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2010-10-21 Thread Lee Van Dyke
I guess if you want to learn to fly, it should not matter what kind of plane you need to learn to fly in. I learned in a 172 and have not flown in a 172 in 22 years. Lee Sent from my iPhone On Oct 21, 2010, at 5:00 PM, big john wrote: > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:11

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2010-10-21 Thread big john
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Hall, Rodney CTR NNSY, C210 < rodney.r.hall@navy.mil> wrote: > Which begs the question why is the LSA weight limit so low? If the > intent was to get more people flying they should have made it at just > above the gross for a Cessna 150 which would have

KR> capacitive fuel quantity system

2010-10-21 Thread Dan Heath
I don't know about the Westach, but the Princeton can be calibrated. I think the models start at 2 positions and the advanced has 5 positions. They sample the level for 60 seconds and report to the gauge in 60 second intervals, to keep the needle from bouncing around. The calibration is "push

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2010-10-21 Thread Craig Williams
Thanks Larry Good to know about the LongEzes.  I had forgotten about that.   Most of my ideas have no bases except my version of common sense and my fertile imagination.  I don't plan on making the tanks droppable but I will beef up the underside in case of a gear collapse.  I figure they need

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2010-10-21 Thread Dj Merrill
On 10/21/2010 08:11 AM, Hall, Rodney CTR NNSY, C210 wrote: > Instead, probably by the request of manufacturers, new planes have > to be purchased to start sport pilot training in most cases. Bingo, you answered your own question. Take a look at the list of representatives that were on

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2010-10-21 Thread Hall, Rodney CTR NNSY, C210
Which begs the question why is the LSA weight limit so low? If the intent was to get more people flying they should have made it at just above the gross for a Cessna 150 which would have allowed for immediate training of sport pilots in a plane that many flight schools already have. Instead,

KR> capacitive fuel quantity system

2010-10-21 Thread Larry Flesner
At 07:21 PM 10/20/2010, you wrote: >Anyone using a capacitive fuel quantity system? ++ I'm using the Skysport system available through Aircraft Spruce. http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/eppages/skysportfuelsys.php I recall ordering them from