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General Comment:I am petitioning for a rule change/exemption for FAR 21.24,(a)(1)(ii) regarding
the maximum weight of 2700 lbs.  I petition that  FAR 21.24,(a)(1)(ii) should
read; Weighs not more than 3,700 lbs land and 4,375 lbs for a seaplane. 

It is extremely difficult if not almost a budgetary impossibility  for general
aviation to design a 4 place airplane that will carry fuel, luggage, and 4
adults at the specified weight and have any basic function for which the
regulation seems to originally intended. Purpose of this action is to expand
general aviation while possibly decreasing the cost of certification by using
the  Primary Category. 

The lack of certification in the Primary Category since its enactment speaks for
itself.


 The current FAR is stated in partial below.

 
Title 14: Aeronautics and Space
PART 21?CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR PRODUCTS AND PARTS
Subpart B?Type Certificates 
? 21.24   Issuance of type certificate: primary category aircraft.

(a) The applicant is entitled to a type certificate for an aircraft in the
primary category if?

(1) The aircraft?

(i) Is unpowered; is an airplane powered by a single, naturally aspirated engine
with a 61-knot or less Vsostall speed as defined in ?23.49; or is a rotorcraft
with a 6-pound per square foot main rotor disc loading limitation, under sea
level standard day conditions;

(ii) Weighs not more than 2,700 pounds; or, for seaplanes, not more than 3,375
pounds;

(iii) Has a maximum seating capacity of not more than four persons, including
the pilot; and

(iv) Has an unpressurized cabin.