Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Cessna SkyCatcher completes ASTM complia...

Hi Jay,
You are not going to convince me to get into a pissing match with you by calling what I fly fat ultralight so lets get over that because its useless and pointless. I never said it, meant it or thought it. So lets drop holier than thou shall we.
Secondly why WSC don't get above 1100 pounds gross is because - they are WSC (Weight Shift Control) - key word being weight. I think that should be a good enough hint to clue everyone in as to why beyond a certain point its just not good to be in WSC category as we stand today. Hope that clarifies it.
Abid

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, Jay Maynard <jmaynard@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:42:28AM -0500, Jim Bair wrote:
> > I hoped LSA wouldn't go the over $100,000 glass airplane route, too, but
> > it did. The market will decide how cosmic people want to equip their
> > planes. I have given 2 checkrides in LSAs equipped with autopilots hooked
> > to GPSs. AArrgghhh.
>
> Yeah, and you thought mine was pretty nice, too. :-)
>
> As you say, the market will say where the LSA world goes. Yes, there are
> indeed high-end cross-country cruisers. Legend Cub is selling lots of Sport
> Cubs, too. People want both. Why shouldn't they be able to get it?
>
> Abid, the LSA world is more than just legal fat ultralights. If it wasn't,
> then why did the FAA set the gross weight limit at 600 kilograms? How many
> WSC or PPC aircraft come close to those weights? Why shouldn't a private
> pilot with an instrument ticket and a medical be able to fly an LSA IFR?
> What, exactly, is wrong with that concept? It only goes against "the spirit
> pf LSA" if that spirit is limited to fat ultralights.
> --
> Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, CFI-SP http://www.conmicro.com
> http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
> Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!)
> AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml
>

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