I'm only a few months away from finishing my -8. I have a trip to Houston planned in a few weeks to work with Bruce on transition training.
I got my insurance quotes back today and while the rates were reasonable, the requirement was 10 hours dual instruction in make/model. This feels high to me. I'm proposing back to the insurance company 5 hours make/model and then some additional either dual tailwheel time (in another aircraft) OR additional PIC time in make/model but not dual instruction. Those are a lot easier to obtain.
I'm just curious for any of you who didn't have a lot of tailwheel time to begin with, what your insurance required in terms of make/model training. I know I can get them to substitute instruction in another Vans tailwheel plane, but even then I have to travel somewhere to get that instruction. I just think it's going to be asking a lot to get 10 hours of RV-8 training in in a roughly 3 day span, and I'm not sure compressing it is really worthwhile.
I got my insurance quotes back today and while the rates were reasonable, the requirement was 10 hours dual instruction in make/model. This feels high to me. I'm proposing back to the insurance company 5 hours make/model and then some additional either dual tailwheel time (in another aircraft) OR additional PIC time in make/model but not dual instruction. Those are a lot easier to obtain.
I'm just curious for any of you who didn't have a lot of tailwheel time to begin with, what your insurance required in terms of make/model training. I know I can get them to substitute instruction in another Vans tailwheel plane, but even then I have to travel somewhere to get that instruction. I just think it's going to be asking a lot to get 10 hours of RV-8 training in in a roughly 3 day span, and I'm not sure compressing it is really worthwhile.