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Old 07-09-2014, 11:07 AM
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One note - If you are already special issuance then you cannot just fly LSA with your drivers license.
That is correct. [From the context of this post, it appears there is a typo here. We are waiting for the OP to respond to Brantel's comment below, but in the meantime, it seems the sentence should read "That is incorrect." - one of the moderators]

Response: My intent here is to say: if you have a current medical - whether it's special issuance or not - you can't fly under medical self-certification. You must let the medical "time out", and then you can self-certify. Now, that was my understanding in my conversation with the FAA as detailed below...


I did ask this question of a technician in the FAA Aeromedical Branch in OKC: "Once I have the special issuance medical, can I simply let it lapse when my third class medical renewal comes around, and then fly as a Sport Pilot under medical self-certification?"

Their answer: Yes.

FWIW...

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Old 07-09-2014, 11:10 AM
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Joseph it looks like there is a typo in your post...
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Old 07-09-2014, 11:30 AM
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Brian,

You are not alone. I can't tell you how many times I have thought about selling my -9.

Only I want a Highlander Super STOL to replace it but what I really need is an RV-10, so I guess I'll keep the -9.
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Old 07-09-2014, 03:23 PM
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Hmm.
On the recent holiday flight, I was doing 190Kt across the ground and at the same time doin' the 'scooch' in the seat urging the machine to go faster. RV 12 would have been 90 minutes slower plus a fuel stop and it would not have handled the weather (via altitude) as easily.

The 12 cost is attractive but gosh I don't know if I could go back to the spamcan speeds until forced. Dragged screaming I guess.
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Old 07-09-2014, 04:34 PM
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Or.......

Put a group of 3 others around your 7 - you retain 25%.

Build the 12 with a partner.

Now you have the best of both because you can fly the 7 'with a partner' if you don't retain your full medical while flying the 12 on the restricted.

Complicated but very sociable

The 12 is really sweet to fly - I did the testing on one a couple of years ago and was so impressed we are building 2 as a revenue exercise after the 8 is done. Should help the finances on the 14.
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Old 07-09-2014, 06:40 PM
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The 12 is really sweet to fly - I did the testing on one a couple of years ago and was so impressed we are building 2 as a revenue exercise after the 8 is done. Should help the finances on the 14.
You're actually going to make money doing this even after freight, taxes and UK exchange rates? Wow!
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Old 07-09-2014, 07:03 PM
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How do the glider guys do it?
Glider ops are an entity unto themselves. Gliders require a towplane to launch, ground crew to set up for takeoff, capture after landing, etc. The glider clubs i've seen have rigorous procedures for rigging and de-rigging gliders, to ensure that nobody misses any critical connections when putting the wings on.

Personally, I wouldn't want to have to connect and disconnect my wings after every flight, even if it was a lot easier than it would be on my -6... Nor would I want to rely on finding random people every time I wanted to fly.

The overriding concern i'd have with a -12 over any of the other two-place RV's is that personally, I find them very unattractive.
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Old 07-10-2014, 04:51 AM
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Glider ops are an entity unto themselves. Gliders require a towplane to launch, ground crew to set up for takeoff, capture after landing, etc. The glider clubs i've seen have rigorous procedures for rigging and de-rigging gliders, to ensure that nobody misses any critical connections when putting the wings on.

Personally, I wouldn't want to have to connect and disconnect my wings after every flight, even if it was a lot easier than it would be on my -6... Nor would I want to rely on finding random people every time I wanted to fly.

The overriding concern i'd have with a -12 over any of the other two-place RV's is that personally, I find them very unattractive.
Pilots who have to move an airplane to an airport and return to fly end up not flying very much. That's not good.

What's interesting around here are pilots who have hangars, sell there airplanes and store their boats and other toys in their hangars - the flip side of the story.
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What's interesting around here are pilots who have hangars, sell there airplanes and store their boats and other toys in their hangars - the flip side of the story.
That problem is easy to solve. These hangar squatters are not buying fuel and other airport services so, have airport management add a clause to the rental contact that requires airplane storage.

Those clauses are fairly common.
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Old 07-11-2014, 07:41 AM
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That problem is easy to solve. These hangar squatters are not buying fuel and other airport services so, have airport management add a clause to the rental contact that requires airplane storage.
People who want cheap (ish) storage are crafty enough to work around that too. There are lots of junk airplanes and airplane parts around that take up relatively little space in the corner when you only need to meet the wording of a contract.

There are far too many hangars at my home airport that are full of junk. The few i've been privy to see inside all have airplane parts somewhere... Maybe they used to be pilots/owners, or maybe they're just meeting the requirement of their rental contract too.
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