You are so right, it is a kit only that will be certified. To me I see sport pilot is a way to get everyone to a Private rating. By the time the average guy spends his money to get trained in a ultralight (which when the exemption runs out in 3 years) by a Sport Pilot instructor he will have met and paid for getting his Sport Pilot rating, then by the time he gets enough endorsements to actually travel around and do real cross country trips he will have paid for and met the requirements for his Private Pilot and seeing that he will get it because it lifts so many restrictions under that rating.
David Mikesell 23597 N. Hwy 99 Acampo, CA 95220 209-609-8774 skyguy...@skyguynca.com www.skyguynca.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wesley Scott" <k...@spottedowl.biz> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 9:26 AM Subject: Re: KR> Light Sport Aircraft > My point wasn't that you could certify the plane under the new light sport > aircraft category. The way I read the regulation you can't certify a plans > built plane, it has to be a kit and assembled per manufacturer's > instructions. And the instructions and kits will have to meet consensus > standards. But if you certify it under the existing experimental amateur > built category and it won't fly faster than 138mph (and stalls below 45kts), > then a sport pilot should be able to fly it. > > I definitely agree that it was designed to regulate the "ultralights". The > explanations accompanying the final rule make that pretty clear. > > -- > wesley scott > k...@spottedowl.biz > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Overall" <bo12...@hotmail.com> > > > > > > My case in point was, and still is, putting different wings, different > > engines, speed brakes, hanging things off the KR to slow it down, flat > front > > cowlings.......the list goes on, and a promise of "that's all she'll do" > > will fall far short of the requirements for aircraft certification under > the > > sport pilot regulations as adopted. As much as we would like to > > inexpensively build the KR, there exists a very large void between what we > > see as a pie in sky available avenue and the reality contained within the > > sport pilot aircraft certification process. The sport pilot deal, in my > > opinion, was initiated to bring the illegal "ultralights" under FAA > control > > in order to assemble all the various ultralight "licensing" (I use that > term > > loosely) associations under one umbrella. It will have some spinoffs, but > > won't affect most on this board, wish is would but I still have a bad > taste > > in my mouth. > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
