Quote Originally Posted by Bill Berson View Post
All SLSA are required to meet spin criteria as stated in the ASTM standards. The ASTM standards allows the applicant the choice of proving the airplane can recover from a 1 turn spin or they can choose to design for spin resistance in which case no need to prove that the aircraft can recover from a spin at all.
Why should they get an extra 250 pounds for compliance with the ASTM spin standards?

This additional weight request based on safety is absurd. Every standard is based on safety.
Should they get another 100 pounds if ADS-B is installed for safety? Or another 100 pounds for " good visibility".
Where do you draw the line?
If you had taken a few minutes to read the article or some of the former comments on this thread, then you would not have wasted your time making an uninformed irrelevant comment. It's about being compliant with PART 23 standards, not ASTM.