Sport Pilot Training - Weight-Shift aircraft

[Douglas]

I feel pretty confident in the answer, but this sport pilot stuff is still new to me...

I am a CFI airplane, which means I can teach Sport Pilot Airplane.
If I wanted to teach a sport pilot in a weight-shift trike, I would need weight-shift on me CFI certificate or become a Sport-pilot Weight-Shift Instructor and be barred from teaching PPL in W-S, right?

Pretty easy question, but just checking since this is a new front for me.

I am tempted in adding that to my CFI certificate, just because it seems fun.
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Well at least he made it on the fairway.
:yar:

 

[Inverted25]

is there a market for this where you live?

 

[Douglas]

One on the field, and conversing with another fellow that is looking to buy one and get training here.

It sounds a bit like an adventure actually.
Plus, I think I'll be here a while.

Lemonade time.

 

[Douglas]

One of the Mechanics bought a single seat Powered-Parachute, I took that up one night after work. I have to say I'm starting to get weaned from the wholly enclosed cockpit concept.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

One of the Mechanics bought a single seat Powered-Parachute, I took that up one night after work. I have to say I'm starting to get weaned from the wholly enclosed cockpit concept.

I'm really big into the whole LSA deal, but I'm not going to lie, I don't know a thing about the powered-parachutes. What kind of rating do you have to have to fly one? I guess I could go get the endorsement to fly it as a sport pilot, but I wasn't sure if one could go get a private certificate in one of them.

 

[Douglas]

I'm really big into the whole LSA deal, but I'm not going to lie, I don't know a thing about the powered-parachutes. What kind of rating do you have to have to fly one? I guess I could go get the endorsement to fly it as a sport pilot, but I wasn't sure if one could go get a private certificate in one of them.

It was a single seat PPC - which means it is not LS. The two seat PPC have been bumped up to the LS category which means you need more than an endorsement, you need to be appropriately rated...checkride.

Anybody can fly a single seat PPC with out any training or ratings though if you get your hands on a single seat I would suggest some training in a two seater...(you're probably saying 'ya think!!!')

(i) For a powered parachute rating. A person who applies for a private pilot certificate with a powered parachute category rating must log at least 25 hours of flight time in a powered parachute that includes at least 10 hours of flight training with an authorized instructor, including 30 takeoffs and landings, and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in §61.107 (b)(9) and the training must include at least—

(1) One hour of cross-country flight training in a powered parachute that includes a 1-hour cross-country flight with a landing at an airport at least 25 nautical miles from the airport of departure;

(2) Except as provided in §61.110, 3 hours of night flight training in a powered parachute that includes 10 takeoffs and landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport;

(3) Three hours of flight training with an authorized instructor in a powered parachute in preparation for the practical test, which must have been performed within the preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test; and

(4) Three hours of solo flight time in a powered parachute, consisting of at least—

(i) One solo cross-country flight with a landing at an airport at least 25 nautical miles from the departure airport; and

(ii) Twenty solo takeoffs and landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in a traffic pattern) at an airport, with at least 3 takeoffs and landings at an airport with an operating control tower.


PPCs are amazing.

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

It was a single seat PPC - which means it is not LS. The two seat PPC have been bumped up to the LS category which means you need more than an endorsement, you need to be appropriately rated...checkride.

Anybody can fly a single seat PPC with out any training or ratings though if you get your hands on a single seat I would suggest some training in a two seater...(you're probably saying 'ya think!!!')

(i) For a powered parachute rating. A person who applies for a private pilot certificate with a powered parachute category rating must log at least 25 hours of flight time in a powered parachute that includes at least 10 hours of flight training with an authorized instructor, including 30 takeoffs and landings, and 10 hours of solo flight training in the areas of operation listed in §61.107 (b)(9) and the training must include at least—

(1) One hour of cross-country flight training in a powered parachute that includes a 1-hour cross-country flight with a landing at an airport at least 25 nautical miles from the airport of departure;

(2) Except as provided in §61.110, 3 hours of night flight training in a powered parachute that includes 10 takeoffs and landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport;

(3) Three hours of flight training with an authorized instructor in a powered parachute in preparation for the practical test, which must have been performed within the preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test; and

(4) Three hours of solo flight time in a powered parachute, consisting of at least—

(i) One solo cross-country flight with a landing at an airport at least 25 nautical miles from the departure airport; and

(ii) Twenty solo takeoffs and landings to a full stop (with each landing involving a flight in a traffic pattern) at an airport, with at least 3 takeoffs and landings at an airport with an operating control tower.


PPCs are amazing.

Wow, that seems like a lot to do, for an add-on. In any case, I suppose it would be fun.

 

[Douglas]

Wow, that seems like a lot to do, for an add-on. In any case, I suppose it would be fun.

True, it does seem like a whole lot to do, it is a whole new certificate and not an add-on. It would be a ton of fun. You would get some stuff knocked off of the practical test though, credit for already demonstrating yo' mad skillz.

And I was shocked by:

One solo cross-country flight with a landing at an airport at least 25 nautical miles from the departure airport; and

This is a two hour x-c in the flying go-cart, get a head wind and forget about it. :laff:

 

[KSCessnaDriver]

True, it does seem like a whole lot to do, it is a whole new certificate and not an add-on. It would be a ton of fun. You would get some stuff knocked off of the practical test though, credit for already demonstrating yo' mad skillz.

And I was shocked by:
This is a two hour x-c in the flying go-cart, get a head wind and forget about it. :laff:

Wow, 2 hours in one of those things? It would be fun to get the rating, but that almost scares me. 2 hours is a long time for them. What kind of fuel capacity do they have, aka, how many fuel stops are we making for the 2 hour flight?

And, secondly, does anybody build an S-LSA version of a powered parachute? Seems like you might be able to get a market for renting these things, in the right places.