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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 1:58 pm    Post subject: floats Reply with quote
You leegal eegles out there; Looking at the TNK blurb about the
puddle jumper
floats..... What's the deal regarding ELSA ?
I seem to remember that amphibious floats ran into a problem flying
under light sport
rules. I'm not much of a swimmer but I sure float good Smile The new
york finger lakes
are minutes away and I remember lots of good times jumping off a
poontoon boat
and/or tiny sailboat
and playing aqueous homo sapiens in the middle of summer.
Doing the same off my Kolb would be a fantasy come true.
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PostPosted: Wed May 02, 2007 2:53 pm    Post subject: floats Reply with quote
At 05:55 PM 5/2/2007, robert bean wrote:
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You leegal eegles out there; Looking at the TNK blurb about the
puddle jumper floats..... What's the deal regarding ELSA ?
I seem to remember that amphibious floats ran into a problem flying
under light sport...

I believe the feds have amended the rule to allow "repositionable" landing
gear on amphibious LSA.

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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: floats Reply with quote
Here's the link to the FAA docket for that subject:

[url=http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=466165&docketid 7160]http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=466165&docketid 7160 [/url]

I think they are going to allow "retractable" gear, but you'll have to get signed off for using it.

-- Robert
On 5/2/07, Dana Hague <d-m-hague(at)comcast.net (d-m-hague(at)comcast.net)> wrote:[quote] --> Kolb-List message posted by: Dana Hague <d-m-hague(at)comcast.net (d-m-hague(at)comcast.net)>

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You leegal eegles out there; Looking at the TNK blurb about the
puddle jumper floats..... What's the deal regarding ELSA ?
>I seem to remember that amphibious floats ran into a problem flying

Quote:
under light sport...

I believe the feds have amended the rule to allow "repositionable" landing
gear on amphibious LSA.

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PostPosted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:52 am    Post subject: floats Reply with quote
Robert, I believe you are right.

As I understand the current rule, repositioning gear in the air is not allowed by a sport pilot. A Private Pilot is allowed to retract even in an LSA AC if he has his rating. However The document referenced is a proposal to amend the Sport Pilot Rule not a ruling.
There is an exception to this in regard to the Mermaid and a few other LSA Amphib AC. These AC applied for and received waivers. I believe the individual Sport Pilot must still have an endorsement for that AC.


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