hi guys i would just like to know what the average training fee per hour is that i should expect for my MPL using the schools aircraft ect and how many hours i should expect to do?
Thanks brad
how much should i expect to pay per hours training???
how much should i expect to pay per hours training???
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R550/hr sounds pretty much right to me for 3-axis training, all inclusive (aerie, destructor, etc.) Might find that trikes are R50 - R100 / hr less expensive. Just do it Moosemoose wrote:thanks John Young but would R550 an hour be correct? that is quite expensive...
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DarkHelmet wrote:R500 to R550 sounds fair all inclusive. Budget R20,000 to qualify if you are sub 40. Sub 30 years you can probably get away with a bit less. To fly your body needs retraining, not really your brain, the older we get the harder it is to teach the muscles to do what the brain tells em.
DH, first time I hear this ! 
nie dat ek jou nie glo nie maar vlieg het vir my baie natuurlik gekom - ek het nie my body gefight nie 
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Bad Dad. I am just talking from my own experience. I started flying on flight sim and I honestly feel that caused a disadvantage for me. I thought I knew how to fly and I was wise! I read the books 4 times over and I outdid my instructor on the theory, however, the practical got my brainy ass and my instructor saved our bacon numerous times (not me thinking I am cute, just coz things work different than you think it does).
I'm with Dad,
Flying came very natural to me. I did spend many many many hours on flight sim but rigged my self up with pedals and the works. I started flying radio control planes, went to a club, went solo in my second lesson. The instructor could not believe it.
By the time I started flying for real it was very easy. I was pressurising my instructor to send me solo at 4.5 hours. But the sky and flightsim are not the same thing. You cannot simulate bad weather, turbulance etc.
I believe you Trike boys are at a disadvantage because all forms of simulation are 2 or 3-axis based. A trike is so completely opposite that it should take the brain a little longer to click.
However they are all fun.
Moose, do yourself a favour, don't try to count the cost per hour. I know you are young and possibly need the funds to come from your parents etc, but the best thing is to do as the others have said, agree to budget on R20,000, somehow get hold of the money, (loans, nice parents, bank robbery
. This way your training will not be limited to a lesson a month, and then go for it, I know you can do it 
Flying came very natural to me. I did spend many many many hours on flight sim but rigged my self up with pedals and the works. I started flying radio control planes, went to a club, went solo in my second lesson. The instructor could not believe it.
By the time I started flying for real it was very easy. I was pressurising my instructor to send me solo at 4.5 hours. But the sky and flightsim are not the same thing. You cannot simulate bad weather, turbulance etc.
I believe you Trike boys are at a disadvantage because all forms of simulation are 2 or 3-axis based. A trike is so completely opposite that it should take the brain a little longer to click.
However they are all fun.
Moose, do yourself a favour, don't try to count the cost per hour. I know you are young and possibly need the funds to come from your parents etc, but the best thing is to do as the others have said, agree to budget on R20,000, somehow get hold of the money, (loans, nice parents, bank robbery
. This way your training will not be limited to a lesson a month, and then go for it, I know you can do it Greg Perkins
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Just as Morph says, a trike is not a 3 axis, but the money is a big thing. Be PREPARED to spend 20k, you can get away with less, but the cost can be daunting if you are worried about the spend.
It will work you out less if you do it in a short span of time, flying once a month you will find yourself not laying out much but you will have to recap on a lot.
If you do 3 lessons a week you will wax it in no time and you will qualify in a lot less time (per hour) Push it to 6 lessons a week if you can afford it and you will be airborne free of training charges in no time.
Just bear in mind that ground school is also an important aspect of your license. There is no point to book a month of flying lessons and then only complete ground school 4 months after you have passed your flight test. The theory is, in my mind at least, more important than actually being able to fly the craft. The theory teaches you the limitations of your chosen craft and it sets you on the right track for understanding the weather.
Pay serious attention to the theory, because that is what saves your bacon, knowing your craft and the weather is what keeps you from coming back in the news.
It will work you out less if you do it in a short span of time, flying once a month you will find yourself not laying out much but you will have to recap on a lot.
If you do 3 lessons a week you will wax it in no time and you will qualify in a lot less time (per hour) Push it to 6 lessons a week if you can afford it and you will be airborne free of training charges in no time.
Just bear in mind that ground school is also an important aspect of your license. There is no point to book a month of flying lessons and then only complete ground school 4 months after you have passed your flight test. The theory is, in my mind at least, more important than actually being able to fly the craft. The theory teaches you the limitations of your chosen craft and it sets you on the right track for understanding the weather.
Pay serious attention to the theory, because that is what saves your bacon, knowing your craft and the weather is what keeps you from coming back in the news.
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LOL Moose - I think you posted at the same time I did 3 lessons a week is awesome and probably a good balance.
I don't do stick and rudder aeries, I have been up in a few of em and they are really easy to fly (physically). A trike is hard work and I did morning and afternoon lessons and it really drained me physically. (Probably more the 75km drive to the field in the morning, then 75km back then 75km to...)
What are you training for?
3 lessons a week is awesome and probably a good balance. I don't do stick and rudder aeries, I have been up in a few of em and they are really easy to fly (physically). A trike is hard work and I did morning and afternoon lessons and it really drained me physically. (Probably more the 75km drive to the field in the morning, then 75km back then 75km to...)
What are you training for?
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