Wondering What Light Sport Can Do For You?

"Jose" wrote in message
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The ONLY dammage (other than the curly prop) was an antenna on the belly.
Heck, the pain wasn't even scratched!

If I landed a 210 on its belly, I can guarantee you my pain will be more
than scratched. But if it has a curly prop, chances are good it will need
an engine teardown.

Jose


Actually chances are not "good" it will need an engine teardown. The FAA
has issued a circular to all IA's stating
that "any prop strike, even one where the engine is not stopped but only
suffers a loss of RPM" is likely to cause unseen internal damage and will
require an inspection teardown to be returned to service. Using a dial
indicator on the prop flange to check for runout is no longer considered
sufficient inspection.

I recently saw a Lycoming where the prop flange was as close to perfect as
they get. No runout at all. However the crank was in two pieces. It had
broken between the two rows of cylinders. The break was diagonal and the
engine still ran and developed power. However, it did stop pretty quickly
when you pulled the mixture out!

Highflyer
Highflight Aviation Services
Pinckneyville Airport ( PJY )

Da Monk wrote:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

Is that guy landing that thing "wheels up" on the grass or did he
retract them that early in the takeoff?


Retractable landing gear are not permitted on Light Sport Aircraft.

Supposedly the FAA has approved at least one exemption for
an amphiban and may extend that to all amphibians.

Otherwise, someone needs to work on designs for retractable
floats...

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FF

IIRC (Ron, back me up on this?) dual-position gear are permitted for
amphibian LSAs. You don't need a case-by-case exemption.

wrote:
Da Monk wrote:
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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

Is that guy landing that thing "wheels up" on the grass or did he
retract them that early in the takeoff?


Retractable landing gear are not permitted on Light Sport Aircraft.

Supposedly the FAA has approved at least one exemption for
an amphiban and may extend that to all amphibians.

Otherwise, someone needs to work on designs for retractable
floats...

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FF

CB wrote:
IIRC (Ron, back me up on this?) dual-position gear are permitted for
amphibian LSAs. You don't need a case-by-case exemption.

wrote:
Da Monk wrote:
...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/

Is that guy landing that thing "wheels up" on the grass or did he
retract them that early in the takeoff?


Retractable landing gear are not permitted on Light Sport Aircraft.

Supposedly the FAA has approved at least one exemption for
an amphiban and may extend that to all amphibians.

Otherwise, someone needs to work on designs for retractable
floats...

Another point of contention was the distinction between
retractible and in-flight repositionable gear.

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FF

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.



"CB" wrote in message
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| IIRC (Ron, back me up on this?) dual-position gear are
permitted for
| amphibian LSAs. You don't need a case-by-case exemption.
|
| wrote:
| Da Monk wrote:
| ...
| http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Sport_Aircraft/
|
| Is that guy landing that thing "wheels up" on the
grass or did he
| retract them that early in the takeoff?
|
|
| Retractable landing gear are not permitted on Light
Sport Aircraft.
|
| Supposedly the FAA has approved at least one exemption
for
| an amphiban and may extend that to all amphibians.
|
| Otherwise, someone needs to work on designs for
retractable
| floats...
|
| --
|
| FF
|

"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