Got my first complex time today!

[LoLPilot]

I got my first 1.2 hours of complex time on a 172RG today! I had always wondered why guys liked the extra headache of complex equipment. Now I know. I loved that Cutlass! And I must admit to a "Walter Mitty Moment" when I first got to say, "positive rate, gear up."

 

[eman1200]

Were u lol’ing the whole time? I bet u were...

 

[Radar Contact]

Welcome to your first step in a more expensive version of an already expensive hobby.

 

[LoLPilot]

Were u lol’ing the whole time? I bet u were...

Land of Lincoln!! I'm from Illinois! And I'm pretty sure I saw, "**** eating grin," somewhere on the checklists.

 

[GLMS_NC]

Keep going....add the High Performance endorsement next.

 

[luvflyin]

I got my first 1.2 hours of complex time on a 172RG today! I had always wondered why guys liked the extra headache of complex equipment. Now I know. I loved that Cutlass! And I must admit to a "Walter Mitty Moment" when I first got to say, "positive rate, gear up."

Sometimes I wish I never had done it. Like when I’m stuck with a fixed pitch prop which is usually because I’m a renter. Ignorance would be bliss then. You have tasted the fruit from the tree of cool sheet. Welcome to the dark side

 

[steingar]

Cant see why you need a complex signify to fly a retractable Skyhawk. Remembering to lower the gear isn't that big a deal. I always thought the extensive training was to get used to going so much faster, something even an RG Skyhawk really doesn't do.

 

[EdFred]

Cant see why you need a complex signify to fly a retractable Skyhawk. Remembering to lower the gear isn't that big a deal. I always thought the extensive training was to get used to going so much faster, something even an RG Skyhawk really doesn't do.

Nope. I present the Beechcraft Sierra. Complex has nothing to do with speed. RV-6/7/8 are faster than quite a few complex airplanes and require no special endorsement because of their quickness.

 

[luvflyin]

Cant see why you need a complex signify to fly a retractable Skyhawk. Remembering to lower the gear isn't that big a deal. I always thought the extensive training was to get used to going so much faster, something even an RG Skyhawk really doesn't do.

I always figured it was about task management, being able to walk and chew gum at the same time so to speak.

 

[luvflyin]

Nope. I present the Beechcraft Sierra. Complex has nothing to do with speed. RV-6/7/8 are faster than quite a few complex airplanes and require no special endorsement because of their quickness.

And then there is the Velocity. Fast, but not a Complex. Constant Speed Prop, some with retractable landing gear but they don’t have flaps so therefore not Complex by definition.

 

[MooneyDriver78]

Sometimes I wish I never had done it. Like when I’m stuck with a fixed pitch prop which is usually because I’m a renter. Ignorance would be bliss then. You have tasted the fruit from the tree of cool sheet. Welcome to the dark side

Wait until you fly a Mooney. The gear goes up with authority, not like 172RG, and then there is the speed .

 

[frfly172]

And so it begins,congrats,remember the gear in your landing check list.

 

[EdFred]

And so it begins,congrats,remember the gear in your landing check list.

Unless your plane won't sell, then remember to forget to put it down.

 

[tmyers]

Unless your plane won't sell, then remember to forget to put it down.

I see what you did there. Good thing ships don't have a landing gear.

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