Dinkshooter
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That would be fun flying over some big prick landowner with your elk rack sititing in the back seat. For the price of the outfitted hunt you could fly over his place to the public for years.
I want ground access to all state and federal public lands.
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Tom
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Two seaters will soon require a pilots liscense, just get a one seater with a payload big enough to hall some meat or rack or gear out too.
From frequently asked questions on that last link, the $5K one.
8. Do I have to have a "pilots license" to fly a powerchute?
True "part 103" 1 seat powerchutes require no license to fly.
We offer several part 103 powerchute variations to our customers.
After 1-31-08, anyone piloting a 2 seat powerchute MUST have a pilots license.
Since the new Sport Pilot rule was adopted and began phasing in, almost no one buys 2 seat powerchutes anymore. There seems to be little to no interest in Sport Pilot among the powerchute buying community and instead of becoming easier to get a license it has become more difficult as full implementation of the new rule gets closer. Locating a Sport Pilot instructor close to you is not impossible but can be difficult and is expensive in every case. The 2 seat powerchute must also have an "n" number and an "airworthiness certificate".
Now days, most of the couples (husbands and wives, fathers and sons, etc) that used to buy 2 seat powerchutes buy a pair of 1 seat powerchutes instead. Why? Because a pair of our 1 seaters actually costs less than our Outlaw Extreme 2 seater and couples have discovered over the years that it really isn't any fun to sit like a dummy in the back seat of a powerchute. The real fun is piloting the powerchute and most couples owning a 2 seat powerchute eventually wind up fighting over who is going to be actually flying the plane that day. Owning a pair of 1 seaters cures all those problems. No license needed to fly, no fighting over who actually gets to fly the powerchute and less overall expense.
From frequently asked questions on that last link, the $5K one.
8. Do I have to have a "pilots license" to fly a powerchute?
True "part 103" 1 seat powerchutes require no license to fly.
We offer several part 103 powerchute variations to our customers.
After 1-31-08, anyone piloting a 2 seat powerchute MUST have a pilots license.
Since the new Sport Pilot rule was adopted and began phasing in, almost no one buys 2 seat powerchutes anymore. There seems to be little to no interest in Sport Pilot among the powerchute buying community and instead of becoming easier to get a license it has become more difficult as full implementation of the new rule gets closer. Locating a Sport Pilot instructor close to you is not impossible but can be difficult and is expensive in every case. The 2 seat powerchute must also have an "n" number and an "airworthiness certificate".
Now days, most of the couples (husbands and wives, fathers and sons, etc) that used to buy 2 seat powerchutes buy a pair of 1 seat powerchutes instead. Why? Because a pair of our 1 seaters actually costs less than our Outlaw Extreme 2 seater and couples have discovered over the years that it really isn't any fun to sit like a dummy in the back seat of a powerchute. The real fun is piloting the powerchute and most couples owning a 2 seat powerchute eventually wind up fighting over who is going to be actually flying the plane that day. Owning a pair of 1 seaters cures all those problems. No license needed to fly, no fighting over who actually gets to fly the powerchute and less overall expense.
