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Ultra light Glider regulations
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The european regulation precise that "gliders with a structural mass of less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater, including those which are foot launched" shall stay under national responsibility, so to say, out of EASA. Could someone tell me what are Regulations for ultra light gliders in differents country, as Germany, US, Canada, Spain, Italy, etc, please. Thank you for your help Regards Denis |
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Also, this question:
Is "structural mass" the same as "empty weight?" - Pat |
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As far as I know... there is no "Ultralight Glider" category in the US.
FAR 103 does refer to "Unpowered Ultralight" which could be a variety of different designs from nylon and aluminum to a carbon fiber "Sparrowhawk" Operating under FAR103 has it's own requirements, (1) does not have any US or foreign airworthiness certificate (2) unpowered does not weight more than 155 US pounds. If so operated it, the pilot does not require a US pilots certificate. I understand the US Sparrowhawk can be registered and operated under FAR 61 and 91 as an Experimental GLIDER, at which time it will receive a US airworthiness certificate and the pilot and operations are in accordance with standard "glider" operations. BT "Denis G" wrote in message om... Hi ! The european regulation precise that "gliders with a structural mass of less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater, including those which are foot launched" shall stay under national responsibility, so to say, out of EASA. Could someone tell me what are Regulations for ultra light gliders in differents country, as Germany, US, Canada, Spain, Italy, etc, please. Thank you for your help Regards Denis |
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Thank you for your answers.
However, could i have more precisions about UK, Germany, Belgium, etc, please Denis |
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There is no ultralight glider category in Canada. By definition, a
Canadian ultralight is an "aircraft", and "aircraft" by definition has an engine,hence it would be possible to have an ultralight motorglider. However, could i have more precisions about UK, Germany, Belgium, etc, please Denis -- Tony Burton |
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