ATSM should make SLSA requirements 5.0kg/meter sq

"Mark James Boyd" wrote in message
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Clever designers could also make 2 meter tip extensions to be added
at the pilot discretion, to make it a 15 meter glider.
Maybe a clever way to store the extensions inside the aircraft
in a "hat rack" setup so one could motor to Minden, then
fly in wave at a wicked snot fast speed. Then land, put the
extensions on, fill up to ballast
at 1320lbs, and go thermal.

Or motor at wicked snot speed to a glider contest, then put on the wing tips
and begin towing.


All this without having to get an airplane license. And then
fly home and put it in the hangar.

The 3.0kg/meter sq restriction is certainly a good cutoff for
high performance gliders, but for LSA, 6.0kg/meter sq results in
only a 29% reduction in span, which is critical to meet the
realities of standard hangars, but still clearly is an
industry consensus standard for a difference between gliders
and airplanes.

Otherwise JAR-22 seems pretty good as one of the
acceptable standards for LSA.

Anybody on the NTSM standards committee interested?


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Mark J. Boyd