Innerworld to TechnologyEnglish · 2 days agoElectric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotalwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square31linkfedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down16
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minus-squarekcuflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI had not heard that, thank you for sharing. I just go by IFR standards or better for my personal limits, so this never came up.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoNote that those are minimums. The pilots I know try to be well above the minimums as a personal rule. Landing without fuel is something they practice in the simulator, not something they ever want to try in real world conditions.
minus-squarekcuflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoYa absolutely, I never want a fuel exhaustion event. Always put more in than necessary
I had not heard that, thank you for sharing. I just go by IFR standards or better for my personal limits, so this never came up.
Note that those are minimums. The pilots I know try to be well above the minimums as a personal rule. Landing without fuel is something they practice in the simulator, not something they ever want to try in real world conditions.
Ya absolutely, I never want a fuel exhaustion event. Always put more in than necessary