"Peter R." wrote in message
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:

Since the OP did say they were buying older model 172's the G1000 is a
none
issue as far as this thread is concerned.

OK, I got a bit carried away there.

Both of the other items your
mentioned could easily be covered in a pilot orientation meeting followed
a
1 hour MAX check ride.

Are you are saying that a pilot orientation meeting and 1 hour MAX is all
that is needed to transition from a Warrier most likely equipped with
basic
avionics and no AP to a fuel injected C172SP equipped with an autopilot
and
IFR GPS? I totally disagree.

Nobody but you mentioned 172SPs. The OP certainly didn't and again I wans't
talking about SPs



And Peter if it would really take you a couple of hours of flight time to
figure out how to use the carb heat I have to ask... How long did it take
you to solo?

LOL! What's in your pants is bigger than mine? Is there some
correlation
between number of hours to solo and the aptitude, skills, and proficiency
of a pilot post-solo?

My point was that given my unfamiliarity with something that has caused a
lot of pilots grief (based on the high number of suspected carb ice
incidents and accidents in the NTSB reports), I certainly recognize my
limitations and would want to be sure I completely understood the usage of
carb heat before launching on an X/C flight in IMC with my family.

But, to answer your question, it took 16 hours for me to solo.


I'd be willing to bet that a significant percentage of the accidents caused
by carb ice were with pilots who trained and flew aircraft with carb heat.

Peter I really don't think it would take you one our of training to figure
out carb heat. Actually I don't think it would take you ANY flight time to
figure out. Actual flying time is really a terrible place to learn things
like that. On the ground you can learn when carb icing is an issue and then
you have to remember when you are in a plane that has a carburetor that it
is an issue. No number of hours IN an airplane with an instructor is going
to help with that.

And for the record the transition time for me from 172 to Archer was 10
minutes on the ground playing with the radios and a 10 minute hop from one
air port to another.