Yes the regulations say you can do it, I don't think anybody here is disagreeing with that.Torque wrote: Like I pointed out, it can be done in a single seat EAB not just what you mentioned. Something of the minimax or Hi-max flavor.
The point I am trying to get across is back from September 2004 until January 2007 a ultralight pilot who had belonged to a recognized organization could take the FAA knowledge test and go take the checkride if they met the requirements of CFR 61.329. 61.329 is no longer listed in the regulations. They didn't need a instructor sign off for the checkride, they were on their own. If they owned and were flying a single place aircraft then that is what they would want to use for the checkride.
Now the time for that transition has passed, and you are required to get flight training. You must also have an endorsement from an instructor for the checkride.
Just because the regulations say you can do it doesn't make it a simple process. You mentioned the Minimax and Himax aircraft. What airplane would you suggest be used for training to sign you off in one of these? You can't just do the flight training in anything and get the sign off to fly solo, it must be in a similar make and model aircraft. I can tell you as an instructor if we had trained in a similar make and model aircraft and I am signing you off for the checkride, I would want the checkride to be done in the aircraft we trained in. I think you will find most examiners will feel the same way.