I got this from the CorvAircraft list. You could argue it's just the EAA's opinion, but here it is:
Q & A: Question of the Week Question for EAA Aviation Services: Given that the builder of a plans- built aircraft is listed as "manufacturer" of the aircraft, and that depending on equipment and powerplant installations, different aircraft built from the same plans may have speeds and gross weights that could place one example within and another example outside the limitations of the LSA rule, how is this situation taken into account in the rule? Would a more powerful, higher-gross weight example disqualify all previous examples that comply with the ruling? Answer: When it comes to amateur-built aircraft, each individual aircraft is unique in the FAA's eyes. Thus, the fact that one particular example of a design does or does not meet the LSA definition will not have any effect on other examples of that design. There are going to be many cases where some examples of a particular design will be eligible for operation by sport pilots while other examples of the same design are not. It will be up to the pilot to ascertain whether the particular airplane he/she wishes to fly as a sport pilot does indeed fit the LSA definition. ------------------------------------------------------ Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL N56ML at hiwaay.net see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford
