Once the rule takes effect on September 1: the industry must establish consensus standards for each LSA type (airplane, powered 'chute, trike, etc.), the FAA must adopt those standards, and the manufacturer must factory-build the aircraft in accordance with those standards, the EAA said. For imported LSAs, the aircraft must be eligible for an airworthiness certificate in its home country. Homebuilt aircraft operated as sport aircraft will be designated Experimental LSA, and cannot be operated for hire. The new LSA designs are expected to originate in the kitplane and ultralight worlds, Poberezny said. So far the certificated manufacturers (busy packing their aircraft with Garmin and Avidyne flat-panel displays) have not expressed overt interest in going there. He also acknowledged that some companies now in the kitplane business may not choose to go the LSA route, for liability, facility, or other concerns. "That's a business decision, whether the potential reward is worth the risk," he said. "That's our free-enterprise system works, and this will all just have to shake itself out over time."
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/leadnews/and-what-must-happen-first