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Busted TFR, what to expect?
This procedure takes almost as long to write out as it does to do
Well, it sure didn't take me 15 minutes to read. Honestly, I think some of you guys are experiencing time-elongation during preflight... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Busted TFR, what to expect?
"The Visitor" wrote in message
... Peter Duniho wrote: Your strobes are required even in daytime. So a Cub with no electrical system, can't fly day vfr? No, and that's not what I said. Your reading comprehension is pitiful. I wrote "YOUR strobes are required even in daytime". Jay's airplane is equipped with strobes, and no rotating beacon (so they are his anti-collision lights). As such, they are required to be lit during all operations, including daytime. Pete |
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Busted TFR, what to expect?
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:ynPdg.992508$xm3.784486@attbi_s21... You are fooling yourself if you think that three minutes is sufficient time for a preflight inspection. Well, maybe it's my familiarity with the bird. No, it's not. I've owned my airplane for 12 years. Three minutes is still insufficient. Frankly, every post you make you add stuff to your description of your preflight. I have no idea how you manage to do all that stuff in three minutes. You are either recklessly rushing through everything, or you have a completely distorted sense of time. Next time you do a preflight, get someone to actually time you, and do the preflight in a careful, relaxed, methodical manner. If you are really doing everything you claim to be doing, there's no way it takes three minutes. Three minutes is an incredibly short period of time. I'm a fast typist, and it took at least three minutes to compose this post. Pete |
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No, it's not. I've owned my airplane for 12 years. Three minutes is
still insufficient. Frankly, every post you make you add stuff to your description of your preflight. I have no idea how you manage to do all that stuff in three minutes. You are either recklessly rushing through everything, or you have a completely distorted sense of time. That's possible, I suppose. Time spent flying (and preflighting) is NOT deducted from your lifespan, so it pays to take your time... ;-) I still say you're suffering from time elongation during preflight. Unless I find something wrong or that needs adjustment, or lubrication (the yokes, for example), or cleaning (the windshield -- but we try to do that AFTER flight), I can't imagine taking 15 minutes on a preflight inspection. Not on a fixed gear, single engine plane, anyway. How long does your pre-takeoff checklist take you? Perhaps we're commingling different parts of the lists, and counting them differently as a result? (For example, Bob Noel checks his electric fuel pump during pre-flight, which adds some time. We check the pump at engine start, so we're not counting that particular check as part of our pre-flight inspection...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Busted TFR, what to expect?
Peter Duniho wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:ynPdg.992508$xm3.784486@attbi_s21... You are fooling yourself if you think that three minutes is sufficient time for a preflight inspection. Well, maybe it's my familiarity with the bird. No, it's not. I've owned my airplane for 12 years. Three minutes is still insufficient. Frankly, every post you make you add stuff to your description of your preflight. I have no idea how you manage to do all that stuff in three minutes. You are either recklessly rushing through everything, or you have a completely distorted sense of time. Next time you do a preflight, get someone to actually time you, and do the preflight in a careful, relaxed, methodical manner. If you are really doing everything you claim to be doing, there's no way it takes three minutes. Three minutes is an incredibly short period of time. I'm a fast typist, and it took at least three minutes to compose this post. I don't know about that. I counted roughly 120 words in your post. If that took three minutes, then you are typing at 40 words per minute. That isn't a fast typist by any means. I type 50+ and consider myself slow. Wife and daughters type well over 100. That is fast. I'm with Jay on this one. I could preflight my Skylane in no much more than three minutes. I'd probably say 5 just to be on the safe side, but it just doesn't take that long to walk around the airplane and pull, tug and view the essential items. Matt |
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ... "The Visitor" wrote in message ... Peter Duniho wrote: Your strobes are required even in daytime. So a Cub with no electrical system, can't fly day vfr? No, and that's not what I said. Your reading comprehension is pitiful. I wrote "YOUR strobes are required even in daytime". Jay's airplane is equipped with strobes, and no rotating beacon (so they are his anti-collision lights). As such, they are required to be lit during all operations, including daytime. Pete Newer twin-Cessnas have two switches, one labeled "anti-coll" that turns on the rotating beacon and one labeled "strobes" that .turns on the stobe lights. The strobes do not have to be turned on during day-vfr. I know you are referring to Jay's airplane not having a beacon must operate the strobes but others not reading the full thread (as I started out to do) may think that strobes are always required to be on if you have them. Just a nit Allen |
