Rv 12 55k with everything
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2018 9:34 am
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This thing seems sorted out.
This thing seems sorted out.
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Whatever the new rule is (if and when a change in MTOW even happens), an existing plane may or may not pass other FAA requirements at the higher weight. Clean calibrated stall speed may become an issue, since that always varies with weight. And, when FAA changes one rule, they don't have a particularly good record for coordinating its impact on other rules.Sling 2 Pilot wrote:I'm lucky, in that mine is rated to a MAUW of 1540lbs everywhere else in the world and the manufacturer has already said they will sign off on the weight increase, if and when the FAA changes the rule.
As Warmi stated, Sling and a handful of other types will come out on top, compared to those LSA’s built at the 1320lb MAUW.drseti wrote:Whatever the new rule is (if and when a change in MTOW even happens), an existing plane may or may not pass other FAA requirements at the higher weight. Clean calibrated stall speed may become an issue, since that always varies with weight. And, when FAA changes one rule, they don't have a particularly good record for coordinating its impact on other rules.Sling 2 Pilot wrote:I'm lucky, in that mine is rated to a MAUW of 1540lbs everywhere else in the world and the manufacturer has already said they will sign off on the weight increase, if and when the FAA changes the rule.
Only if they can pass the 45 kt CAS stall speed test at that higher weight (unless FAA changes that limit too. Which I consider unlikely, given past history.)Sling 2 Pilot wrote:As Warmi stated, Sling and a handful of other types will come out on top, compared to those LSA’s built at the 1320lb MAUW.
Hey Paul -- I thought all history was in the past? History is defined as the study of past events -- so the phrase 'past history' is a bit redundantdrseti wrote:Which I consider unlikely, given past history.)
No issue with the Sling 2. Figures the same at both weights, 43 kts.drseti wrote:Only if they can pass the 45 kt CAS stall speed test at that higher weight (unless FAA changes that limit too. Which I consider unlikely, given past history.)Sling 2 Pilot wrote:As Warmi stated, Sling and a handful of other types will come out on top, compared to those LSA’s built at the 1320lb MAUW.
Did you opt for the ballistic recovery system?Sling 2 Pilot wrote:No issue with the Sling 2. Figures the same at both weights, 43 kts.drseti wrote:Only if they can pass the 45 kt CAS stall speed test at that higher weight (unless FAA changes that limit too. Which I consider unlikely, given past history.)Sling 2 Pilot wrote:As Warmi stated, Sling and a handful of other types will come out on top, compared to those LSA’s built at the 1320lb MAUW.
I don't doubt that this is what the manufacturer publishes. But it defies the laws of physics.Sling 2 Pilot wrote:No issue with the Sling 2. Figures the same at both weights, 43 kts.
No Wm, no chute. Pretty much the same set up as Cam’s EAB, except no chute and no external navigator.Wm.Ince wrote:Did you opt for the ballistic recovery system?Sling 2 Pilot wrote:No issue with the Sling 2. Figures the same at both weights, 43 kts.drseti wrote:Only if they can pass the 45 kt CAS stall speed test at that higher weight (unless FAA changes that limit too. Which I consider unlikely, given past history.)