If this ever becomes sport pilot eligible
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:48 pm
Ok so the day this becomes sport pilot eligible I'm plunking down my money and buying it:
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Cool looking plane, but my first thought was how miserable the view downward would be.Warmi wrote: But yeah, these are not the type of planes to buzz around or be doing some low level sightseeing ...
Really? 1685 max gross and retractable landing gear suggest otherwise.Warmi wrote:That’s an early one - with 55 knots stall speed and 140 knots max speed not that much different than say Arion Lightning XS.
Ah, Eddie, you're just spoiled by flying around in a plexiglass bubble.FastEddieB wrote: Cool looking plane, but my first thought was how miserable the view downward would be.
Looks to me about the same as SportCruiser or Arion Lightning ... not great but manageable.FastEddieB wrote:Cool looking plane, but my first thought was how miserable the view downward would be.Warmi wrote: But yeah, these are not the type of planes to buzz around or be doing some low level sightseeing ...
It is Lancair 235 and the numbers I mentioned are “factory” numbers for that plane but since it is an experimental , who knows ...drseti wrote:Really? 1685 max gross and retractable landing gear suggest otherwise.Warmi wrote:That’s an early one - with 55 knots stall speed and 140 knots max speed not that much different than say Arion Lightning XS.
You can say that, but with thousands of hours flying pipeline patrol in a low wing airplane I never found it to be an issue. I was always looking forward and down, and if I needed to see something closer I would circle. When the wings are banked they are not in the way.FastEddieB wrote:Cool looking plane, but my first thought was how miserable the view downward would be.Warmi wrote: But yeah, these are not the type of planes to buzz around or be doing some low level sightseeing ...