I lost out on some too, until I got with my brother who could email me the files - instantly. If you got what appears to be a valid bargain LSA and the seller won't wait, you can go for the extra expense of instant data. Comically the true C I bought, the seller did not want to wait, so I bowed out. After three other anxious buyers fizzled out, I got it after all!
--- In [email protected], Caliendo Dan <djcalie...@...> wrote: > > You (we?) can come up with a new designation; but what counts is what the FAA > calls it. Before buying a LSA Ercoupe order the cd from the FAA and look > closely for any reference to it being changed to a D or the legal gross > weight being more than 1320 lbs. The fact that it may have been converted > back does not make it LSA eligible again. > If it ever fell out of the LSA criteria, it is always out. > If you find a plane you like and at the right price, give the seller a > deposit and the two of you sign a buy/sell agreement that you will buy it at > the agreed price IF it passes a prebuy inspection and is truely LSA eligible > per the FAA. If not you get your deposit back. I missed out on about 3 planes > when I was looking because they sold before I got the cd from the FAA (about > a week). > Dan C > > > On Jun 26, 2010, at 8:29 AM, bbartsey wrote: > > > I have a friend who is looking for an Ercoupe and it is difficult to > > explain to him the model designations and what is and what is not > > considered a "light sport" Ercoupe. Maybe we can get some standardization > > in terms so it will be easier to explain to the uninitiated. For example, I > > find myself telling him that a "C" that has had the STC upgrading it to a > > 1400 lb gross weight is really a "D", but is sometimes refered to as a > > "C/D" or even a "CD" although a "CD" is really the designation of a model > > that rolled off the production line as a light sprort with a 1320 lb gross > > weight which may have an STC increasing the gross weight to 1320 lbs but it > > is still a light sport unless it also has the 1400 lb STC or rolled off the > > productionline as a D and what's on second and I dunno's on third. > > The problem seems to be the C and CD models that have the 1400 lb upgrade > > and are therefore not light sport. Is there any way we can come up with a > > different term to designate or identify those airplanes which started out > > qualifying as light sport but because of the 1400 lb gross weight upgrade > > are now in the non-light sport category? > > Bart > > (whew!) > > > > >