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"Allen" wrote in message
om... Newer twin-Cessnas have two switches, one labeled "anti-coll" that turns on the rotating beacon and one labeled "strobes" that .turns on the stobe lights. The strobes do not have to be turned on during day-vfr. I've flown older Cessnas with the same configuration. There are LOTS of airplanes with both strobes and a rotating beacon, of all sorts of ages. So? The rule says that the anti-collision lights need to be on. If your strobes aren't your anti-collision lights, then obviously they aren't addressed by that regulation. This is basic stuff, should be covered in anyone's primary training. Blame your instructor if you're confused by this thread. I know you are referring to Jay's airplane not having a beacon must operate the strobes but others not reading the full thread (as I started out to do) may think that strobes are always required to be on if you have them. They would only think that if they didn't bother to know and understand the regulations. I never wrote that strobes are always required to be on, and no one should infer that from my post. I was very specific about what I wrote. Just a nit It's not a nit. It's just irrelevant. A "nit" would address some failure in what I wrote. Everything I wrote was true and correct. It was intended to address a very specific point, in a very specific context. Anyone trying to extrapolate that point to some unrelated context is making a mistake. Pete |
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Busted TFR, what to expect?
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:QLXdg.5074$1i1.1849@attbi_s72... That's possible, I suppose. Time spent flying (and preflighting) is NOT deducted from your lifespan, so it pays to take your time... ;-) Preflighting *is* part of flying, as you say. I know for a fact it takes me 15 minutes, but I also know for a fact that it doesn't feel like 15 minutes because time flies when you're having fun. I enjoy the inspection, and the minutes just pass by like water. I still say you're suffering from time elongation during preflight. I suffer from the same time distortion you do. It doesn't seem like 15 minutes. But I've checked the clock on several occasions. I know how long it actually takes. [...] How long does your pre-takeoff checklist take you? Perhaps we're commingling different parts of the lists, and counting them differently as a result? I do a normal run-up. Electric fuel pump is my primer, and so operation is checked during engine start, like for your airplane. In any case, even on a 172, with much simpler systems than on my own airplane, my preflight is generally over 10 minutes, and that's an airplane I can't even get into the engine compartment with. I don't know what else you might be considering...my pre-takeoff checks are pretty typical as far as I know, except for the flight control check (only the ailerons are visible from the cockpit, so I do check the flight controls during the walkaround). If anything, I would guess my pre-takeoff checks are fewer than others' for that reason. Pete |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
... I don't know about that. I counted roughly 120 words in your post. If that took three minutes, then you are typing at 40 words per minute. Most of the time spent composing a post isn't the typing. It's the figuring out what to say, proof-reading, etc. My point about being a fast typist was just to make sure it's understood that typing isn't the bottleneck in my case, artificially increasing the time taken to post. [...] I'm with Jay on this one. I could preflight my Skylane in no much more than three minutes. I'd probably say 5 just to be on the safe side, but it just doesn't take that long to walk around the airplane and pull, tug and view the essential items. You aren't doing a sufficient preflight either. I easily recognize that there are pilots doing three minute preflights. That doesn't mean those preflights are effective. Try that in one of the Embry-Riddle-style preflight competitions and you'd be laughed off the ramp. Pete |
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Busted TFR, what to expect?
"Jay Honeck" writes:
How long does your pre-takeoff checklist take you? Perhaps we're commingling different parts of the lists, and counting them differently as a result? (For example, Bob Noel checks his electric fuel pump during pre-flight, which adds some time. We check the pump at engine start, so we're not counting that particular check as part of our pre-flight inspection...) Another data point -- I am not nearly as experienced as you are, but going through every item on the Citabria checklist takes me 20-30 minutes. I know this 'cause I have to make sure I have this done before my instructor shows up. :-) Chris -- Chris Colohan Email: PGP: finger Web: www.colohan.com Phone: (412)268-4751 |
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