| Not so quick here, Jim; maybe we want to encourage pilots to bulk up!
Recent medical science evidence suggests that fat pilots, especially obese pilots, may have fewer sudden deaths from heart attacks, which might be preferred when they are flying over population areas or following close on final.
Check this: http://tinyurl.com/FatPilots
Those most at risk for sudden cardiac deaths are slender pilots!
Of course, this says nothing about risk of diabetes, lower limb stress, spinal problems, or other physical or mental dangers of overweight, but it illustrates that fat is not always bad.
When the next famine hits or the next ice age reaches America, we with little reserves may be in big trouble.
A new book on food for space travel suggests (tongue-in-cheek) that for a 3-month Mars Mission, fat Astronauts might not have to be fed; they can live on reserves for a long time.
Alas, a Skycatcher can only carry one 300+ pilot and lunch, making an argument for alternative LSAs with higher payloads.
Michael
--- On Mon, 8/9/10, James Ferris <mijniljj@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: James Ferris <mijniljj@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Weight problems, was: is everyone here to bash Skycatchers?
To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 11:48 AM
Why don't you just get Dr. Al Sears book on Pace and just lose a few pound's it would improve your health too.
Sent: Mon, August 9, 2010 1:36:31 PM
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Weight problems, was: is everyone here to bash Skycatchers?
Ed,
I can fly most any trike.
The flying any trike is not a problem.
The problem is that most trikes are not setup to have my weight in the front seat.
so the weight and loading is all wrong.
With me in the front seat, most trikes land on the front wheel.
Once you have experienced that event, you will never want to do it again.
I have experienced it some 40-50 times during training in instructors' trikes.
That is why I do not/will not fly another persons' trike.
MY trike is setup for me to be the pilot I.E. it does not land on the front wheel when
I'm in the front seat.
Several others have also flown my trike from the front seat. For them it flies a bit
nose high, but is still very safe.
Therefore, it is not a matter of 'I cannot handle another trike'; rather it is a matter
of safety.
R. Williams
---------- Original Message -----------
From: Ed Burkhead <edburkhead@comcast. net>
To: Sport_Aircraft@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:07:54 -0500
Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Weight problems, was: is everyone here to
bash Skycatchers?
> On 2010-08-09 10:47 AM, Richard Williams wrote
>
> > BTW:
> > I'm not going to fly in someone else's trike.
> > I have landed on the front wheel way too
> > many times by flying someone else's trike.
>
> and
> > BTW:
> > If the examiner thinks the student cannot control the aircraft, then what is the
> > examiner doing giving a Practical Test?
> >
> > R. Williams
>
> Richard,
>
> That's why it's a test. Before testing you, the examiner DOESN'T KNOW
> you skill level. After the test, hopefully, he DOES have a good idea
> what is your skill level.
>
> I'm amazed we can find examiners brave enough to do checkrides with
> one after another fledgling aviators! My respect for them is very
> high. Still, part of their willingness to fly with you, the unknown,
> is that they have the ability to grab the controls, if needed.
>
> So, rent or borrow a trike with dual controls and GET TRANSITION
> INSTRUCTION in it till you CAN control it reliably, then take your
> test. Perhaps buying a suitable used trike then selling it when you
> no longer need it would also work and, if you do it well, might be
> cheaper
> (or even profitable). A simple application of money can solve lots of
> problems. Who ever said flying was cheap?
>
> The license you are seeking claims you are fit to fly not just your
> own plane but also other planes of the same type. If you don't have
> that competence, you should get more training. Admittedly, any smart
> pilot does get transition training when flying other planes.
>
> Ed
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