FADEC = complex

The ideal airplane to rent is a pressurized, taildragger,
with a engine over 200 hp, constant speed prop and
retractable landing gear. If it was also two engines you
could do all the 61.31 endorsements in one airplane. Maybe
a Queen Air taildragger conversion back to a BE 18, sort of
like, you know, cobbled together.
High performance, taildragger, high altitude, complex,
multiengine. It is just too much trouble to find a CFI and
the appropriate airplane for a one-time requirement.



"Kev" wrote in message
ups.com...
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| Kev wrote:
| Bob Gardner wrote:
| The feds have just designated a plane with retractable
gear, flaps, and
| FADEC as a complex.
|
| For anyone who wants to read it, here's the notice:
|
| http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2006...6faapolicy.pdf
|
| Hmm. This is great news for those getting a commercial or
instructor
| certificate.
|
| But it means that a potential aircraft owner would need a
complex
| sign-off even if the propeller is automatically controlled
by the
| FADEC.
|
| Does that seem fair, considering the previous definition
of a complex
| aircraft? It seems to me that one of the reasons for
building an
| aircraft with such an automatic system would be to make
it more
| available to pilots.
|
| Kev
|