MotorGlider Endorsement?

[TroyF]

Hello everyone! I have a question I would like to post here and maybe get some feedback on. I have roughly 40 hours in a J3 and was going for my sport pilot and tried to upgrade to my private pilot certification as my CFI told me to. My medical was deferred, and I'm a very long way from getting that completed. In the meantime I"ve built and flown my scratch-built Hummel UltraCruiser, and a SkyPup. I love both these aircraft very much. The SkyPup is very close to being a "motor glider" in that it has a really great glide ratio and light wing loading. This has got me thinking, and I looked into it and there is no reason that I can find that the FAA would deny me from getting certified in a glider and motor glider right? And then, after I get checked out in the motor glider, I can carry one passenger. Is this accurate? I love the ultralights and I'm a builder as well. I sure would love to share my love of flying with my significant other, and she's not sold on taking the SkyPup up by herself. She would love to go for a cross country, and we dreamed about it during my flight training. The past is the past with the deferral. And I could blame the CFI for setting me down a path with a bell that can't be unrung. (Deferred Medical), but ultimately it was my past and my lack of research ahead of time. I've made peace with that. So, can it be done?? Thanks for your help everybody!

Thanks again,

Troy

 

[rhkennerly]

No specific advice, but I wanted to say I admire your attitude. Good luck.

 

[BillTIZ]

Will the Hummel and SkyPup be certified as a glider?

This is not horseshoes, hand grenades, or N*kes. Close doesn't count. If it does not hold an airworthy cert as a glider, having a glider rating does not matter.
A quick GoogleFoo search says the SkyPup is certified under Part 103, single seat. Same with the Hummel UltraCruiser, single seat, Part 103.

Now if you have another certified two seat glider that is "self launch capable" as a motor glider, then sure, you could carry one pax. Part 91 comes into play. You need to be able to "self certify" that you are medically able to fly. You did not say why your medical was deferred.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

tried to upgrade to my private pilot certification as my CFI told me to.

SMH....

Deferred medical locks you out of sport, as you know.
But there is no equivalent to the "Have been found eligible for the issuance... [...] (if the person has applied..." for a glider certificate. So, yes, you could get a glider ticket and fly either self launch or other with the appropriate endorsements.

As noted, there is still the "reason to know" and the aircraft would have a certificate that identifies it as a "glider".

 

[odie451]

I have roughly 40 hours in a J3 and was going for my sport pilot and tried to upgrade to my private pilot certification as my CFI told me to. My medical was deferred, and I'm a very long way from getting that completed.

It's always best to do your own research, before relying on the advice of others.