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Then why did they approve of amphibians?




"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| But once you're on land, you can't retract the wheels to
| land on water. And if you're on water you can take-off
and
| land on terra firma.
|
| Yes, I know. What's your point? The LSA area has many
restrictions. This
| is one of them. As with the other restrictions, it
simplifies a certain
| area of aviation, removing one of the most significant
risks from seaplane
| operations.
|
| Would you have preferred they simply didn't allow water
flying under LSA at
| all? Because that's the only other option that would have
been consistent
| with the "low training, cheap certification, acceptable
safety" goals of
| LSA.
|
| Pete
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Then why did they approve of amphibians?

They didn't.

They did.



"Peter Duniho" wrote in
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote
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| Then why did they approve of amphibians?
|
| They didn't.
|
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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They did.

No, they didn't. They approved airplanes that can be configured as *either*
a seaplane, or a landplane, but not both at the same time. A frog doesn't
have to decide ahead of time whether it's going to swim or walk.

A true amphibian has particular operating characteristics unique to
amphibians, not shared with an ordinary seaplane or an ordinary landplane.
The LSA requirements specifically exclude airplanes with these particular
operating characteristics, by excluding true amphibians.

Pete

Peter Duniho wrote:
A frog doesn't have to decide ahead of time whether it's going to swim or walk.

Lucky for him, otherwise he might fall under the auspices of some
obscure government regulation...