Primary Flight Training - Experimental
Own an RV6A and interested in having my 17 year old son take private pilot flight training in it. The regs are a bit fuzzy on this but it looks like as long as it's not compensatory flying that it is OK. Is anyone aware of any regs to the contrary that I might be missing? Obviously insurance will be an issue and am working on that..thx
Training is a commercial operation - if you pay the instructor.
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flybuddy
Own an RV6A and interested in having my 17 year old son take private pilot flight training in it. The regs are a bit fuzzy on this but it looks like as long as it's not compensatory flying that it is OK. Is anyone aware of any regs to the contrary that I might be missing? Obviously insurance will be an issue and am working on that..thx
As I understand it, you can do training in an experimental under some very special circumstances. The training has to be "Transition" training rather than primary training. Also, you need a Letter of Deviation Authority (LODA) from the FAA. This is a commercial operation because you are paying the instructor.
I think there is an exception if either the instructor or student owns the plane. I don't think it counts if the student's father owns the plane.
One last point - I'm not sure an RV6A is a great choice for a primary trainer. I suppose it is possible to learn to fly in such a plane, but since it has a lot more performance than a typical trainer it might introduce training risks that suggest a normal trainer has a better chance of producing a pilot rather than a dropout.
(Note: I am not an expert on this subject. Please don't consider my answer any more than one guy's opinion.)