I hate to jump in on this because it has been discussed at length in the past. I just went thru this with another party so I would be able to understand the significance of this being an EAB certified aircraft that could be flown under the LSA rules. As I understand it, you can build an aircraft and demonstrate that it meets the LSA requirements as previously stated. How you fly it is your business. Let's say that you set the max gross weight at 1400 # and then get it EAB certified as that. You can never change that. However, if you certify the aircraft at the Max gross weight of an aircraft the meets the LSA requirements, then it can be flown LSA as long as it meets the other requirements. And if you are flying it as LSA, at over the max weight, you have a problem. You do not certify the aircraft as an LSA aircraft, you certify it as Experimental Amateur Built ( EAB ), and it happens to meet the LSA requirements.
The only way I could ever think that the KR could meet those requirements would be that it was very light and had a high lift wing. The Diehl wing might do it, but it might not. What if you build your plane planning on and depending on being able to fly it under the LSA rules, and then it is not capable of performance under the Rules. Watcha gonna do? My personal opinion is that if you need LSA, build a plane that has been proven to be able to meet those requirements. See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics? Peoples Choice at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Best KR at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Best Interior at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Best Paint at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Best Firwwall Forward at 2013 - KR Gathering in Mt. Vernon, Il ? MVN Daniel R. Heath -?Lexington, SC
