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New member from Salt Lake City
Warmi replied to Dale Troutlip's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
This year at Oshkosh I found a similar class plane that imho looks better than SportCruiser - Tucano replica. It is a kit plane with Rotax 915is and I am now seriously considering getting their quick build kit … -
Greetings from South Carolina
Warmi replied to Newberry84's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
My worry would be not so much some kind of FAA ramp check but rather, in hopefully unlikely scenario ,that if I crash the plane or somehow need to fill out insurance claim , there may be issues related to the plane not being in compliance. -
Greetings from South Carolina
Warmi replied to Newberry84's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
I do follow pretty much all the rules even though I do think a lot of it is nonsense , at least in terms of non intended outcomes … I do draw a line sometimes for trivial stuff ( for instance I would not give a crap about getting LOA to fly without wheel pants( something that is apparently required for Flight Design owners ) and stuff like that … at the end of the day it is my plane. Of course it is easier for me as I can pretty much install any avionics I want , my list of allowed ADSB equipment looks very open 🙂 If I owned a SportCruiser I would simply go ELSA - life is too short for dealing with nonsense like that … What’s even more interesting , I am apparently allowed to install aftermarket Rotax engine mods to add extra power - not sure about doing that , especially given how expensive it is but hey, I would still be legal 🙂 -
Greetings from South Carolina
Warmi replied to Newberry84's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
… won’t comment on idiotic legal/paper nonsense but just on merit alone these were excellent upgrade choices 🙂 -
Hello from Eastern NC
Warmi replied to Kevin's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
That’s all you really need - a decent GPS and a decent instrument that can drive your autopilot (G5 certainly qualifies ) -
That’s the point … there is never any excuse available when flying - it is always on you , one way or another. As far as flying in windy conditions, I find slowing down from landing right after touch down probably the most dangerous part of the whole ordeal … frankly, it is not as bad in a low wing plane ( less likely to get picked up by the wind ) but still , it is kind of unnerving as at that point the only thing you can do is keep the controls into to the wind and hope for the best.
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I would think even if you crash with 2 knots crosswind FAA would put the responsibility on you anyway …
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That red and white SportCruiser up there in the first picture looks just stunning… and Happy New Year !
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Hello from Fl Panhandle
Warmi replied to Trc1969's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
My Sting is like that - the bubble canopy may not look as sporty as in SportCruiser but it offers superior visibility - it feels like you are sitting on a wing spar with almost 360 degree visibility. I guess, to each his own 🙂 -
Hello from north of the border
Warmi replied to Flyboylouis's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
I have the same TruTrak Efis and so far it has been running flawless since 2017 ( when I got the plane, the unit is older than that ) and feature wise it is about the same as D100 series from Dynon ...but , indeed, it is a dead end product - if it dies , you got to pull it out and replace the stack entirely. -
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Warmi replied to admin's topic in Forum Information & News from the Admin
Another thing is that there just aren't that many (frequented) forums for Light Sport/Rotax folks out there to begin with ... -
Welcome, That's an interesting take... VL3 Aircraft surely appears quite fast ( I presume you are looking for the 915is version ) and I am sure they a lot of fun to fly for your typical local flying ( I mean hundreds not thousands of miles ) but I am not sure how you gonna manage the gross limit which is still only around 1322 lbs and that's a lot less than DA40 which will translate into pretty slim useful load not to mention the fact that it surely won't be any better in turbulence than DA40. I mean, it does look and sound like a another fun Czech plane ( I personally don't have a SportCruiser either but another Czech plane, Sting S4 ) but it is not a replacement for a plane like DA40 imho. BTW.. there is another , non-plane specific forum for Light Sport planes - https://sportpilottalk.com/ - may want to ask around there as well.
