Hello,
Just started my journey on becoming a Private Pilot and have been researching training options, planes, maintenance, costs, etc.
As a rookie my first impression is the FAA wants to make it as difficult as possible to become a pilot and own a airplane. What is the reasoning behind not opening up GA to aftermarket companies and let the free market drive the economy and technology of aviation? With all the FAA regs. it forces people to fly 1950's technology and try to keep these old dinosaurs in the air. All while saying they are here to make aviation as safe as possible. It is just crazy to me we are forced to utilize magnetos, carbs, and aircooled cylinders in this day and age unless you have 300k disposable income laying around.
It seems to me if they didn't make the homologation process so expensive and difficult we would have cheaper more reliable electronic ignitions, fuel injection, serpentine belts, even much less expensive and reliable water cooled modern diesel or higher compression long stroke industrial style overhead cam variable valve timing gas engines etc.
I realize they gave us the experimental side for sport pilots but for some reason the costs are the same or actually more expensive than certified aircraft when you look at a 4 seat 1300 to 1500lb payload aircraft and I am not sure why that is.
Just started my journey on becoming a Private Pilot and have been researching training options, planes, maintenance, costs, etc.
As a rookie my first impression is the FAA wants to make it as difficult as possible to become a pilot and own a airplane. What is the reasoning behind not opening up GA to aftermarket companies and let the free market drive the economy and technology of aviation? With all the FAA regs. it forces people to fly 1950's technology and try to keep these old dinosaurs in the air. All while saying they are here to make aviation as safe as possible. It is just crazy to me we are forced to utilize magnetos, carbs, and aircooled cylinders in this day and age unless you have 300k disposable income laying around.
It seems to me if they didn't make the homologation process so expensive and difficult we would have cheaper more reliable electronic ignitions, fuel injection, serpentine belts, even much less expensive and reliable water cooled modern diesel or higher compression long stroke industrial style overhead cam variable valve timing gas engines etc.
I realize they gave us the experimental side for sport pilots but for some reason the costs are the same or actually more expensive than certified aircraft when you look at a 4 seat 1300 to 1500lb payload aircraft and I am not sure why that is.
