Tandem Seating Light Sport Aircraft

The aircraft is made with a welded steel tubing airframe.

Tandem seating light sport aircraft.

To qualify as an ultralight your prospective aircraft must meet certain weight requirements. Light sport and experimental light sport aircraft that are tandem seating. It features a strut braced high wing a two seats in tandem enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. We take every step to ensure that each aircraft produced whether ready to fly or kit version is held to the highest of standards above and beyond that required by astm or the faa.

Tandems seat occupants fore and aft like some existing slsa models but that s where the similarities end. Top manufacturers include tecnam czech sport aircraft flight design paradise aerospool and tl ultralight. The aircraft was designed to comply with the us light sport aircraft rules. Single place ultralights have just one seat for you the pilot.

See the full description for mo. I d appreciate opinions from those who have previously wrestled with the same decision and those who ultimately chose the tandem option. The airplane factory is proud to be the producer of high quality high performance light sport and experimental aircraft. Many of the aircraft that satisfy my needs offer tandem seating.

The rear seat is higher than the front seat so the field of vision of the passenger or instructor in the rear seat is less obstructed. Advantages of tandem over side by side include. With the light sport aircraft rules in the u s our slsa is a legal economical option. Page 1 of 3.

To fly under faa ultralight rules far part 103 the single place aircraft must be used for recreational flights and have an empty weight of less than 254 pounds. The arrow ii incorporates tandem seating rather than side by side. The bear 360 is truly an aircraft in a class of its own. The third episode of forfunflyer tells the story of christiaan beers a resident microlight pilot at drachten airport ehdr.