What hours do you log?
Hi all,
Wet and windy, so a chance to put a question that has bugged me.
How to you time the hours that are logged?
People seem to log the following:
For personal logbooks:
Engine start to engine stop; first movement under own power to brakes on; wheels off to wheels on; or even at one GA school, wheels off to wheels on plus 1o mins. Another GA school makes the first thing the students do is turn on the master so the strobes are on at the start of their pre-flight. This then means the Hobbs starts ticking and they log (and charge) Hobbs time.
For airframe engine logs:
Engine start to stop would seem the best for engine logs, but I have seen many other combinations based on airframe hours.
Airframe hours could be most of the above regarding personal logbooks.
Is there a definitive?
ps. One student bought a flexy microlight recently that had been used by a couple of schools and the airframe/engine logbooks were 300 hours less than the Flydat. Total Flydat 1300. Of course, it was a Rotax 912, and they can take an age to warm up for flight, so I can understand such a gap between flying and engine hours, just, but of course the engine part of the logbook hadn't been filled in as it is mant to. (I've been guilty on that acount too).
Very best to all,
Colin