Doug G. Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 So, a Champ or a Cub cannot be flown under Light Sport rules by a Light Sport pilot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I think we are talking past each other a bit. You are saying that any airplane that can fit the Light Sport definition is a Light Sport airplane. Some are standard certificates others fall under the LSA manufacturing rules - SLSA and ELSA. Approaching the question from a different angle than I am used to hearing it, but I completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 So, a Champ or a Cub cannot be flown under Light Sport rules by a Light Sport pilot? No, I am saying quite the oposite. As long as they meet the CFR 1.1 definition they are a light sport aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Baker Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 I think we are talking past each other a bit. You are saying that any airplane that can fit the Light Sport definition is a Light Sport airplane. Some are standard certificates others fall under the LSA manufacturing rules - SLSA and ELSA. Approaching the question from a different angle than I am used to hearing it, but I completely agree. There you go, pretty much hits the nail on the head. It may be approaching from a different angle, but this is also the view that the FAA has. When it comes to maintaining the airplanes it doesn't matter that they are light sport aircraft, but rather how they are certified. The FAA approaches that in a sense by saying a light sport aircraft with an airworthiness certificate issued in the light sport category to make the separation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbigs Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 The FAA by it's own admission creates confusing messes...Part 23 for example became so muddled and cumbersome after years of 'changes' even the FAA had to completely rewrite the entire regulation. Despite a plane being a certified or SLSA or experimental the general specs for an aircraft a Sport Pilot can fly (this includes both a licensed Sport Pilot or a pilot fly 'as a Sport Pilot') are: Other than a helicopter or powered-lift that, since its original certification, has continued to meet the following: Max. Gross Takeoff Weight 1,320 lbs (1,430 lbs for seaplanes) Max. Stall Speed 51 mph / 45 knots CAS Max. Speed in Level Flight (VH) 138 mph / 120 knots CAS Seats Two (max.) Engines / Motors One (max. if powered.) Propeller Fixed-pitch or ground adjustable Cabin Unpressurized Landing Gear Fixed (except for seaplanes and gliders) Also, has a standard N number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug G. Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 bigs, I learned that when I got my Light Sport Certificate, how about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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