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New Owner based in Tampa
Warmi replied to Lightning Pilot's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
Yep, that’s why I don’t want one 😀 Btw. Arion Lightning planes have nothing in common with Lancair planes except maybe it looks kind of similar ( but so does SportCruiser to some degree ) Arion Lightning legacy includes this plane - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocomp_VM-1_Esqual -
New Owner based in Tampa
Warmi replied to Lightning Pilot's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
Lightning is much more docile plane than the Lancair - I think of it as “Lancair for dummies” , which is for me 🙂 - I don’t need all that ultra speed that comes with Lancair and don’t want to fly a plane with 80 knots landing speed. -
New Owner based in Tampa
Warmi replied to Lightning Pilot's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
Get your 3rd class medical - to me that is a no-brainer. You can fly anything with it - SC , Lightning - whatever ... Personally, I was kind of looking at the new Lightning as my next plane ( either that or Sling 4 TSI - but I don't need 4 seats). With the Titan engine it will cruise faster but the main thing for me is 17XX lbs gross which is what I am having problems with on my Sting S4 - not enough gross. I am 6 feet 210 LBS , my wife is almost 6 feet and while she is pretty thin , at 6 feet she is still heavier than most women + BRS and we are maxed out with fuel. With 17XXX lbs , I can add a BRS installation to the Lightning ( Nick mentioned that they do offer it if you want it ) , load it with fuel and still have enough for decent size baggage. -
New Owner based in Tampa
Warmi replied to Lightning Pilot's topic in Introductions from Our New SCFLIER Forum Members
Just curious ... so what happened to yours and what are you flying these days ? -
That’s ok .. I have no problem owning a LSA plane and are more then happy to fly it regardless if there are better options available but, still, I think having all the facts and potential risks of purchasing an LSA plane in market that is about to completely change - it can’t hurt to point it out. And no, market driven innovations generally take years and generations of products before they become the norm - plenty of time to adjust - the current LSA market was created basically overnight with a stroke of a pen and can be destroyed/completely changed just as quickly. PS. I own a plane ( TL Ultralight Sting S4 ) that is max rated at 1320 lbs without any option to go higher ( the design gross ) but one way to guard against the coming change, is to purchase a plane like the Airplane Factory’s Sling 2 that is rated at 1560 lbs ( or a Bristell ) - where manufacturers have already indicated that they will issues LOAs for new gross as soon as new rules are in effect.
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Well, my point is , keep in mind that if you do buy a plane , say for $140k , and the new rule becomes effective 2-3 years down the line it could be entirely possible for prices for these planes to drop 50% or so as soon as new models with higher gross and fewer limitations hit the market. This is a risk that we all assume participating in a market that is not driven by technological boundaries but rather by artificial bureaucratic limitations where entire product lines can be made obsolete with a single stroke of a pen.
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I would not go for a new one or anything above 110 - used , a few years old with around 200 hours for about 100-110 k would be what I would consider a sweet spot. I keep hearing that LSA sales are going to hell ( supposedly it is combination of new Basic Med rules and FAA LSA limits change proposals ) so there is no point buying anything new, unless money is no factor , of course 🙂
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I was told during rotax training to be careful and make sure not to try to force the bowl up because , it is is misaligned , you can do some damage to the floats - not saying that is what happened , since I cannot tell for sure, but the float was clearly chipped at the corner exactly where it would line up with the metal edge if misaligned. It maybe be that ,after 6 years , they started flaking but it was only that edge and nothing else - I replaced them anyway.
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I couldn't - you may be more lucky but personally I no longer take any chances... I had my plane serviced at a known Rotax mechanic in Chicago area and ended up with the following maintenance induced issues : A leaking carb fuel line after 5 year rubber replacement ( either a bad clamp or re-used clamp , could't tell but it failed ) Carb bowl debris after annual ( I presume it was due to hastily installing the carb bowl which caused the float to chip away ) which resulted in takeoff time engine trouble - A cracked oil tank that ultimately failed catastrophically as soon as I attempted to open the drain . This was due to my mechanic installing a quick drain valve with not enough clearance over the exhaust which , over time, due to engine start/stop vibrations caused the drain plug to fail ( banging on the exhaust system ) Maybe I was just particularly unlucky but ... anyway, nobody will care as much about your plane as you do so trust but verify 🙂
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What is required in an annual should be listed in your AMM manual
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If a part gets replaced and it is done properly where you can’t tell the difference then it wouldn’t matter to me - frankly , that’s added value to me since it will most likely last longer than if it was the original but ,yeah, it all needs to be documented. I had my upper front gear strut replaced because it cracked at the weld point due to vibration ( the nut was loose and the strut was vibrating on takeoff ) and it got replaced with a newer strut design that is completely solid without any welds - but I have it documented in the book along with pictures of the weld that cracked , how it cracked etc ...