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MOSAIC
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DeltaAlphaNovember
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According to 61.315.b.3, if your most current medical has been suspended, you are not eligible. I do not think it matters the reason for the suspension.
MidlifeFlyer
Well-Known Member
Yep. It’s also in the medical certification regulation, 61.23.
Pilot Fighter
Well-Known Member
Keep your drivers license current, no problem.
WacoFan
Bigly
The way I read it, no. Because I think a Super Hornet can go faster than 250kts. Correct me if I'm wrong!
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
Just limit the maximum continuous power setting. That’s how Carbon Cub does it, otherwise it would exceed LSA cruise speeds.
knot4u
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Is 250kts the max allowable speed for an LSA and a sport pilot? That seems awful fast for a twitchy little bugger. I only feel as if I'm allowed to have this opinion because a friend used to take me up in his Pitts S-2B and he taught me some very basic aerobatic stuff. It was fun and safe but I was very aware that when my hand was on the stick if I even thought about a turn it was going to already be doing it. I also understand a S-2B is a pretty extreme comparison to a 152 but shouldn't the 152 or J-3 replica be what this whole thing is about? Just letting anyone scoot around at 250kts seems like a bad idea.
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WacoFan
Bigly
I read something that said the MOSAIC rules increased max speed from current LSA rules of 120kts to 250kts. But today read there was no maximum (which depending on AMG's answer about Super Hornet speed might include them). I am getting mixed interwebs info from various aviation emails.
knot4u
Repeat Offender
It's probably just more AI nonsense. Junk in, junk out. I thought computers were supposed to make our lives easier?
WacoFan
Bigly
Yeah - I've seen errors with AI stuff just in my limited playing around. Some people see the errors and laugh it off and say "haha AI is so stupid! No way it will be dangerous!" but being a contrarian it makes me feel even more scared - because the casual lack of precision with AI coupled with the inherent laziness of human beings is a recipe for disaster.
inigo88
Composite-lover
With flaps auto are you ever really “clean” though?
///AMG
Well-Known Member
With flaps auto are you ever really “clean” though?
Exactly why I wrote that in quotes. Yes, the flaps still move with the switch in Auto, and the TEFs even work as rolling surfaces in certain regimes of slow flight.
WacoFan
Bigly
Actually the S2B would have flunked the old rules via top-speed, stalling speed(old rules were like 45kts) and horsepower. I got obsessed with the replica of the very first Pitts which was basically an S1C with a 65hp Lycoming. Then Betty Skelton made the Pitts famous with her "Little Stinker" which had an 85hp Continental. I wanted to build a 600lb or less S1C and put an O200 on it but even the replica of the first Pitts that weighed like 550lbs empty stalled too fast for them LSA rules.
ahw01
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I think Budd Davisson would be my Pitts guy. Tried it once, not a fun aircraft.
CFI A&P
Exploring the world one toilet at a time.
He certainly is the living guru of Pitts instruction. Last I heard he was retiring because he was having trouble lining up a reliable mechanic that is familiar with the Pitts. However, as I type this his website is still up an running. Maybe he's still teaching.
WacoFan
Bigly
He wrote the article about the first Pitts replica and we emailed about it years ago. Fast forward to today and the Pitts estate has given him the rights to market plans for the replica. Budd raves about it being a really fun little airplane and something any competent Citabria pilot could easily handle. It sounds like a lot of fun from the article.
Pirep on Replica of No. One Pitts Pirep on Replica of No. One Pitts
Richman
JC’s Resident Curmudgeon
Honestly, I'm a little skeptical. When Light Sport was first put forth, it was supposed to "Save GA" with low cost aircraft. What everyone immediately did is figure out there's no money in the low end, so everything you saw was completely tweaked out with the latest glass and whiz bang and charged maximum dollars.
Not sure if this will be any different.
Not sure if this will be any different.
MidlifeFlyer
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I’ve seen several posts confusing LSA certification requirements with pilot privileges. Way back when, our private pilot knowledge test would ask question about how aircraft “category” and “class” mean different things depending on whether we are talking about pilot or aircraft certification. That distinction is relevant here.
MOSAIC introduced some new regulations regarding the certification of aircraft in the light sport category. Very important for maintenance and home builders, but completely irrelevant in terms of pilot privilege. Unlike the current rules, the is literally nothing in Part 61 that talks about “light-sport aircraft” in terms of what sport pilots may fly. There used to be, but MOSAIC removed them in favor of performance parameters.
In terms of the expansion of options for pilots, MOSAIC is not about certification of aircraft. It’s about expanding the aircraft options for pilots with no medical, not even BasicMed
MOSAIC introduced some new regulations regarding the certification of aircraft in the light sport category. Very important for maintenance and home builders, but completely irrelevant in terms of pilot privilege. Unlike the current rules, the is literally nothing in Part 61 that talks about “light-sport aircraft” in terms of what sport pilots may fly. There used to be, but MOSAIC removed them in favor of performance parameters.
In terms of the expansion of options for pilots, MOSAIC is not about certification of aircraft. It’s about expanding the aircraft options for pilots with no medical, not even BasicMed