Learn To Fly Hardrocker Flying Club for students, alumni, and friends of SDSMT

Hardrocker Flying Club HFC is an organization made up of Tech students, alumni, faculty & staff, and community members. The HFC welcomes zero time pilots as well as experienced pilots. Student Membership: Students of SDSMT Student Membership Flying Status: Students of SDSMT who use the Hardrocker Airplane Regular Membership: Alumni, Faculty & Staff of SDSMT and their immediate families Associate Membership: Persons not fitting into the other classes of membership

Dues Student Members (regular or special students of SDSM&T) Yearly Dues: $20 Student Members – Flying Status (regular or special students of SDSM&T) Initial Fee: $55 Monthly Dues: $30 Aircraft Rates: $60/hr dry [***special ***now $35/hr dry until $7000 is expended] Key Deposit: $55 (refundable when keys are returned) Regular Members (staff, faculty, & alumni of SDSM&T & their immediate families) Initial Fee: $125 Monthly Dues: $40 Aircraft Rates: $70/hr dry Key Deposit: $55 (refundable when keys are returned) Associate Members (persons not covered by above memberships) Initial Fee: $300 Monthly Dues: $42 Aircraft Rate: $92/hr dry Key Deposit: $55 (refundable when keys are returned)

Our Plane  1998 Cessna 172R  cruise 122 kts (135 mph)  fuel capacity 53 U.S. gal  fuel burn 9.2 gph  empty weight 1676 lbs  max weight 2457 lbs  located at Rapid City Regional Airport (KRAP) in the Hardrocker Hanger  can be flown anywhere within the United States with overnights or extended stays

Our Airport

A Closer Look

Private Pilots License  Fly in VFR weather conditions (3 miles visibility, cannot fly into clouds)  Fly at any time, day or night  Fly into/out of any civil U.S. airport  Carry passengers Passengers can pay up to their equal share of the flight costs

Requirements – on the ground  Third Class Medical Certificate Required for your first solo Valid for 3 years  70% or better on written exam All questions are published, answers are provided Multiple choice format.

Requirements – in the air  At least 40 hours of flight time (40-70 average) instructor required until solo flight (~10-20 hours)  3 hours cross country One flight over 100nm start to finish  3 hours night  3 hours instrument 10 hours solo minimum  5 hours cross country One flight over 150nm with three landings

Typical Lesson  2 hour block 1 hour of maneuvers/skills practice near airport  Steep turns  Slow flight/stalls  Instrument flying  Emergency procedures ½ hour of pattern work  Different types of takeoffs/landings ½ hour to park plane, debrief lesson

Inside View

Cost  Airplane ~ $2400 (40 $60/hr)  Fuel ~ $ 1600 (40 $40/hr, $4.50/gal)  HFC Membership ~ $250  Instructor ~$750 (15 $50/hr)  Examiner ~$200  Written Exam ~$80  Supplies ~$400  Total: ~$5700 reduced rate $35/hr

Faculty Advisors Duane Abata, Mechanical Engineering CM128A, phone , S. N. (Shashi) Shashikanth, Mining Engineering and Management MI327C, phone , Patrick Gilcrease, Chemical and Biological Engineering C306, phone ,

Why? Want to go flying?