I don't have time today to go into this in detail, but the combination of max weight and max speed was carefully thought out. Kinetic energy is a function of mass going at a certain speed.
The industry committee wanted to keep kinetic energy limited, since it's this energy that dictates in good part the performance of the airplane, and the needed training, skill, currency, etc. for the pilot. We all agree that it takes more of all of that to manage the energy in a 747 than in a Coupe - just an example of why kinetic energy was chosen as one of the prime determinants of the limits of an LSA. Jerry E. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mbpowell Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] [ercoupe-flyin] Re: Keep Your Fingers Crossed! It seems to me that if the LSA industry wanted higher weight limits they would be lobbying for an increase. I don't think this is happening although requests for more safety features might drive them to it in the future. Mike @ C35 --- In [email protected], "Jerry Eichenberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Lee - > > No Federal agency, including FAA, makes a general rule that benefits only a > few. The FAA thinks "industry wide". While it's unfortunate that a very > few may suffer, lots more pilots are benefiting tremendously. > > Jerry > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:ercoupe- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 9:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] RE: [ercoupe-flyin] Re: Keep Your Fingers > Crossed! > > > > Jerry E. said. > > Be careful kicking a sleeping dog. I had no personal involvement in the > development of the LSA and SP rules, but have friends who did. > > I didn't include Jerry's entire message as you have most probably read it. > Some of what he said is correct. However, we should remember that most of > the folks that a weight increase would affect are not those that would be > purchasing the new expensive planes. It would simply allow some, that are > selling their coupes because of an inability to pass a FAA medical, to keep > their planes and fly them. They can't fly them so they sell them or keep > them around to sit in and run up once and a while to bring back memories. > > Just my opinion. > Lee > > > __________________________________________________________ > Click for free quote on refinancing your mortgage. >
