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On 4/8/2011 10:47 AM, Ernest Christley wrote:
> tonyslongez@cox.net wrote:
>> Ken I wouldn't worry to much about the speed I mean nobody has a 
>> radar gun on you. So if your in the middle of no-where fly it as fast 
>> as it will go I say. All they can realy check is the weight for the 
>> cert after that only you know how fast you are going.
>>
> I never understood the fascination with limiting the top speed 
> anyway.  As long as you're not approaching the structural limits of 
> the craft, speed, altitude and horsepower are valuable insurance.  Is 
> there ANY pilot EVER that was upset that he got above the trees 
> sooner, or had to many options after being turned into a glider?  
> Setting a minimum landing speed is pure genius if the goal is to 
> maximize safety,  but I can't fathom how limits on the other factors 
> is anything other than bureaucratic brain freeze.
> I would very much like to be enlightened on this.
Consider yourself enlightened: It's Politics As Usual, USA style. The 
numbers were set the way they were set to minimize the effect on 
existing manufacturers of light a/c & make sure that only those who 
couldn't otherwise fly (for Medical reasons) would find Sport Pilot 
privileges attractive. The existing manufacturers don't lose any 
existing potential revenue stream, and might even gain one if they start 
building their own versions of Light Sport. You can bet that they paid 
well to get the rules written the way they currently exist.

Consider what would happen if FFA simply removed the Medical requirement 
on the 'still-born' Recreational Pilot ticket.

Ken, the speed limit is a paper exercise. Look to the Sport Pilot-legal 
Carbon Cub & follow its example. (Absolutely stunning airplane, for an 
absolutely stunning price....)

Charlie