Thu Nov 25, 2021 6:46 pm
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At 600kg MTOM the parachute system is no factor weight wise.
patowalker wrote:Other properly regulated countries have some requirements that we might not want to follow. For example, ballistic recovery systems are mandatory on German certified microlights,. Do we really want to add that expense to the microlights we import?
Edit: I clearly remember GtE of this parish expressing his view on why German certified microlights required a parachute.
russp wrote:The point is that we should be able to accept the German regs (with the brs) OR the Uk one without.. not force a higher than necessary standard on already proven safe aircraft purely to make the peeps at the CAA feel they are justifying their salary. Although it seems from the talk this evening that anything produced in a German factory isn’t ever going to get Uk approval whatever code it’s designed to unless the Uk importer gets the manufacturer approval themselves!
Design & production standards
4.11 Factory-built microlights operating in the UK market must also comply with BCAR Section A, and organisations looking to provide microlight aeroplanes into the UK market must hold an approval under Chapter A8-1.
27 Although considerably less onerous than EASA Part-21, these do set minimum standards to ensure an acceptable level of safety which is also highly regarded internationally.
4.12 Manufacturers accessing the UK market will require A8-1 approval themselves, but any EASA or national design and production approvals will be credited in the application. Please contact us for applications for A8-1 approval.
4.13 We are developing a list of known differences between BCAR A8-1 and national design and production codes in other jurisdictions.
So you think it is fair that UK manufacturers should need A8-1 approval and German manufacturers, with no national equivalent, are given free access to the UK market?
russp wrote:..purely to make the peeps at the CAA feel they are justifying their salary. ..
Red wrote:So you think it is fair that UK manufacturers should need A8-1 approval and German manufacturers, with no national equivalent, are given free access to the UK market?
I always assumed that they did have an equivalent but we weren't prepared too accept its validity.
Im very surprised that they dont, or is it a matter of who decides what "equivalent" means?
patowalker wrote:From what we heard on the BMAA interview last night, there is no formal production and design organisation approval required to gain a microlight type approval in Germany.
patowalker wrote:Red wrote:So you think it is fair that UK manufacturers should need A8-1 approval and German manufacturers, with no national equivalent, are given free access to the UK market?
I always assumed that they did have an equivalent but we weren't prepared too accept its validity.
Im very surprised that they dont, or is it a matter of who decides what "equivalent" means?
From what we heard on the BMAA interview last night, there is no formal production and design organisation approval required to gain a microlight type approval in Germany.
stupidly I thought it was happening tonight....was it recorded on youtube or somewhere?
Sooty25 wrote:@PaulSS am I right that the only purchase option now, is factory built microlight? No kit built options, either microlight or ssea?