First Solo In Actual Conditions

"Roy Smith" wrote in message =
...
In article Sl3_c.96690$9d6.67401@attbi_s54, (Ben =
Jackson)=20
wrote:
=20
In article ,
Roy Smith wrote:
Other than some quirks in how you start them,
=20
...which don't show up until your renter has flown to a distant =
airport,
shut down, and now wants to restart the hot engine.
=20
Which is certainly inconvenient, but it's really difficult to do any=20
serious damage to the airplane if it's on the ground and you can't get =

the engine started :-)

Yeah, but if it's MY airplane, I'm the one who has to replace the =
starter
which the renter might overheat by excessive cranking of the balky =
engine.
---JRC---

In article ,
"John R. Copeland" wrote:

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
...
In article Sl3 c.96690$9d6.67401@attbi s54, (Ben Jackson)
wrote:

In article ,
Roy Smith wrote:
Other than some quirks in how you start them,

...which don't show up until your renter has flown to a distant airport,
shut down, and now wants to restart the hot engine.

Which is certainly inconvenient, but it's really difficult to do any
serious damage to the airplane if it's on the ground and you can't get
the engine started :-)

Yeah, but if it's MY airplane, I'm the one who has to replace the starter
which the renter might overheat by excessive cranking of the balky engine.
---JRC---

If it's a typical rent-a-wreck, the battery will run down long before
you can do any damage to the starter.

Roy Smith wrote:

If it's a typical rent-a-wreck, the battery will run down long before
you can do any damage to the starter.

FWIW, the fuel-injected rentals at Mac Dan (where the OP rents) include one
or two (I'm not sure if the second has arrived) 172S models with whatever
Nav Package includes the big MFD along with the BK GPS.

They're nice airplanes, and quite far from the typical wrent-a-reck. It's
why I used to rent there myself.

[Well, they also used to have a 182S.]

Lincoln Park Aviation, BTW, also has three (four?) 172Ss on their rental
line. They got some of my business too.

- Andrew