John: Thanks, remember, I was only thinking hypothetical. I have never seen it talked about.
Daniel: Yes, I understand the history with regard to the floats not being certified. I actually sat with JJ Frey in the Edo booth for about thirty minutes at AirVenture discussing this among a few other things. Very nice man by the way. He made me come into the booth to sit and chat. Thanks, John On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 8:48 PM, John Cooper <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On 9/3/2010 9:05 PM, John Craparo wrote: > > if the Edo float tests had been successful so long ago, then the > > complete Ercoupe fleet could be legal as S-LSA if they were fitted > > with floats due to the 1430 lb top limit for seaplanes... > You are probably correct, however.... > > When a plane is certified for floats it is often given an increased > gross weight limit only if the floats are installed. This is because the > floats are in fact air foils and reduce the over all load on the > structure. For example, the Cessna 140 is certified at 1450# as a land > plane and 1556# as a sea plane. So, depending on the gross weight Erco > hypothetically arrived at after hypothetically passing all the > certification tests, the float equipped Ercoupe may or may not have met > the requirements for LSA. > > -- > John > Skyport East > www.skyportservices.net > > >
