LSA and Sportpilot?

[wallda]

Is it possible for a sport pilot to compete in basic aerobatics in a LSA? If so, are there any recommendations on aircraft.

[WLIU]

The rules specifically provide for it.

That said, the closest that I have seen to an LSA at an IAC contest is a Clip Wing Cub. Perhaps another poster can offer more info.

Best of luck,

Wes
N78PS

[smutny]

We had a Sonex compete once in the NW.

There are a few LSA designs out there. Clipped Cub & T-Craft, Rans S-9 and -10, Little Toot, FK-12, Renegade... and there are older designs that could be built to LSA criteria.

[Bill Barker]

Murphy Aircraft have two aerobatic tube and fabric biplanes. The Renegade and the Renegade Spirit depending on your horsepower choice. Incidentally, the were the original Renegade. Another company is now also using the name, but they are different aircraft.

[WLIU]

Uh, I found this statement on Wikipedia. "In the USA the Renegade is not on the list of Special light sport aircraft, but is eligible for the Experimental Amateur Built category."

Best of luck,

Wes
N78PS

[FlyingRon]

I'm surprised you don't see the Rans in competition. We got one on our little private strip and the guy is frequently up doing acro in it. Seems quite capable to my untrained eye.

Here's a picture our local Rans guy took of my house (mine is the one with the brown roof and the not so green grass right over his head).

[rwanttaja]

Uh, I found this statement on Wikipedia. "In the USA the Renegade is not on the list of Special light sport aircraft, but is eligible for the Experimental Amateur Built category."

It meets the 14CFR Part 1 definition of a Light Sport Aircraft, just not certified under either of the two dedicated categories. Just like the clipped-wing Cub, Taylorcraft, etc. that Smutny mentioned.

Ron Wanttaja