jeffmoreau
Well Known Member
To satisfy the 40 hours of testing assigned to my aircraft, do I use Hobbs or Tach time?
Please let me know.
Please let me know.
So I take it that I should use Tach Time, correct?The 40 hours minimum is the time the aircraft is "in flight" (hence the term "phase I flight testing"). This does not include "ground" time.
Take a poll of the 6800+ RV's out there flying and I bet most of them used HOBBS time for meeting their phase I minimums.
Why would you install a Hobbs meter in an airplane that isn't used for hire? The intent of the Hobbs is essentially to allow flight schools and others who rent out aircraft to charge for the time the airplane sits idling on the ground.
Just curious...
And back to the original question - I used Tach time. My airplane doesn't have a Hobbs.
To answer the question: why install a hobbs?
I used Van's tach which doesn't have a recording
feature. The only hour meter solution I could come
up with was to install a hobbs recording meter
switched on with oil pressure. Is there something
better available considering cost? My hobbs does
read somewhat high.
So I take it that I should use Tach Time, correct?
Jeff, just write down the time you take off and land and record it in a log of some sort.
It is no big deal. No one will ask for a congressional investigation over it.