Their reason for allowing the Terrafuaia a waiver was so they could install (more?) airbags, shoulder restraints and "other safety items". I'm with john, don't expect them to give on aircraft even if we promise to put in restraints and air bags. Dan C
On Jun 30, 2010, at 8:30 PM, John Craparo wrote: > Richard, > > While this is heartening, I do not believe the FAA will budge on an aircraft > with a standard type certificate. > > But we can hope... > > John > > > On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Richard Wilkens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here is an interesting bit. > > For those of you who did not watch Keith Olbermann tonight the FAA just > throw some hope out there for the model D’s and above crowd. The Terrafuaia, > a car/plane, has a gross weight of 1430 pounds and is LSA, a 110 over LSA. I > think he is on again tonight on MS-NBC. > > The thing I like better is an automatic folding wing arrangement. If we > could get someone to adopted that to a Coupe, we could have a practical > folding wing system, and not one that requires an AP to lock the wings. > > Richard > NC99904 > > >
