agencies. There is no practical difference between a 415D
loaded to 1240 pounds and a 415C loaded to the same
weight, other than a sheet of paper.
It points up the tyranny of paperwork over common sense.
But what's particularly stupid is when they rather arbitrarily
codify things that just don't make any sense.
Think of the person who restores to original the wreck of a 415C
that was at some point converted to a C. Nope, cant fly it
as SP. Or someone who finds an Aeronca 7AC skeleton that
someone Rube Golberged to 7EC spec, but throws out
the extended engine mount and/or patches up the holes
in the firewall, and puts it back to being an original 7AC.
Same problem.
Greg
At 03:04 PM 12/23/2004, Wood, Percy wrote:
----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Seems to me that this points up why the Ercoupe CAN be Sport Pilot. As the weights changed, SO DID THE MODELS. Thus, the 415-C is in, where as the same airframe Ever Designated a 415-E or Alon is out.
And it looked so easy - up the gross weight and get a larger market... :-(
Percy
- -----Original Message-----
- From: roger anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
- Sent: Thursday, December 23, 2004 11:59 AM
- To: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] LSA aircraftweight qualification
- I remember this was being discussed recently, whether an aircraft once removed out of the LSA weight catagory could be returned to that catagory. This is addressed on the current EAA weekly email.
- Q & A:
- Question of the Week
- Question for EAA Aviation Services:
- If the gross weight on a standard-type aircraft can be increased or decreased from 1450 to 1300 per the type certificate datasheet, as on a Aeronca EC Champ (which only requires a logbook endorsement, like changing the props), could it qualify as a LSA? After all, a change per the type certificate datasheet is not considered a modification.
- Answer:
- No, it cannot qualify as an LSA because the definition of a light-sport aircraft, as called out in 14 CFR 1.1, requires that an aircraft be originally certificated and continuously operated within the LSA definition. Any aircraft that has been altered so as to fall outside the LSA definition, regardless of whether or not the alteration is allowed by the type certificate, will not be eligible for operation by sport pilots, even if returned to its original specifications. Once the aircraft is moved outside the LSA definition by any means, it is no longer eligible for operation by sport pilots, period.
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