patowalker wrote:I don't see what all the fuss is about. Those selling expensive 600kg microlights will make sure their customers have access to differences training. Their business success depends on it
Much of the fuss is the extra regulation that is being drawn down on pilots of second-hand sub-450
etc microlights, especially the:
(e)is fitted with—
(i)a tricycle undercarriage;
(ii)a tailwheel;
(iii)a supercharger or turbo-charger;
(iv)a variable pitch propeller;
(v)one or more Electronic Flight Information Systems;
(vi)an autopilot system;
(vii)more than one engine; or
(viii)an electric engine,
and the holder does not have training or experience in aeroplanes with such fitted features
which appears to affect even pilots of SSDR single-seaters, and even sub-70 nanotrikes which don't need a licence, but if you do have a licence you are required to get differences training by a qualified and certificated instructor.
I don't know if that was the intent, but that's what they've enacted.