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Hey guys just a quick update to let you know that I made it home from my 203 day sand box tour. Great to be back and hold my 4 year old!! Now to get the furnace working. Anyone here have HVAC experience? I've had 4 different people look at and replaced 4 different non returnable expensive parts and still have the same issue the wife started with a week ago.
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Thanks Jim - Wouldn't want you to miss Mr. O'Reilly, better yet, Kelly or Hannity or Shep!
According to the AOPA site, an SP must take the BFR in a LSA, unless he has a private certificate and then he can take it in a plane which is the TYPE (like Single engine Land) he is certified in.
Don't know how he got away with it in a 172, but there seems to be lots of confusion and discretion on the part of the CFI.
I haven't been flying much for a while, and I think I will enjoy the BFR no matter which plane I am in.
My last BFR was done in my Ercoupe - which, BTW, wont qualify a person seeking a private ticket (or SP maybe?) to fly a plane with full controls - if you get your cert in an Ercoupe without pedals, you get an endorsement on your ticket to that effect, and that is the only type you can fly, or at least that is the way it used to be. I originally got mine in a 150, and flew the 172 and 182T, Cherokee and twin Apache, while working on my commercial.
EDMO
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We had this discussion a while back when my friend who had a single seat and flys with a Sport Pilot ticket needed his BFR. He took it in a 172 with the instructor acting as pilot in command. I was under the impression that he couldn't do it, but later researched it and found it was legal as long as he didn't act as pilot in command. When I did a google search I found this info also on the EAA website. I would go there now and get the link to it, but Orilley is on in two minutes.....Jim Chuk
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Dimitri,
If you have the sight tubes in the wing tank, and no other holes - then you can put a "T" fitting into the upper sight tube and run your vent line to it.
EDMO
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Joey - Sooo Happy to hear that you made it home to family safely.
Wishing all of you Merry Christmas and Good Flying!
EDMO
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Hey Leni,
How big is your header tank and where do you have it located it? pics will be nice; the blue lines are not a choice for me, in somehow, my inspector don´t like it, and he demanded to replace them all... I used to have them between the pump to the carb, and he wasn´t please with it.
Well is that is the case, I will put a plug in the AN4 then!!! no need to reinvent the wheel.....
We all can do what we want, but I would put a vent in. If the air can't get out easy, fuel can't get in easy. I like the idea of a low fuel warning in the header tank as well (although I never had one.
Jim Chuk
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Welcome home, Joey! Glad you are back safe!
Now to put some of that weight back on with Mama's good home cooking'!!
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After 200+ days in the sand box, Joey caught the freedom bird and is now back home! Thanks for your time away from the family Mr. Now get your ass out to the hangar and get your bird back in the air!
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Hey Leni,
How big is your header tank and where do you have it located it? pics will be nice; the blue lines are not a choice for me, in somehow, my inspector don´t like it, and he demanded to replace them all... I used to have them between the pump to the carb, and he wasn´t please with it.
Well is that is the case, I will put a plug in the AN4 then!!! no need to reinvent the wheel.....
regards
dimi3
I will get on the laptop tonight when I get off work and see if I have any pics of the tank. I have the plastic header tank from Kitfox and it is located right behind the seat on the mixer truss work.
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It seems to have taken a turn after the new sight launched.. Just don't feel the same. The problem with growing and having sponsors.. The ZZZ man don't let loose like he used too... I don't have a rep to protect other than being an asshole, and I can do that just fine from here
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I have never put on the hood for a private BFR. That is a mandatory checkride for an instrument rated pilot.
I had plenty of instrument time while working on commercial ticket, but not instrument rated.
Sooo - seems like no one knows what the requirements are for either a SP or Private w/o medical BFR?
EDMO
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Private pilots operating as sport pilots I believe have same BFR,not sure if you hold a Sport Pilot certificate only.
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It is not the same BFR for LS as for Private. I would have to ask the local LS instructor for the specifics, but I'm sure there are criteria hat you must pass. It will be specific to the level of sp you are certificated to.
As an example there would not be any requirement for hood (IFR) work.
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The limousine liberal wont post any more because he requested out of the hot air section a while back.
Honestly I'm just about done with BCP. There really isn't much there for me anyway, other than Greg Swingles videos.
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The reason I was asking, was that each rating has its own rules, and why would an SP be held to the same standards and to know the regs the same as a private pilot who can fly at night, with more passingers, in heavier and faster planes, in different control zones, etc.
The CFI told my friend that even tho he was flying as a SP, he still had a private certificate and could possibly get a medical later and fly under private pilot rules, therefore he was being treated as a private pilot and not as an SP.
So, as a private pilot, without a medical, I could take my test in a plane that was not Light Sport, like a Piper Comanche, or a Beech Bonanza, or a Cessna 180?
EDMO
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Its the same for both ratings Ed, you just have to be in the type of aircraft your rated for.You can fly a Sport plane with a private ticket without a medical as long as you hold a valid drivers license as long as you haven't failed a recent faa medical.If you don't think you will pass a physical I would hold off and just fly as a Sport Pilot. Randy
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Hey Leni,
How big is your header tank and where do you have it located it? pics will be nice; the blue lines are not a choice for me, in somehow, my inspector don´t like it, and he demanded to replace them all... I used to have them between the pump to the carb, and he wasn´t please with it.
Well is that is the case, I will put a plug in the AN4 then!!! no need to reinvent the wheel.....
regards
dimi3
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Is there any published criteria for the BFR for Sport Pilots?
Is there any difference in the BFR for Sport Pilots and Private ?
What if you have a Private and are flying as SP without a medical?
Anything from FAA / EAA on this?
EDMO
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I do not have vents on my header tank. Only the two lines coming into the top of the tank from the wings. When the system is empty, I will fill one tank first and it will vent to the empty tank. When its full, the header will vent to which ever tank is lowest on fuel. I have not had any issues in almost 400 hours on it. I do fly with one tank shut off at times, and the fuel flow meter will tell me if I am starting to loose flow. So far, I have never lost flow due to a tank venting issue. I have clear (blue) lines on both tanks to the header so I can see if they are full of gas or if I have air on one line. If I have air in a line, I just open the valve and fly a circle with the high wing being the side with air in the line. It clears in a matter of seconds and all is good to go.
The only time I have had an issue with flue flow was when I had a paper screen filter get water logged and she didn't want to let gas through. I kicked on the electric boost pump and it got me to a safe landing so I could swap out filters.
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Thanks but no. I need info on the early version with the two small D connectors. EG