Ultra light Glider regulations

Hi !

The european regulation precise that "gliders with a structural mass
of less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater,
including those which are foot launched" shall stay under national
responsibility, so to say, out of EASA.

Could someone tell me what are Regulations for ultra light gliders in
differents country, as Germany, US, Canada, Spain, Italy, etc, please.

Thank you for your help

Regards

Denis

Also, this question:

Is "structural mass" the same as "empty weight?"

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Pat

(Denis G) wrote:



Could someone tell me what are Regulations for ultra light gliders in
differents country, as Germany, US, Canada, Spain, Italy, etc, please.

Not an easy question, but:
In Italy, Ultralight gliders must weight (empty) less than 80 kg.
They are not "aircraft", so can't mess with aircraft's airspace
-that's why all ultralights (motorized or not) just can't fly higher
than 300 ft AGL (in a radius of 2km around the elevation of the
highest terrain feature).
This means you can fly 300 ft higher than a huge mountain, but you'll
never be legal if you cross the valley.
If there's an engine, 2seaters can weight up to 450 kg all up (with
pilots and fuel); 1seaters up to 330 kg (IIRC).
Starting from next autumn, the prohibition to carry an airband
transceiver will probably be withdrawn.
There is no certification of any kind.
After all, it was an excellent law, designed to allow experiments with
very cheap, home built machines. Now, it's out of date. (IMVHO)

Sorry, I don't know much more...

Aldo Cernezzi

As far as I know... there is no "Ultralight Glider" category in the US.

FAR 103 does refer to "Unpowered Ultralight" which could be a variety of
different designs from nylon and aluminum to a carbon fiber "Sparrowhawk"

Operating under FAR103 has it's own requirements, (1) does not have any US
or foreign airworthiness certificate (2) unpowered does not weight more than
155 US pounds. If so operated it, the pilot does not require a US pilots
certificate.

I understand the US Sparrowhawk can be registered and operated under FAR 61
and 91 as an Experimental GLIDER, at which time it will receive a US
airworthiness certificate and the pilot and operations are in accordance
with standard "glider" operations.

BT

"Denis G" wrote in message
om...
Hi !

The european regulation precise that "gliders with a structural mass
of less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater,
including those which are foot launched" shall stay under national
responsibility, so to say, out of EASA.

Could someone tell me what are Regulations for ultra light gliders in
differents country, as Germany, US, Canada, Spain, Italy, etc, please.

Thank you for your help

Regards

Denis

Thank you for your answers.

However, could i have more precisions about UK, Germany, Belgium, etc, please

Denis

There is no ultralight glider category in Canada. By definition, a
Canadian ultralight is an "aircraft", and "aircraft" by definition has an
engine,hence it would be possible to have an ultralight motorglider.

However, could i have more precisions about UK, Germany, Belgium, etc, please

Denis

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Tony Burton