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re: Is There a Sexier Modern Day Personal Plane than the SF50?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:25 am to Bedhog
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:25 am to Bedhog
quote:If there is an engine issue on the single engine planes are you just dropping from the sky or can you do a controlled desent?
If I were in the market for a single engine anything it would undoubtedly be a TBM 940.
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Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:28 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:No man, she's in Cali living the dream. We do have a NA 206 for sale tho. Original owner,1956 model
Do you still have that 180?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:31 am to PearlJam
quote:all planes/jets have a controlled decent. Just have to know the glide ratio. There's actually an instrument most planes have in them nowadays that knows the places glide ratio and will show you which airports in the vicinity you're flying at calculating your altitude as well to make an emergency,no power landing at.
If there is an engine issue on the single engine planes are you just dropping from the sky or can you do a controlled desent?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am to Bedhog
quote:Haha. Probably too much plane for me but text me your asking price.
We do have a NA 206 for sale tho. Original owner,1956 model
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:32 am to Bedhog
quote:
There's actually an instrument most planes have in them nowadays that knows the places glide ratio and will show you which airports in the vicinity you're flying at calculating your altitude as well to make an emergency,no power landing at.
What does it say when there isn't an airport in range? "TOUGH shite"?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:35 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:you don't want it. It has an extra hole in it if you know what I mean. Specialized model
Haha. Probably too much plane for me but text me your asking price.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:36 am to jbgleason
quote:there's always something around. You'd be amazed how many cropduster or grass strip airfields there are. Even shows private strips.
What does it say when there isn't an airport in range? "TOUGH shite"?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:38 am to Bedhog
quote:You should try africa. My nearest alternate is 220 miles away.
there's always something around. You'd be amazed how many cropduster or grass strip airfields there are. Even shows private strips.
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 10:40 am
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:44 am to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:eshhh. You couldn't put that KA down on sand?
You should try africa. My nearest alternate is 220 miles away.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:47 am to Bedhog
Well I’d rather not. Also ISIS
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:52 am to GeauxxxTigers23
lol, that'd be some shite have to ditch on a sand road and hit an IED 
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:33 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
quote:
You should try africa. My nearest alternate is 220 miles away.
If you have a forced landing in sub-Saharan Africa you should probably stay in the airplane. If you're in North Africa, you may need to run and hide.
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:35 pm to OleWarSkuleAlum
The G700 but I’m biased
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:36 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Running guns into Angola?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 6:44 pm to Bedhog
quote:
glide ratio
Defined as "one half the distance to the nearest airfield"
Posted on 11/26/19 at 8:30 am to Bedhog
quote:
If I were in the market for a single engine anything it would undoubtedly be a TBM 940.
I fly on a TBM 850 pretty often, usually in the right seat. Our pilot is a very experienced pilot who is retired from flying big metal. The owner has multiple planes including a couple mid size jets.
The TBM is fast and efficient but it is also cramped, outside of the power plant it can be a bit unreliable and parts are crazy expensive and can be difficult to get. Parts at major checks being shipped to France and back, also $40,000 for an A/C repair that required interior to be completely stripped and another minor part that was OOS except 1 item in the world located in South Africa and costing 5 figures.
Compared to the cessna and bombardier jets in the fleet this thing is a nightmare in this regard. Lastly after riding in this plane and quite a few others it is very easy to see how a piston pilot moving up with no jet experience can get in over their head with this plane. Things happen fast, the workload is higher, shes got tiny landing gear and she needs to be flown, all the way to the pavement, she won't just ease her way onto the ground like a smaller piston plane.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 8:34 am to tes fou
quote:
Lastly after riding in this plane and quite a few others it is very easy to see how a piston pilot moving up with no jet experience can get in over their head with this plane.
Once the airplane gets ahead of you, Bad things happen really fast. Then they multiply all the way to the ground. Usually at high speeds and odd angles.
Posted on 11/26/19 at 8:42 am to 777Tiger
quote:
777Tiger
Sat next to a 777 pilot for Fedex on my flight home Sunday night from Charleston and the dude wouldn't shut the frick up about how much better the 777 is than other aircrafts.
I thought of you, in a good way though
Posted on 11/26/19 at 8:47 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:
dude wouldn't shut the frick up about how much better the 777 is than other aircrafts.
can't stand guys like that, hey! did I tell you about how awesome the 777 is? it's got TAC, satcom, cpdlc, a couple of crew lounges...…
jk, if you sat next to me on an airplane you'd never know I was a pilot, now if you started talking LSU sports, that's a different matter
Posted on 11/26/19 at 9:05 am to UCFACTS4LIFE
You can have that POS the F4E is a classic and I can drop large bombloads too.
This post was edited on 11/26/19 at 9:08 am
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