Two pilots logging PIC, one airplane, VFR - SOLVED!

alfadog

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So I figured it out. Was making my breakfast and thinking about yet another thread about logging time that you are not entitled to log. Then it came to me.

A simple modification will allow two pilots to log PIC in VFR without the use of a pesky hood or Foggles. Simply disable/lock/remove the rudder pedals on one side of an experimental and disable/lock/remove the yoke/stick from the other side. Boom, now two pilots are required to fly the airplane!
 
So I figured it out. Was making my breakfast and thinking about yet another thread about logging time that you are not entitled to log. Then it came to me.

A simple modification will allow two pilots to log PIC in VFR without the use of a pesky hood or Foggles. Simply disable/lock/remove the rudder pedals on one side of an experimental and disable/lock/remove the yoke/stick from the other side. Boom, now two pilots are required to fly the airplane!
But would you only be able to log half of the time?

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Please see recent threads about what happens when both pilots think they are the ones in charge.
One needs to catch when a thread is tongue-in-cheek. @alfadog's scenario doesn't work (unless, of course the disabling is by STC and includes a 2-pilot requirement) without having to go to "Danger, Danger, Wil Robinson."
 
That would be two sole manipulators, I guess they can log time in the same manner as two student pilots flying solo together.
 
I see a smoking hole in the ground if 2 pilots were manipulating the airplane at the same time.

No joke!:crazy:
 
I see a smoking hole in the ground if 2 pilots were manipulating the airplane at the same time.

No joke!:crazy:


Just read a story about just that from an NTSB report..... One pushing, one pulling. Both died.
 
Just read a story about just that from an NTSB report..... One pushing, one pulling. Both died.

My FIL tells a story of him and another IP out flying and they got into a thunderstorm. They were fighting each other via the controls. Finally, my FIL put his hands on the ceiling of the aircraft and said. 'FINE! YOU HAVE THE F****** aircraft!'. They lived.

I love talking to retired military pilots after a couple of adult beverages.
 
Of course, sometimes you need more than one pilot flying to get it on the ground, such as the landing of UA232 in Sioux City!
 
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