New Cirrus Trainer
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Oh, I forgot about variable pitch. But I'm pretty sure that I read last year that they were allowing checkrides with a simulated landing gear switch.
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
No longer. For ASEL/S TAA may be substituted for complex. This is a relatively recent change due the scarcity of said complex aircraft these days. No retractable gear required, real or pretend. Cirri already meet the requirements for TAA without such a doodad.
When I took my CFI PT I had to demonstrate emergency gear extension. No fun in a C-210. I don't recall needing to do that for Commercial, but it was 46 years ago.
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Not true.. the FAA has dropped the requirement for the traditional complex aircraft and the training and the check ride can now be done in the new definition of a “complex” aircraft, which is now called a “TAA”. Technically advanced aircraft. It must have a PFD, MFD, and a two axis autopilot..
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
I have long wanted one of these in my planes. As long as it squeals if I try to land with the "gear" up, such a switch would indeed help my flow. I have had a retractable endorsement for over 20 years, but probably logged only about 10 hours of retract time. I have a real fear of lending wheels-up the next time I happen to be in a retractable gear plane.
Granted, it won't remind me to raise the gear on takeoff, but that's not nearly as interesting a failure mode as forgetting to lower them at the other end of the flight. And, for a $20 piece of equipment (sorry, it's in an aeroplane, $500 piece of equipment) it seems like cheap insurance to me.
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Emir, retractable gear is no longer required. I can do the commercial ticket in my DA40 now.
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Not anymore.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... ight-tests
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Surprisingly there’s some flying outside FAA jurisdictionTimS wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2019 7:15 pmNot anymore.
https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all ... ight-tests
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
This system frightened the life out of me on a Beechcraft one day. I was tasked to taxi the aircraft a short distance from parking to maintenance. I did a brief walk around, checked the oil, jumped in and started it up. It was about then that I noticed the gear lever in the up position and the light was red. My brain immediately panicked, moving the lever to down and shutting down the engine. A few seconds later my brain caught up with, Hang on isn't it fixed gear? A quick look under the wing confirmed it was fixed gear and the switch just changes the colour of the lights.ememic99 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 27, 2019 2:56 pm I like landing gear knob that does nothing That will definitely not promote safety because the pilot doesn't have any feedback on lifting/extending gear except three greens, no IAS/ROC climb increase when lifting up, no positive feedback in decreasing IAS with same engine setting when lowering, no change in pitch to maintain approach speed… only one useless switch added to checklist.
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Re: New Cirrus Trainer
Yes, and almost no country in the world has the US Commercial ticket requirements. So the point is moot.
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