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To make an airplane go fast you use high wing loading / small wing. This is the polar opposite of the LSA mission which requires low speeds and effectivly denies carrying much load. The Tailwind's mission is high speed transport with load carrying ability. When designing an airplane the process starts with defining the mission, after that all parameters are defined by the mission.

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I will grant, at the conception stage, his software is pretty conservative, but the principles are valid. When I ran the Tailwind parameters through Dan Raymer's design software I came up with an LSA solution that required max takeoff weight around 820 lbs. There's been an underlying concept on this thread 'no one's checking so screw the rules and lie to the FAA.' That's an approach I guess. The net is that other than the 2 seat, unpressurized, fixed gear, and fixed/ground adjustable propeller, the rest are open to the limitations of the accuracy of measurement and are not as set as some like to think. 150-160/180-200 mph VneР”В«y the numbers itРІР‚в„ўs not the same, but neither are all the legacy Piper, Taylorcraft, and Aeronca that are included by name in the rules.

Some of these aircraft fit in the passenger, maximum loaded weight, and stall speed, but realistically there arenРІР‚в„ўt any radar guns in the air, so cruise speed is synonymous with or exceeds top speed. These are the Sling Sports, Zodiac 601/650РІР‚в„ўs, Sonex/Waiex, RV-12, Technam, and Pipestral. But thereРІР‚в„ўs also the low wing РІР‚СљspeedstersРІР‚Сњ too. All the LSA high wings are boon-dockers, thatРІР‚в„ўs not a Tailwind. IРІР‚в„ўm guessing some associate LSA with big-tired cubs and heavy ultra-lights, Kit Foxes and Avid Fliers, Rans S6/S7РІР‚в„ўs or S12/14РІР‚в„ўs. Some are insulted to think that the Tailwind could be one of those little LSA toys.

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