Sorry you are wrong
Rick1128 said:
I would say that you do not have to give that endorsement before solo. The reasoning is that you have endorsed his/her student pilot certificate and logbook for solo, and a solo endorsement is type specific. The high performance endorsement is not type specific. So it can wait until the student is ready for his/her checkride.
Another concern I would have is that giving the student an open type endorsement like the high performance endorsement is, could encourage the student to fly other high performance aircraft without a type endorsement on his/her student pilot certificate. Unfortunately there are a lot of student pilots out there that will take 2 or 3 miles if you give them an inch.
For 1, he was talking about the Complex, not High performance, but I'll let that slide, cuz for the sake of discussion is the same effect.
A solo endorsement both in the Medical and Log Book, are type specific, however, the regs are clear, if you are going to act as PIC of a complex airplane, you need a complex endorsement, a student flying any A/C solo, is acting as PIC. therefore the endorsement is mandatory.
Like someone else said previosuly, u would think that the solo endorsement being on a complex plane would be enough, but I can guarantee, if anything happens it is your @$$. So do yourself a favor and cover every hole.
If you trusted your student to fly that complex, he can fly any complex out there, for as far as complex goes, it just refers to flaps, constant speed prop, and retracts. If your student can remember to reduce power before reducing RPM's, increase RPM's before increasing power, not using flaps above Vfe, and lower the gear every time before he lands, and not fly any faster than Vle with the gear extended. he can have his endorsemnt and fly any complex.
If he flies the complex solo with no endorsement, both you and him will have broken the FAR's. but only you will ever get heat for it.
and realistically speaking.... it's just a little more writing you need to do?
Rich!
P.S. I agree with the above, if your student is an idiot, and wants to go ahead and do moronic things and get him self in trouble, no FAR and no Endorsement is going to prevent him from it, but if he is that stupid... shoot him, at least when they come to get you it will be for something worth it....

(JK)