My biggest complaint with the whole LSA requirements is the designers use the FAA's average pilot weight of 190 lbs. In my humble opinion, the FAA guys failed to comprehend that the 190 lbs is a "middle" number and there are heavier folks. Basically they are discriminating against the heavier folks on that number.


I would like to see them revise the LSA rules to state that max gross weight of the plane sans pilot and passenger is 1320. Allow the plane to carry a total of 500 lbs between pilot and passenger with 50 pounds of luggage. That still makes it lighter than a 172 with an improved safety margin. Bottom line, you could actually take two people safely with full fuel. Something you can not do currently in most LSA's if you and your passenger are over the 190 lb limit.



We need to fix this.