Enjoyed your Video showing the practical aspects of owning a plane. Dealing with the covers, in the snow. Talking about the issues of sharing a hanger. Needing to move a heavy plane, to get your out. Leading to no flight or engine start and fouling the carbs. These are the practical elements no one shows or talks about, but points of interest I’m trying to learn about. As a potential new owner of a Challenger. Keep it up, there’re helpful.
Hi. Thanks for your feedback and for subscribing. I am happy to hear that showing some of the less glamorous aspects is useful to others. I also scoured the web for info when looking for an airplane and know how many questions one may have. The Challenger is a great low and slow, old school, stick and rudder, and very light airplane. Light and strong x-winds are not friends. Cheers!
Only trying to be helpful. I'm a bit OCD & noticed you misspelled Robinsupholstery 2 different ways, once onscreen & once in description. I like your instruction re winter ops. I also have hangar issues w/my Ch1LW. Subscribed
I have had a lot of days where the time I have is limited. If I have 30 minutes to an hour flight time to spare, I typically just do circuits to stay sharp.
That's why most planes in the North that are on outside tie downs just sit all winter long. Who really wants to hassle with all that every time you want to go fly. If you want to fly to the bordering state and spend the weekend with friends, relatives, are you going to haul all those covers with you? Cold feet? No heat in that thing? Don't the windows all fog/ice up? I know my truck sure does. Exothermic heat packs for your boots.
very nice , i like your videos i'm from Toronto and want to flight aerolite 103 just looking for one , when you have a chance to do more flights like this and can you tell a bit more about your airplane , thank you so much
The Aerolite 103 looks like a nice aircraft with good characteristics. The 103 refers to it being a legal ultralight in the USA. Canada’s advanced ultralights are more like LSAs. Mine is an advanced ultralight Quad City Challenger II, built in 2007. It has a Rotax 503 2-stroke engine. As you saw it stalls at about 34mph (solo) and vne is 97mph. It has a 15 gallon fuel tank and about 4 hours of endurance. Cheers and good luck with the 103!
Enjoyed your Video showing the practical aspects of owning a plane. Dealing with the covers, in the snow. Talking about the issues of sharing a hanger. Needing to move a heavy plane, to get your out. Leading to no flight or engine start and fouling the carbs. These are the practical elements no one shows or talks about, but points of interest I’m trying to learn about. As a potential new owner of a Challenger. Keep it up, there’re helpful.
Hi. Thanks for your feedback and for subscribing. I am happy to hear that showing some of the less glamorous aspects is useful to others. I also scoured the web for info when looking for an airplane and know how many questions one may have. The Challenger is a great low and slow, old school, stick and rudder, and very light airplane. Light and strong x-winds are not friends. Cheers!
Great to see you still flying my old friend
And you, too! Mexico, Africa...you’re getting around. Me, I’m just puttering around the foothills. Keep on flying!
Only trying to be helpful. I'm a bit OCD & noticed you misspelled Robinsupholstery 2 different ways, once onscreen & once in description. I like your instruction re winter ops. I also have hangar issues w/my Ch1LW.
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I have had a lot of days where the time I have is limited. If I have 30 minutes to an hour flight time to spare, I typically just do circuits to stay sharp.
I enjoyed that. There's no such thing as too many circuits.
Thanks! I appreciate your feedback. Circuits are an entire flight without going anywhere...and they’re good practice.
That's why most planes in the North that are on outside tie downs just sit all winter long. Who really wants to hassle with all that every time you want to go fly. If you want to fly to the bordering state and spend the weekend with friends, relatives, are you going to haul all those covers with you? Cold feet? No heat in that thing? Don't the windows all fog/ice up? I know my truck sure does. Exothermic heat packs for your boots.
Another interesting video thanks, and a couple of nice landings. Are many of those hangars on your airfield of the steel frame/fabric cover variety ?
Thank you. All the new hangars are fabric over steel frame. Most are set on a row of concrete blocks on three sides serving as a foundation.
I don't suppose you have more info on where to get one of those tent hangers?
Sorry, I don’t have any info on the hangers.
Who makes the covers. My plane is hangered but I’d like a fuselage cover.
Covers are from robinsupholstery.com
very nice , i like your videos i'm from Toronto and want to flight aerolite 103 just looking for one , when you have a chance to do more flights like this and can you tell a bit more about your airplane , thank you so much
The Aerolite 103 looks like a nice aircraft with good characteristics. The 103 refers to it being a legal ultralight in the USA. Canada’s advanced ultralights are more like LSAs. Mine is an advanced ultralight Quad City Challenger II, built in 2007. It has a Rotax 503 2-stroke engine. As you saw it stalls at about 34mph (solo) and vne is 97mph. It has a 15 gallon fuel tank and about 4 hours of endurance. Cheers and good luck with the 103!
Here in Canada do i need a licence for the 103 ?
And thanks again
@@MrFastcarlos at minimum you would need an ultralight pilot permit in Canada.