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The sleep apnea will definitely be an obstacle. Not insurmountable, but an obstacle nonetheless. The FAA won't accept a statement from your doc that it's "well-managed." They'll require specific test results under specific conditions. You should absolutely not schedule a physical until you...

Consumer tablets aren't nearly robust or reliable enough. There is some hope that the FAA will see the wisdom in opening up the rules to make it easier to get panel-mounted products to market, similar to the way they have with AOA indicators.

Independent CFIs can be tough to find. They're often busy enough that they don't need to advertise, but most airport offices have a bulletin board where you might find business cards or flyers. Ask around. Start another thread here including your location and see what suggestions you can get...

FFS. If every prospective student walked into the airport looking to ask questions and someone said "Go google it," we'd run out of new pilots quick. POA is a community, not an encyclopedia.

I think a good rule of thumb number to plan how much fuel you'd need to carry is about 15 gallons an hour for a single, or about 30 gallons an hour for a twin. Fuel is 6 lbs/gal, so about 90/180 lbs/hr. Plus a 1 hour reserve. Call it 400 lbs of gas in a single or 800 in a twin. The next...

Welcome to aviating! :-) One of the early lessons will be weight and balance. Every plane has something called a Useful Load, which is how much fuel, people, and bags it can carry. That Useful Load number is almost never enough to fill all the seats and carry enough fuel to fly very far...

I like the approach of being conservative and accurately informed than I like having a vague fudge factor. With accurate info I know what the margins are. Fudge factors are for days when the plane will carry way more fuel than I need and I just need to quickly estimate the trip's requirements...

Can I ask why you didn't just choose a different powerplant for the Kitfox?

I’m having trouble passing out your paragraph. If that statement appears in your logbook, you’re good. The regulation requires both ground and air portion, so by referencing it they explicitly state you’ve done both the ground and air portions. If not, talk to the owner of the school. His...

The cowlings on lots of older planes are so badly designed that at idle the actually get more cooking when facing with the wind than into it. About 5 knots of breeze from behind is better than an idling propeller in front. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Guys, guys, we're all aviation nerds here... Personally, I like having 1 of each. North up on my EFB, track up on my panel GPS. North up gives me much better overall situational awareness, while track up makes it easier to see exactly where I should be looking for something in relationship to...

I think there’s merit to considering the airframe as a fraction of the value of the plane. I’m not sure it’s an even 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 ratio, but that’s probably close enough to start. I haven’t looked at the market much lately, but my memory from the last time I did was that the Cirruses that...

I'm in a much different business (guitar parts, repair, etc.), but I found online advertising in forums to be just barely worth the cost, even when it's free. Advertising is part of the startup cost. At some point you generally have to decide to invest a little more and try to recoup it.

I've always found it curious that folks don't see the value in buying really good tools. When I was in my 20s and poor, I was the same way, but then one day I splurged on a great tool and saw how much easier it made the work, and how much better my results are. The same thing applies here...

I’ve been using FF for the better part of a year now, and couldn’t be happier with it. The support is phenomenal (email responses come in minutes, even after hours and in weekends) and it’s incredibly intuitive for me to use. I have occasionally tried free ones and keep deciding I’d rather pay...

Your approach depends on the kid. For my kid, I give him a lot of info in advance. Took him to the hangar in a day we weren’t going to fly so he could get used to being around the plane, I could explain the expected behavior, what’s safe, etc. worked great, and in the day if the flight he could...

Still, even if you can do a field overhaul on it, you're into a plane for $27,000, which is about what you'd pay for one with a mid time engine. I just checked out the planes for sale on trade a plane and the market looks pretty abysmal. Most have their orginal (or very old) radios, and those...

Cirrus and SETP planes killed the used piston twin market. After the wedding is paid for, I may try to tell my bride that we can abandon the airlines altogether if we buy a FIKI-capable Baron :-)

I'm not sure how to have a conversation when I say "It's a reasonable starting point" and the response is "So you put no value on [it]..." One thing that price reference tools are bad at is responding to rapidly changing markets. The aircraft market is really hot right now--especially on...

There’s been much question over the years on how accurately it reflects market conditions. It’s a reasonable starting point, though. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk