Recent content by Luscombe8fan

wow. 30 years. How much duel given do you have now?

I am flying the commercial maneuvers in an RV. Many of the VFR maneuvers are energy gaining. Meaning coming out faster or higher than starting. This is common with some of the acro maneuvers as well.

Two quick questions for everyone: Is it acceptable to add or reduce power on the descending Lazy Eight portion? If the manufacturer doesn't have recommendation power settings, do you have to go to full power on Chandelles? I couldn't find my answer in the airplane flying handbook. Thanks in...

We own an RV-6 with a Garmin panel. Amazing IFR capability. Plane is only good for positive gentleman acro (no real slow rolls) because of no inverted oil / gas. We have over 50+ RVs at our field. Most all tandoms fly solo. The guys who have wifes that like to come along all prefer the 6 /...

Thanks for the quick reply everyone.

I own an IFR RV-6 tail dragger. Can I bring a private pilot without a tailwheel endorsement along as a safety pilot while I am under the hood? I believe he can but can only log SIC time because he is not appropriately rated. Is this right?

I think the pic is responsible for obstacle clearance. So yes, you can takeoff 0 / 0, but than you have to meet the climb gradient. If the verbiage is xxx / mile OR 400 / 2, than you need that 400 feet and 2 mile vis to See and Avoid the obstacle that created that climb gradient to miss the...