Bad news for our flying club

In article , Peter Duniho wrote:
No. Prop and flaps are sufficient for a seaplane. Otherwise, you need all
three.

A Cherokee 6 is NOT a complex airplane.

Nor is a jet aircraft. It doesn't have a controllable pitch propellor
g
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"Dylan Smith" wrote in message
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A Cherokee 6 is NOT a complex airplane.

Nor is a jet aircraft. It doesn't have a controllable pitch propellor
g

That's absolutely true as far as that specific definition in Part 61 goes.
However, it is a turbine-powered aircraft, which requires a type rating
instead.

Peter Duniho wrote:

That's absolutely true as far as that specific definition in Part 61 goes.
However, it is a turbine-powered aircraft, which requires a type rating
instead.

I was talking with a fellow today who told me about a 60hp turbine adapted from an
APU which is being used in a few homebuilt aircraft. I assume this one would require
a type rating?

George Patterson
I childproofed my house, but they *still* get in.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
...
That's absolutely true as far as that specific definition in Part 61
goes.
However, it is a turbine-powered aircraft, which requires a type rating
instead.

I was talking with a fellow today who told me about a 60hp turbine adapted
from an
APU which is being used in a few homebuilt aircraft. I assume this one
would require
a type rating?

Depends on how it's used. The regs actually only require the type rating
for "turbojet" aircraft. If the thrust comes from a prop attached to the
turbine, and the aircraft is less than 12,500 pounds, and the FAA has not
specifically called out the aircraft as requiring a type rating, then no
type rating would be required.

My "turbine-powered" comment was vague out of context...the message to which
I replied specifically mentioned a jet, and I unintentionally implied that
ANY turbine-powered aircraft would require a type rating, which isn't the
case.

It does raise the question of whether every pilot who's ever flown the
jet-powered BD-5 had a type rating, or whether the experimental certificate
for the plane is even the same as a type certificate (hard to get a type
rating for an airplane without a type certificate, I would think ). I
assume there's some sort of regulatory process that covers this, but I'm not
an expert in the experimental side of things and don't know the specifics.

Pete

In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
I was talking with a fellow today who told me about a 60hp turbine
adapted from an APU which is being used in a few homebuilt aircraft. I
assume this one would require a type rating?

Ever seen the turbine powered Cri-Cri?
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html



--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
-- Arthur C. Clarke

Paul Tomblin wrote:

Ever seen the turbine powered Cri-Cri?
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html

Correct me if I am wrong but the turbines used on the Cri-Cri
are made for the Radio Controlled model market.

In a previous article, Shiver Me Timbers said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
Ever seen the turbine powered Cri-Cri?
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html

Correct me if I am wrong but the turbines used on the Cri-Cri
are made for the Radio Controlled model market.

Yup. If you look at the other links in the gallery on the amtjets.com
site, it's all models.

--
Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
There are mushrooms that can survive weeks, months without air or food.
They just dry out and when water comes back, they wake up again. And call
the helldesk about their password expiring. -- after Jens Benecke and Tanuki

There's also a video clip of the Cri-Cri flying between a couple of
parked cars while a guy on a motorcycle does a ramp jump over
them at the same time.

On Sun, 23 May 2004 00:34:26 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
I was talking with a fellow today who told me about a 60hp turbine
adapted from an APU which is being used in a few homebuilt aircraft. I
assume this one would require a type rating?

Ever seen the turbine powered Cri-Cri?
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html


H O L Y S ......

I think that's probably the coolest thing I've seen since I fell in
love with some of the classics!!

Thanks for the link!

z

On Sun, 23 May 2004 01:11:33 GMT, zatatime
wrote:

On Sun, 23 May 2004 00:34:26 +0000 (UTC),
(Paul Tomblin) wrote:

In a previous article, "G.R. Patterson III" said:
I was talking with a fellow today who told me about a 60hp turbine
adapted from an APU which is being used in a few homebuilt aircraft. I
assume this one would require a type rating?

Ever seen the turbine powered Cri-Cri?
http://www.amtjets.com/gallery_real_plain.html


H O L Y S ......

I think that's probably the coolest thing I've seen since I fell in
love with some of the classics!!

If you think that's something, look up the price of those model
airplane jet enginsLOL

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Thanks for the link!

z