RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?

Are any composite LSA's coming apart do to fatigue? Ramos, CT and the Storm Rally that is flying over ten years now with zero problems.  One of the most popular GA composite plane flying, the Cirrus – fatigue problems, I think not.  The new airliners that you will be flying in will be mostly "all composite". Carbon fiber, stronger that steel with much less weight.  However, the all metal Zenair 601 is shedding wings to the point the some countries will not allow it to fly in their airspace. The NTSB is very unhappy with it here in the US.  And then there is that nasty (hidden stuff) in metal airplanes called – corrosion.  Kind of bothers me too.

 

Ed Snyder

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From: Lyle Cox
Sent: Oct 13, 2009 8:53 PM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?

 

All good reasons, Helen, PLUS, you can't tell they getting fatigued until they separate.  That kinda bothers me.

 

From: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Helen Woods
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:29 PM
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Solid Trainer Aircraft?

 

 

1. When they crash, they shatter. (By comparison, we had a student
cartwheel a Tecnam down the runway and the only thing that broke off was
the gear. Student walked away without a scratch.)
2. Even a little bit of damage is expensive and time consuming to fix.
(A wing ding cost several thousand to fix.)
3. There is no A&P in the entire state of Maryland willing and capable
of doing composite structural work on an LSA.

We have three composite planes all of which have required composite
work, all which we've had to ship out of state, all of which were down
for approximately a year during repairs, all of which cost a small
fortune to repair. Composite LSAs are not suitable in my opinion for
primary training for these reasons. By contrast, on our metal Tecnams,
even the worst bang ups (excluding the aforementioned cartwheel which
was totaled by the insurance company) are fixed in a matter of days.

That being said, we're putting a composite hulled SeaRey on the line. I
think composites are fine for rated and proficient pilots and especially
seaplanes, just not primary training.

Helen

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