Ron E
Just Want To Have Fun!
If someone built a twin-engine gyroplane under the EAB rules (pusher-tractor configuration for example), are there any CFI's in this country that can sign-off the pilot to fly it legally ?
If someone built a twin-engine gyroplane under the EAB rules (pusher-tractor configuration for example), are there any CFI's in this country that can sign-off the pilot to fly it legally ?
Unlike airplanes, the Rotorcraft category does not have separate single and multi-engine classes. For example, if you have a helicopter license earned in a single engine Robinson, you can legally fly a twin-engined Bell without getting another rating. There are no limits on the number of engines for helicopters or gyros for a Private or Commercial certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter or Rotorcraft -Gyroplane rating. Likewise, CFI privileges don't depend on the number of engines.
Sport pilot privileges limit you to Light Sport Aircraft, and the definition for those says "(6) A single, reciprocating engine, if powered."
...I can't seem to find a test standards manual for multi-engine gyroplane. Is there such an animal as a private multi-engine gyroplane rating? And in a tractor/pusher axial thrust configuration (such as a Cessna Skymaster), is there an axial thrust sign-off?
I'd bet it never came up...
Interesting question.
I can't seem to find a test standards manual for multi-engine gyroplane. Is there such an animal as a private multi-engine gyroplane rating? And in a tractor/pusher axial thrust configuration (such as a Cessna Skymaster), is there an axial thrust sign-off?
I'd bet it never came up.
*JC*
Twin engine gyros have been built by several people including Gary Goldsberry/Art Evans and Jack Craft to mention a some. Here is a link that shows the Craft machine. I would think that if there was a distinct advantage to a twin enging gyro that they would have become popular and common place by now.
This so called "loop hole" was closed when LSA rules came into effect. Now you have to have the appropriate rating to fly with a passenger. You also need a solo sign-off, from a CFI, to fly solo.