weight limit in USA for jets....
11-19-2017, 12:58 PM
#26
LTMA-2 airplanes are limited to 170 MPH max, but other than that, there are no restrictions for normal operations of jets over 55 lbs.
The rules and inspection process for jet over 55 lbs have been significantly simplified and there is no real reason to shy away from jets over 55 lbs or to not follow the rules to do so.
Bob Klenke
JPO President
11-19-2017, 01:19 PM
#27
Thread Starter
Well.... in Germany you need a licence for plane over 25 kg.... then the model needs to get prooved.... 10 tomes of the weight of the fuselage positive and 8 times negative... my t2 had 210 kg on the wings.. and 30 kg on thr elevator.... the inspection needs to get renewed every year....
no thrust limit and no speed limit..... I was thinking it is a bit easyer in USA.....
no thrust limit and no speed limit..... I was thinking it is a bit easyer in USA.....
11-26-2017, 05:35 PM
#30
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Well.... in Germany you need a licence for plane over 25 kg.... then the model needs to get prooved.... 10 tomes of the weight of the fuselage positive and 8 times negative... my t2 had 210 kg on the wings.. and 30 kg on thr elevator.... the inspection needs to get renewed every year....
no thrust limit and no speed limit..... I was thinking it is a bit easyer in USA.....
no thrust limit and no speed limit..... I was thinking it is a bit easyer in USA.....
25 to 35 kg, (LTMA-1) the restrictions are they have to be inspected (certified every 3 years) as long as it was not crashed/damaged or changed. The restrictions aren’t bad:
— Thrust: maximum of 5 lbs of thrust more than the weight of the plane, with a maximum of 75 lbs of thrust total.
- Speed is still 200mph
35kg to 45.35kg (LTMA-2)-
- major restrictions are
- Maximum of 170 mph
- maximum thrust of +5 lbs of thrust more than the plane weighs with a maximum thrust of 90lbs.
There are different pilot experience requirements for both LTMA 1 & 2.
11-26-2017, 05:38 PM
#31
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The latest safety code is here: 
If you don’t fly within the AMA safety code you then have to fly within the FAA’s rules.
Nothing more than 25kg (55lbs) and 400 ft ceiling. Anything over 55lbs has to go through FAA certification including N number assignment... the rest is completely unclear.
If you don’t fly within the AMA safety code you then have to fly within the FAA’s rules.
Nothing more than 25kg (55lbs) and 400 ft ceiling. Anything over 55lbs has to go through FAA certification including N number assignment... the rest is completely unclear.
11-26-2017, 07:30 PM
#32
I recently certified an LTMA-1 model. There was nothing having to do with N-number assignment, only some paperwork with AMA, and a sign-off from me as pilot/self-inspector and a CD. It was actually a pretty simple and efficient process. I did not find anything about it to be unclear, and it seems appropriately focussed on safety of flight.
I think we are agreeing and you are saying that if you don't go with AMA, you have an unclear process .. which may well be true.
I think AMA and JPO have done a good job of navigating what might otherwise have been a more complex and onerous process.
Just my two cents.
Dave McQ
I think we are agreeing and you are saying that if you don't go with AMA, you have an unclear process .. which may well be true.
I think AMA and JPO have done a good job of navigating what might otherwise have been a more complex and onerous process.
Just my two cents.
Dave McQ
12-14-2018, 06:26 PM
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Dom,
My F-86 including full bypass and drop tanks is 48.4lbs (22.0kgs) DRY. Thankfully downunder our limit is 55lbs (25kgs) DRY. So my F-86 will not pass your WET limit.
Good luck with the diet.
JanR
My F-86 including full bypass and drop tanks is 48.4lbs (22.0kgs) DRY. Thankfully downunder our limit is 55lbs (25kgs) DRY. So my F-86 will not pass your WET limit.
Good luck with the diet.
JanR
