Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Older planes qualifying for light sport?

Uhhh, there isn't anything in the LSA specs that dictate engine as long as
it's internal combustion reciprocating .... If you want to install a 500 horse
engine in your plane that's fine as long as the gross weight speed and stall
etc stay within range (I'm talking AB here since you can't modify a SLSA) so
version of a Jab 3300 doesn't matter as long as the performance is legal...
And yes LSA's are capable of going (quite a bit) faster in some cases due to
their engines being de-rated for continuous duty... Most VW engines no matter
how much they put out (70- 80 HP) are still limited to 40-45 HP continuous due
to CHT limitations. So twice the power will get you 10 to 20 knots depending
on the plane. I just won't do it for longer than 5 or 10 minutes... Which is
long enough to take the bragging picture ;-)
John

On Saturday 18 September 2010 12:40:56 pm Ted Gelletly wrote:
> I did not see anywhere in the article that the pilot was a SP or that
> he built or equipped his plane as an LSA. I think there are several
> versions of the Jab 3300 (if that is what it he used), one of which lives
> within the LSA specs. So, the writer could be a PP and built the plane for
> max performance since the LSA rules need not apply to someone flying as a
> PP (if that is the case). A clue: "I wanted to keep going up as well, but
> am limited to 10,000 feet without a transponder." from page 4 of the pdf.
> Ted
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