Awesome sportplane

"WingFlaps" wrote

Then may I suggest those rules are too restrictive? Why have an upper
speed limit when you are already limited on power? The power, Vso and
MAUW alone should be enough. IMHO if better design can give both the
desired low stall speed and high speed perf. it should be encouraged,
not prevented by restrictive legislation. I can't help wonder if one
purpose of that legislation is to protect established, but inferior,
designs.

Response:
I agree that the speed limit is overly restrictive, but it was put there for
a purpose.

It puts a limit on the amount of kinetic energy available. That was the
intent, when they made the rule.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in
:


I agree that the speed limit is overly restrictive, but it was put
there for a purpose.

It puts a limit on the amount of kinetic energy available. That was
the intent, when they made the rule.



Well, I agree wth the reason, but not neccesarily that it's not a good
reason. Remember, these guys get to pick up the mess after accidents and
they know full well why they happen. A relatively inexperienced pilot in a
clean, relatively high performance airplane is not a good thing. The
airplane isavailable and training and certification are available to fly
it, so I don't see a problem
Lines have to be drawn somewhere!


Bertie

On Feb 19, 10:33*am, "Morgans" wrote:
"WingFlaps" wrote

Then may I suggest those rules are too restrictive? Why have an upper
speed limit when you are already limited on power? The power, Vso and
MAUW alone should be enough. IMHO if better design can give both the
desired low stall speed and high speed perf. it should be encouraged,
not prevented by restrictive legislation. I can't help wonder if one
purpose of that legislation is to protect established, but inferior,
designs.

Response:
I agree that the speed limit is overly restrictive, but it was put there for
a purpose.

It puts a limit on the amount of kinetic energy available. *That was the
intent, when they made the rule.
--

I'm sure you are right, but I'd like to suggest the energy that kills
in light aircraft mostly comes from gravity. In other words even 70k
microlights kill if drilled in. In NZ, the new sport plane cat. will
not be limted in complexity, just power and MAUW (I think). You have
to be type certified so it's not like you can just jump into any old
sport plane so a higher speed sport plane is not really going to be an
automatic killer is it? Does the US sport plane pilot not require type
certification?

Cheers

On 2008-02-19, WingFlaps wrote:
Does the US sport plane pilot not require type certification?

In the US, no aircraft with a max takeoff weight under 12,500 pounds
requires a type rating for any pilot unless it has a turbojet (or maybe a
turbofan) engine. Insurance companies usually insist on owner pilots having
between 5 and 10 hours in type before they'll insure the aircraft for solo
operation, but that's not a regulatory requirement.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.com
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