On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 11:26:29 -0600, "Gig Giacona"
wrote:
"Willard" wrote in message
oups.com...
I am planning to buy a factory-built LSA within a few months. All the
aircraft I am considering will be built by companies with a history of
selling kits - e.g., Rans, Kolb, Kitfox, etc. Any homebuilders out
there have any opinions about any of these companies and their
products?


Are any of those aircraft built under the "consensus standards"? Are the
consensus standards even finalized yet?

The consensus standards have been released, you can order them from www.astm.org
(Stock number: Aircraft04). It's an 80-page document, used in lieu of a few
hundred pages of conventional FAR. Interesting read. The maintenance standard
is still under discussion, but it will probably be out soon. The FAA is having
its first course for DAR-LSAs this month, but I believe a standard DAR (or, of
course, the local FSDO) can do the safety sign-off for a production LSA.


Ron Wanttaja