I was talking with Bill Canino at SportAir, this morning.
He recently sold a new Sting S4, that he says will be certified for IFR in IMC. He seems convinced.
LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
How does a Special Light Sport Aircraft get 'certified' for IMC? And what does the Sting S4 have that gives it lightning protection?BrianL99 wrote:I was talking with Bill Canino at SportAir, this morning.
He recently sold a new Sting S4, that he says will be certified for IFR in IMC. He seems convinced.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
I guess it's theoretically possible for a Sting (or any LSA) with an Experimental airworthiness certificate to be approved for IFR in IMC. Not so with an SLSA, since ASTM Committee F37 has yet to come up with IFR standards for SLSAs.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
And, of course, all aircraft salesmen (like all car salesmen) are always completely honest, well informed, and correct.BrianL99 wrote:I was talking with Bill Canino at SportAir, this morning.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
drseti wrote:And, of course, all aircraft salesmen (like all car salesmen) are always completely honest, well informed, and correct.BrianL99 wrote:I was talking with Bill Canino at SportAir, this morning.
There aren't many people more in tune with the LSA Market and applicable FAA Regulations, than Canino. He wouldn't be chasing this, unless he was fairly certain he had a defensible position. We'll see how it goes.
Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Chuckle. Wonder what's really going on? Think the guy is confusing a navcom radio (VFR VOR/ILS) with actual IMC flight?drseti wrote:And, of course, all aircraft salesmen (like all car salesmen) are always completely honest, well informed, and correct.BrianL99 wrote:I was talking with Bill Canino at SportAir, this morning.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Canino can't rewrite the rules...and most likely can't redesign the plane either, at least not without factory involved.BrianL99 wrote:drseti wrote:BrianL99 wrote: There aren't many people more in tune with the LSA Market and applicable FAA Regulations, than Canino.
Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
CTLSi wrote:
Canino can't rewrite the rules...and most likely can't redesign the plane either, at least not without factory involved.
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That would certainly make this site more enjoyable.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Brian,
You can.
Go to your control panel and it should be obvious how.
It's under "Friends and Foes" and just add that certain someone as a "Foe".
You can.
Go to your control panel and it should be obvious how.
It's under "Friends and Foes" and just add that certain someone as a "Foe".
Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
FastEddieB wrote:Brian,
You can.
Go to your control panel and it should be obvious how.
It's under "Friends and Foes" and just add that certain someone as a "Foe".
Thanks Eddie, I'm on it.
Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
The idea of flying a 1320# aircraft in actual IMC is patently terrifying.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Well, Scott, there's benign IMC and then there's hard IMC. Benign IFR operations include popping up through a stratus layer to VMC on top, and shooting an approach back down through it for a VFR landing. I wouldn't hesitate to do this in a properly equipped and certified 1320 pound aircraft. Hard IMC is another matter altogether.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Excellent point. I'm used to thinking in West Coast terms, where low visibility = clouds = frontal movement from the ocean = turbulence and general nastiness.
Haze, mist, stratus, etc. are a whole different (and tamer) animal.
Haze, mist, stratus, etc. are a whole different (and tamer) animal.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
When I think IMC I usually think "can't see where I'm going" more than "I'm getting tossed around like a cork on a heavy sea". The former seems LSA-compatible, the latter not at all. In fact, I really would not want to be flying in really serious weather (mod-sev turbulence, heavy convection) in any light single.
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Re: LSA Sting to be certified for IFR in IMC
Whenever guys start talking about flying an LSA in IMC/IFR I have to wonder what their 'mission' is. Light Sport is day VFR, 3 statute miles viz with ground contact, no night. Max weight 1320lbs and max sped 120kts. Inevitably there is a push for faster, higher, night, and often IFR.
Seems to me those that want to need to just move up to the level of flying the provides that.
I have a friend contemplating flying in retirement and is interested in light sport but wants to be able to fly at night and in IMC if he 'needs' to to get back from a trip. When I pointed out that he should fly a non-LSA he said why can't he just add the equipment so he can fly at night and IFR?
I just can't see why some don't seem to get it.
Seems to me those that want to need to just move up to the level of flying the provides that.
I have a friend contemplating flying in retirement and is interested in light sport but wants to be able to fly at night and in IMC if he 'needs' to to get back from a trip. When I pointed out that he should fly a non-LSA he said why can't he just add the equipment so he can fly at night and IFR?
I just can't see why some don't seem to get it.