplane without a real license but that was the result and the light sport rule did pretty m...

TimTaylor wrote:There is NOTHING resembling high performance with a 100 hp LSA

Can you relate to the concept of a high performance glider? zero hp but it can be designed to fly faster and climb better.

The Pipestrel Virus is the Nasa Cafe record holder. = high performance again.

Another way a LSA can be preferable in a high altitude / front range field is its ability to use ridge lift, thermals and mountain wave for supplemental lift of even to power much of a flight.

There is NOTHING resembling high performance with a 100 hp LSA. As FastEddie was pointing out, it has more to do with power to weight ratio than just power. Any yes, in an LSA, we can leave out one passenger and a little baggage and fuel to improve the power to weight ratio. In many other aircraft,...

Not sure what that has to do with my post. It counters 2 things you said I'm not sure LSA would have anything to do with anything. All normally aspirated engines would sufffer the same loss in horsepower at altitude and every airplane has a maximum gross weight. The only difference with LSA is ther...

I'm not sure LSA would have anything to do with anything. All normally aspirated engines would sufffer the same loss in horsepower at altitude and every airplane has a maximum gross weight. The only difference with LSA is there is not as much potential weight reduction by leaving 3 passengers and l...

My SLSA is, due to its great climb and speed far more capable then my 180hp skyhawk was.

Our field's on the Sierra front range @ 7,100'