Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group How to Tell if Aircraft is really LSA

Hi Helen,

Great post. Perhaps this will clear up a lot of the discussion.

Take Care,
Dean Batman
N5076G
Web Site - http://www.geocities.com/batman.dean@sbcglobal.net/index.html

Helen Woods wrote:
> Good grief I woke up to a lot of misinformation in my mailbox this
> morning! Well here's the skinny folks:
>
> 1. If you take a look at the airworthiness certificate of an LSA it is
> NOT certificated as an LSA. It will be certificated as STANDARD,
> EXPERIMENTAL, or SPECIAL.
>
> 2. Additionally, if you read the actual definition of an LSA from the
> FARs (I sent this around last night) there is NOTHING in there about
> changing certificate categories, only changing parameters such as weight
> or speed that would take the plane beyond he definition of an LSA
>
> 3. For example, what you can't do is get an STC for a gross weight
> increase beyond 1320 (as is the case on many Champs) and then undo it to
> make it an LSA again.
>
> 4. No. An STC or 337 most certainly does not make a plane an
> experimental. If it did, 99% of the planes on any given ramp would be
> experimental. (STCs and 337s are a way of life for a certificated
> airplane owner. I have a 3 inch binder contain mine for my 1965
> standard category Cessna.)
>
> 5. No. An STC has nothing to do with the manufacturer in most cases.
> Every wonder why why a set of retrofited Cessna air vents from Sporty's
> costs $700? Because a private company went through the FAA certification
> processs to receive the STC for them. An STC is extremly expensive to
> get because of the FAA testing and paperwork required. That's part of
> the reason that SLSAs do not use STCs but use LOAs from the manufacturer
> instead. Dealing with the FAA to get an STC is expensive. Your local
> FSDO controls the alternative the 337 and can be problematic.
>
> 6. Aercoupe rudder pedals are either an STC or 337 deal and certainly
> do not make the plane either illegal or experimental when installed by
> and A&P and accompanied by the proper paperwork.
>
> Helen

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