ORIGINAL: bruce88123
ORIGINAL: mydartswinger
ORIGINAL: hogflyer
If you fly a plane like I soloed in, a Cessna C-205 (260 hp, constant speed prop, fixed gear) you can also high performance singles with fixed gear and also lower performance singles like a C-172, Archer, Warrior, etc, but need a retract checkout.
Hogflyer
And the insurance had no problem with that? I know legally you could learn in just about anything with a single engine, but I figured the insurance would have a BIG problem with anything beyond an under 200 hp fixed prop w/ fixed gear.
Insurance is a different issue. He was just talking FAA regs. I used to fly a twin turbo-prop and a C-206 for a company but I wasn't allowed to fly their C-182 until I got the required checkout in the plane. Insurance-insurance-insurance. I had also been previously checked out on many other "complex" singles but the insurance companies don't care about all that.
I hear you on the insurance, thats more regulating than the faa now it seems.
I still say go for it do it while you can