If you already have a pilot certificate, all you need is a ‘proficiency check’ to add the additional category and class ratings, at the Sport Pilot level, to your existing Pilot Certificate. The official FAA category for trikes is Weight Shift Control (WSC). The classes are Land (WSCL) and Sea (WSCS).
The FAA does not require a specific number of hours for training. You just train to ‘proficiency’. You are considered proficient when you and your instructor are comfortable that you can pass the Practical Test Standards (PTS) for your proficiency check. Those standards include the basics that you probably remember from your first flight training.
Maneuver: Standard:
Turns around a Point +/- 10 knots airspeed; +/- 100 feet altitude
Rectangular Pattern around a field +/- 10 knots airspeed; +/- 100 feet altitude
S-turns over a road +/- 10 knots airspeed; +/- 100 feet altitude
360 degree Steep Turns 45 degree bank +/- 10 degrees; +/- 10 knots airspeed; +/- 100 feet altitude, roll out on same heading +/- 10 degrees
We have a network of independent flight instructors who own Cygnet aircraft and provide training in them. Contact us to find your nearest available instructor.
What is required to become a CFI to teach people to fly a cygnet from scratch?
Is it possible to be compensated for doing flight lessons and Intro flights in a cygnet?
Yes you can pay your Cygnet instructor. There are instructors around the country using their Cygnets for paid flight instruction and introductory flight lessons. Sometimes we have $1000 days.
To become an instructor you need at least 150 hours of powered flight in ANY aircraft, 50 of which must be in Weight Shift Control aircraft. The WSC experience can be land, sea, or a combination. It does not have to be in a Cygnet. Any old trike will do. We often have inexpensive trade-ins that aspiring instructors use to build their hours of flight experience while we are building their Cygnet.
The full requirements for Sport Pilot Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) are spelled out in 14 CFR 61.401 through 14 CFR 61.411.
I am interested! do you have an agent in Europe as I am based in Ukraine!
Very large river Dnepr that spans the country so will be ideal.
Please Contact Me
Regards
Rob
Hi Robert
The closest Cygnet to you is in Poland. You could visit Marek to see the Cygnet. He started a business giving instruction and rides a couple years ago.
AirTURS by Marek Turski
https://www.facebook.com/AirTURS/
+48 501 008 262
Zgierz województwo łódzkie, Poland
Keep me informed if you make a plan to visit Marek.
If you can get to Florida you are welcome to visit our production and fly with us too.
What is the difference (if any) between a Proficiency Check and an Endorsement? For example, the tail wheel or high performance endorsement.
An endorsement is simply a statement in your log book signed by an instructor. A Proficiency Check is a mini check ride. It adds a new Category and Class of aircraft to your pilot certificate at the Sport Pilot level. It is given by a different instructor than the one who gave you the training. The first instructor trains you until you are proficient. The first CFI signs your FAA Form 8710-11 in the ‘Instructor’s Recommendation’ section, which says “I have personally instructed the applicant and consider this person ready to take the test.” The second CFI conducts your Proficiency Check in accordance with the Practical Test Standards (a free download from FAA website). The second CFI then signs your FAA Form 8710-11 and sends it to FAA Airman Registry. The FAA then sends you a new pilot certificate with the additional Category and Class rating you earned in your Proficiency Check.
When training for a new category and class of aircraft, your instructor can give you a time-limited ENDORSEMENT to fly it solo. But the Proficiency Check adds the Sport Pilot category and class to your pilot certificate so you can carry a passenger.
Looking for instruction in a amphibious Cygnet
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