rmartingt
Well Known Member
I hope this is true but I am waiting for the final rules. I don't interprete the rules to allow non-LSA certify experimentals to be used as a light-sport capable because they are never certified in the first place. We should know when the FAA decides.
Right from the preamble of the NPRM (emphasis mine):
Because of the common definition, all aircraft certificated under § 21.190 are light-sport aircraft and thus can be flown by sport pilots. However, a sport pilot is not limited to only § 21.190 aircraft and may operate any aircraft that meets the definition of light-sport aircraft, including certain normal category, primary category, light-sport category, and experimental aircraft.
And, this is how the rules already operate. Any aircraft meeting the performance requirements for an LSA can be flown by a sport pilot, or a "regular" pilot sans medical. The aircraft certification drives how it can be built, maintained, and used, not who can fly it.