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The number of pilots has no correlation with the electric propulsion. For student pilots it is not amazing, in the flight school you need to do a raid (this is
by AdrianB1 6y ago
The number of pilots has no correlation with the electric propulsion.
For student pilots it is not amazing, in the flight school you need to do a raid (this is how it is called on this side of the ocean) flying between 3 cities and 500 miles minimum; you cannot do it with the electric plane and as a student you are not good enough to fly a different plane model (with ICE power plant) just for the raid, so you cannot complete the school.
- inamberclad 6y agoYou'll still be able to do most of your pattern work and general handling training in vastly cheaper electric aircraft.
- AdrianB1 6y agoThen what do you do, transition on a different plane during school? At that point you will need a full 45 hours or more on the second plane, negating the cheaper first plane.
- inamberclad 6y agoNo you won't, there's no requirement to do the 40 hours for a US private pilot certificate in the same aircraft type.
- AdrianB1 6y agoThis is what it takes to learn to fly a plane; if you want to learn to fly 2 planes in the flight school, you cannot do it in the regular 45 hours, it will take you over 60 hours if you are good, over 80 hours for most people.
- inamberclad 6y agoI flew multiple aircraft in the same class and category while doing my PPL and had no problems. At this point there's old enough that's there's nearly as many differences between two C-172s as there are with a C-172 and a PA-28. Yes, it took me more than 40 hours but I blame that on scheduling, not the aircrafts.