Posted on 01/26/2022 12:53:33 PM PST by Twotone
Really? Rush hour in three dimensions? With our drivers?
After a minor fender bender the airworthiness certification goes into the trash.
"I want to see an LA police chase with this thing on the interstate sprouting its wings and flying away."
(more population control)
2,200 lbs with a 1.6 liter Beemer engine. Hmmm...
Back in the late 80’s, at Galesburg, IL, I worked on and off (also worked on other aircraft) on Porsche’s Cessna 172 project: weight was about 1,700 lbs with their 3.2 liter and it’s gearbox. Engine kinda looked like a baby Continental GTSIO-520, except for the belt drive cooling fan at the rear.
It’s selling point was going twice a far between overhauls as the Lycoming O-320, with a smoother, quieter, better cooled engine, and a couple less gallon per hour. But they made it too complicated (long story). They achieved getting the FAA’s STC, then shelved it.
No, the 172 can’t go down the road, but it can carry 4, and use less than smooth runways.
Not true at all you can do off airport takeoff and landing ops in VFR conditions to and from class G or E airspace no ATC is required for VFR only in IMC with IFR certified aircraft does an ATC flight plan need to be filed and clearances granted. The FAA has separate restrictions on when how and where a PPL licenced VFR pilot can operate the short version is other than to take off and land you cannot be closer than 500 feet from a structure or person on the ground. If you are landing on private property such as a grass field Bob’s your uncle same for take offs. Public roads are for emergency use only but a private drive would be perfectly fine. There is a fly in community a few miles from my land all the homes back up to a common grass area that’s mowed and maintained as a takeoff/landing area the garages open in the rear to access this landing area. I have done a number of off airport landing in rural Alaska, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho no better way to get to Elk or Bear country.
Here is some background on class G and E airspace.
https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/airspace/class-g-airspace/
https://www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/airspace/class-e/
If you are going off airport on the regular the Husky is a beast. Plus its float ready for all those little lakes with out Canadian brothers to the North in summer time, in winter the Husk goes full on ski mobile mode.
https://aviataircraft.com/stol-aircraft/
I would enjoy that type of flying. Almost 50 years ago my family was part owner of Tri-Pacer. We had an 1900’ grass strip on the farm (south central Mercer County, IL). There was a creek nearby with rolling hills along it on each side, with pastures and trees.
When my parents were away I would ‘abuse’ the pattern, pretending I was George Peppard in “the Blue Max”, chasing an imaginary foe over and around clumps of trees. The neighbors enjoyed the free airshow. But Dad put a stop to it when he found out.
Dad flew a C310 for a food broker, occasionally he would park it there (weather forecast permitting). He was a CFII-MEL and occasionally let me have the left seat when taking the 310 to the airport, or bringing it to the farm. Those times that strip seemed WAAAY too short. He hit a cow one night on that strip. (Kinda long story if you want me to tell it.)
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