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. Unless a belly landing is expected and
then put the wheels down.

Of course, I plan to win the lottery and buy a dozen or so
LSA, for different uses. I'll have a Cub type on wheels,
another on straight floats, one with steam gauges and
another with a glass cockpit. Then I'll have one that
cruises at the top speed limit for day trips of 500 miles
one-way.

And I'll hire some young pilot and get him a type rating in
a Beechjet, he'll be my medical.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Peter Duniho" wrote in
message ...
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:Rozxg.84176$ZW3.80192@dukeread04...
| But in the wisdom of a government career employee, they
| can't be changed in flight, makes it rather hard to
take-off
| on the water with the wheels down so you can land on
terra
| firma.
|
| Given the risk of landing gear down on the water, I think
this is an example
| of where the FAA got it right. You decide before the
flight whether you are
| doing a seaplane flight or a land flight.
|
| The whole point of LSA is to allow greatly reduced
training costs and
| airplane certification costs without reducing safety.
Effectively creating
| a limited seaplane rating does this.
|
| Pete
|
|