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Any Ultralight/LSA pilots on the O-T Lounge?
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:24 am
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:24 am
I'm interested in pursuing this hobby and looking for advice. I'm a licensed pilot, but ultralights and LSAs look like a lot of fun.
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Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:30 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Step One:
Make sure your Life Insurance policy is paid up.
Step Two:
Make peace with all of your enemies.
Step Three
“Free Fallin’” is your new theme song. Enjoy the trip.
Make sure your Life Insurance policy is paid up.
Step Two:
Make peace with all of your enemies.
Step Three
“Free Fallin’” is your new theme song. Enjoy the trip.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:34 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Eta didn't see you already had license
I'd like a cub at the smallest but never trusted non certified aircraft.
What I really really want to get info is gliding
If going lsa why not just get a used c152 and slap experimental on it? They can be made faster and can handle aerobatics.
Strong spar. Common plane cheap parts.
If I were skinnier I'd fly one.
I'd like a cub at the smallest but never trusted non certified aircraft.
What I really really want to get info is gliding
If going lsa why not just get a used c152 and slap experimental on it? They can be made faster and can handle aerobatics.
Strong spar. Common plane cheap parts.
If I were skinnier I'd fly one.
This post was edited on 2/21/19 at 8:39 am
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:43 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Only pilot I knew who had one died in it.
Looks like fun, just have a stout life insurance policy if you have any dependents.
Looks like fun, just have a stout life insurance policy if you have any dependents.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:51 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Never flown either so take it FWIW, but I’d recommend the LSA side of the house. From a safety standpoint. LSAs are just much more robust and reliable. I’ve heard tons of ultralight horror stories. Anecdotal at best, but that’s all I got.
This post was edited on 2/21/19 at 8:54 am
Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:58 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Even helicopter pilots think this is a bad idea
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:04 am to BlackHelicopterPilot
Can’t argue with that.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:08 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
After watching that dude fly to McDonalds on a paramotor, I definitely want to look into that...
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:09 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Working on my PPL right now, but LSA's are so much cooler/better performing than your average 172/Cherokee/etc. Building a Kitfox or Zenith is on my bucket list.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:44 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
I trained a couple people in the Cessna skycatcher, nice airplane but it was overpriced. It also had a fixed nose wheel so you had to steer with differential braking, hated that. If you’re interested in doing that just get your private pilots license and that opens the door to a lot more equipment, it’s not going to be that much more expensive.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 9:57 am to FredsGotSlacks
The front wheel didn't caster like on a Grumman Tiger?
Posted on 2/21/19 at 11:41 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
check out allegro 2007
Posted on 2/21/19 at 12:26 pm to FredsGotSlacks
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I trained a couple people in the Cessna skycatcher, nice airplane but it was overpriced
The costs of bringing a factory finished LSA to market is insane. I love the carbon Cubs and some of the amphibious stuff, but $200-400k is pricing people out. Thank the lawyers.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 12:39 pm to Napoleon
quote:
If going lsa why not just get a used c152 and slap experimental on it? They can be made faster and can handle aerobatics. Strong spar. Common plane cheap parts. If I were skinnier I'd fly one.
You cant just slap "experimental" on a factory built certified aircraft, it has to be specified as "experimental amateur built" in the original air worthiness certificate. Even if you could, the C152 doesn't meet the criteria specified to be certified as a LSA, the gross weight and stall speed are too high.
" light sport aircraft, or LSA, must have
•Max takeoff weight of 1320 lbs or less (1430 for water operations)
•Maximum airspeed (Vh) of 120 knots CAS (level flight, max continuous power, standard conditions)
•For a glider, a maximum never-exceed speed (Vne) of 120 knots or less
•A Vs1 (stall speed without flaps) not more than 40 knots CAS (at max takeoff weight and most critical CG)
•Seating for no more than 2 people (including the pilot)
•A single, reciprocating engine
•A fixed pitched propeller (or ground-adjustable). Powered gliders must have the auto-feathering capability if equipped with an adjustable prop
•For gyroplanes, a fixed-pitch, semi-rigid, teetering blade rotor system
•A non-pressurized cabin
•Fixed landing gear, except for aircraft operating on water and gliders, which may have fixed or retractable gear"
Posted on 2/21/19 at 12:43 pm to dragginass
quote:
Working on my PPL right now, but LSA's are so much cooler/better performing than your average 172/Cherokee/etc. Building a Kitfox or Zenith is on my bucket list.
Vans RV12 should be on that list, it is a excellent plane, can be built in a reasonable amount of time, and you can sell them for more than your original investment.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:07 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
My neighbor has a paramotor and flies the creeks around our farms shooting hogs. Crazy as hell, but it works. 
Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:14 pm to FredsGotSlacks
quote:
I trained a couple people in the Cessna skycatcher, nice airplane but it was overpriced. It also had a fixed nose wheel so you had to steer with differential braking, hated that. If you’re interested in doing that just get your private pilots license and that opens the door to a lot more equipment, it’s not going to be that much more expensive.
I have my license and about two hundred hours in Cessnas and Pipers. It just looks to me like ultralights and LSA are fun to fly. BTW, your description of the C-162 sounds like a terrible airplane, and I read that Cessna destroyed their unsold inventory a few years ago. The plane must have been a real piece of junk.
Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:17 pm to dragginass
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Thank the lawyers.
don't be dumb, get out of here with that insurance company brainwashing
Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:49 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
15-20 years ago i would try it
in todays world you are just begging to be target practice for the poor filth with nothing better to do then use you as target practice
in todays world you are just begging to be target practice for the poor filth with nothing better to do then use you as target practice
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