LSA/Sport Pilot

Jim_Raynor

Jim_Raynor

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I'm a new instructor working at a part 61 school where our primary aircraft is a Tecnam P2004 Bravo LSA. I currently have two students, one working on his private and the other pursuing a sport pilot certificate. Prior to this job I have zero experience with the sport certificate and/or LSAs in general. So . . .

1. Any advice on training sport vs private?

and

2. Does anyone have experience with the P2004, specifically power/speed combinations for various maneuvers? Other than a list of v-speeds, the manual is pretty slim in this area.

Thanks!
 
The training is pretty much identical, except with the sport pilot you will have a greater focus on pilotage and dead reckoning because they don't use radio navigation (at least if I understand the PTS right).

Other than that, they don't need night, instrument, or controlled airspace (unless the applicant wants the endorsement to fly into it). Also, think the sport pilot x-ctry is greater than 25 miles vs. the greater than 50 for private, but if he wants to upgrade later he'll still need the longer cross countries.
 
EAA put out a very helpful CFI guide for sport pilots. The post above is pretty much correct but add that the solo cross country has to be 75 miles total w/ at least one leg more than 30 nm. (going from memory, but check the regs)

The DPE I use wants the cross country portion planned w/ pilotage and dead reckoning but will allow GPS (panel or portable) after the x/c portion (just in case the student gets disoriented during all of the maneuvers).
 
Not an instructor, but I've got some LSA time, and I aspire to teach LSA stuff in the future. One thing I've noticed with various LSA's, is that you have to be all over energy management. Very light airplanes, so airspeed on final is very critical. A little bit fast can translate into a very, very long float.

Don't have any experience with the Tecnam's, but they sure look fun to fly. Is your Bravo IFR equipped? I know there are a few out there. One of the big LSA schools on the East Coast has one set up with a 430W, so they can run all kinds of cool stuff, in actual.
 
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