Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoElectric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotalwww.latimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down16
arrow-up137arrow-down1external-linkElectric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotalwww.latimes.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squarekcuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days 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-up1·2 days 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-up2·2 days 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