Which Ultralight to build.....

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Wayne Paul" wrote

The Light Sport glider training is very close to the Private Pilot glider
requirements. In addition the LSP 10,000' limitation is a big deal when
flying a glider in the Western US. (I was at about 9,000 when the
following picture was taken. http://tinyurl.com/2hj2fr Very few of the
peaks in the Lost River range are less the 11,000') Very few, if any,
motor gliders have a Vne less then the Light Sport glider 120 kt limit.

Are you not allowed something like 1000 feet AGL, even if it over 10,000
feet?
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There was a lot of discussion concerning a minimum terrain clearance during
the formulation of Light Sport rule making; however, the FAA stuck to the
hard 10,000 MSL limit.

By the way, the mountain in the above link is 12,600 feet. When flying in
this type of terrain I like to be as high as possible. (See:
http://www.soaridaho.com/photogaller.../17900_MSL.jpg,
http://tinyurl.com/yu4oym and http://tinyurl.com/2haboz) The valley floors
in this part of Idaho are between 6 and 7 thousand MSL.

Wayne
HP-14 "6F"
http://www.soaridaho.com/