TRAINING PRICES JABIRU AND TRIKE

[Guest disperse]

I was surprised to find trike training dearer then a jabiru (or other 3-axis)

 

I would of thought it would be the other way with a jabiru being dearer to buy and dearer to run, then even a 4-stroke trike

 

I've been wrong before and it may happen again:;)3:

 

 

[Guest Crezzi]

A number of possible reasons -

 

the depreciation on trikes is a lot more.

 

In most cases, its not possible to get insurance so theres the risk factor of the plane being totalled.

 

The weather window for training is less than 3-axis so instructor has to run their business on less flying hours per year

 

Less competition might be a factor as well ;-)

 

John

 

 

[Guest disperse]

thanks for that John.....

 

it's got me thinking wheather or not it would be feesable to do tri axis training first and then a weight shift indorsment seeing as though there is about $50/h difference in price

 

as over 20hrs i would save the equivilent to 6hrs weight shift training

 

so it comes down to the time needed for the weight shift endorsment

 

 

[Guest Crezzi]

Thats certainly option but I doubt it would work out being a cheaper way to get a trike licence. You would have to do the maths of 10 hours for your conversion to trikes in addition to the 25 hours for 3-axis.

 

I have no evidence on this but I suspect that getting a trike licence is more likely in the minimum 20 hours than 3-axis.

 

John

 

John