Has anyone installed floats on a RV12 and is there any reason that you can't and still be light sport?
Joe Dallas
Gross weight does not automatically increase with the installation of floats.
LSA limits ALLOWS up to 1430 lbs. when on floats. Gross weight is determined by the designer.
Mel who is the designer if you are building EAB Light Sport
Mel
Scott McDaniels told me that my aircraft is no longer a RV12 because of all the alterations and engine change. I will registers as a RV12M to keep all liability from Van's Aircraft.
What is a aircraft that in EAB and can be flown in the Light Sport Category.
Is that not a EAB Light Sport Aircraft. ( I'm confused please help )
And as long as we are taking what happens for private pilots if the 3rd class medical is dropped
Joe Dallas
I agree with Mel that, FAA really screwed up with this confusing terminology.
There are two issues here:
!. How an aircraft is registered.
2. Aircraft that Sport Pilots can legally fly.
An aircraft can be registered as E-AB, E-LSA, E-Exhibition, Standard Type Certificate, and others. No aircraft are registered as plain LSA, none.
LSA is a DEFINITION of aircraft characteristics. LSA does not refer to how an aircraft is registered. A person would not say that their airplane is registered as a high wing aircraft or as a tail-dragger. Likewise, it is improper to say that an aircraft is registered as a LSA, because there is no such thing, at least not in USA.
If a RV-12M with floats is registered as E-AB, it may be flown by a Sport Pilot as long as the aircraft meets the definition of LSA.
As far as I know, the terms " Light Sport Category" and "EAB Light Sport Aircraft" are not official FAA terms.
No aircraft are registered as plain LSA, none.
LSA is a DEFINITION of aircraft characteristics. ..... Likewise, it is improper to say that an aircraft is registered as a LSA, because there is no such thing, at least not in USA.
Mel,
The "3rd class medical will not be dropped". You are such a pessimist, ... Or maybe you have been dealing with Big Brother long enough to know the ways of the Evil Empire!��
Rich
What I meant by that statement is, nothing has ever been said about dropping the third class medical completely.
The proposal is to not require a 3rd class medical for certain types of aircraft. i.e. Gross weight of less than 6000 lbs, no more than 6 seats, etc.
Having said that, yes, I've been working with Big Brother long enough to see what is likely to happen and my opinion is that this is not going to happen. Things that get dragged out this long seldom get done.
Believe me, I hope I'm wrong!