On Fri, 02 May 2008 01:03:38 GMT, Jay Maynard
wrote:

On 2008-05-02, Peter Dohm wrote:
the SLSA itself is certified to a lower standard than we are otherwise
accustomed to seeing--although, AFAIK, there is probably not much
practical difference in day VFR service.

I was told recently that the flight testing standards for an SLSA are 4
pages long, while the flight testing standards for a normal category part 23
certificated aircraft are 38 pages long.

Not really a fair comparison, since the ASTM Airplane standard only covers one
narrowly-defined type of aircraft, while Part 23 covers four broad categories
(Normal, Utility, Aerobatic, and Commuter) and covers aircraft with
constant-speed props, more than one engine, turbines, jets, etc.

My paper copy of 14CFR Part 23 has ~14 pages for the requirements for flight
characteristics; ASTM F2245-04 runs about two for the same topic.

Ron Wanttaja