Microlighters

Hi all

Okay I am just trying to guage the interest if such a thing existed.

Preferred aircraft type - open v closed cockpit, side by side v tandem
Hourly rate etc etc

Any and all comments welcome.

Cheers
Darren

My 2c would be for closed cockpit side by side.

Not everyone can afford these machines. If I can occasional hire and fly the likes of the Xenon or M24, why not!

It all depends on the rate per hour...of course

Am thinking cheap and nasty (entry level) would be far more demand and thus more feasible since Capex would be less...

RV4ker wrote:thus more feasible since Capex would be less...

I would like to know what "Capex" means?

Hire and fly can work for me on a gyro, will pay R500/h dry.

MPL Pilot wrote: I would like to know what "Capex" means?

Capital Expenditure - uithaal en wys geld

Initial cost. Affects the H&F rate. A R400K Gyro will be far cheaper than a R1bar gyro in terms of repayment or opportunity cost and thus a lower per hr rate to justify some sort of return and make the whole deal work.

All true.

How does the flight school justify their R1,100 – R1,500 per hour rate? And this is for a gyro around R400k – R500k?

@ 2 hours per week = 104 h/year – Is this feasible?

I can't comment on Gyro's, but the biggest expense in H&F is usually insurance. (self insure the "cost" is risk and if underwriter the bucks is huge).