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FAA weight increase unique to iCon


sandpiper

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Personally, I think that a weight increase unique to iCon is BS. Either the light sport class weight is increased for all, or iCon can build their plane as a "traditional" aircraft.

 

But, hey, who am I. Maybe I just don't get the big picture. Maybe the iCon won't spin, but I bet it's gonna have as many accidents as any other LS.

 

There, I feel better!

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Icon is using 80lbs of the exception probably because that is a weight that they can justify as being used for spin-resistance.

 

FD has not produced a spin-resistant wing so they cannot apply for the same exemption.

 

To think we are in line for a 250lb, grandfathered exception is simply wishful thinking.

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