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FAA just made an airplane legal that could not have been certified a month ago
- r2sk5t 2mo agoOn July 24, its new light sport rules took effect under MOSAIC, built around a new certification part, Part 22. Gone is the weight cap that boxed in light sport aircraft for twenty years. In its place is a performance based rule that gates the category on a 61 knot stall speed, and that allows electric propulsion and, in the FAA's own words, any number of engines.
- r2sk5t 2mo agoMore details: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-22 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-C...