Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoElectric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotalwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down15
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkElectric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotalwww.latimes.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months 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-up1·9 months 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-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months 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