Fred
I don't think you can from what I read. The criteria call, as I'm sure you
know, for a fixed or ground adjustable prop and in addition to other items
includes 660lbs max take off wgt. That would be a tough one to meet, weight
zealot or not. I also read the following: Here is a recent statement issued
by members of the ASTM committee for Light Sport Aircraft that should give
us all pause:
"Light-sport aircraft means an aircraft, other than a helicopter or
powered-lift that, since its original certification, has continued to meet
the following:[deletia]9 see definition in part 1 FAR page5)
This verbiage clearly says that an aircraft must meet all the criteria
called out in the definition of an LSA at the time of its original
certification AND CONTINUOUSLY thereafter.
If you fly just once out of criteria it cannot be an LSA.
Tough language!
Fred, you don't want to go that slow anyway!
Jerry
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Fred Klein
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: ELSA
On Jul 20, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Bud Yerly wrote:
If you are a weight zealot, the XS should be eligible provided you have not
already registered it's gross weight as over 1320. Darn those rules.
Bud,
Thanks for the comprehensive background on making an XS into an ELSA...I
take it that N12AY is Clive's airplane.
So here's a question:
...suppose one registers his XS mono w/ a FP prop and with a gross weight of
1320 as an experimental...then, later...takes it back to the shop, converts
it to a fixed tri or conventional gear (w/ dirty, grimy wheel pants), adds
the VGs to further slow it down, and does the requisite flight tests to show
the plane's within the LSA envelope...
Can it them become an ELSA? Can you recommend an FAA contact to run this by,
if you'd rather not speculate?
Thanks,
Fred
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