USFlyer wrote:
What is this?
In Germany there are Microlights with a quasi-certification, and experimentals built under the regime of LTF-UL (certification specifications for microlights up to 472,5 kg). Those aircraft are supervised by the Deutscher AeroClub or the Deutscher UltraLeichtflug Verband. Then there are experimentals that are (more or less) based on CS-23 and receive a normal airworthiness certificate as aircraft within a “beschränkte Sonderklasse”. Those aircraft are supervised by the Luftfahrt Bundesamt. All microlights (experimental or not) need to carry a chute (although testing of the chute is not mandatory) and for the other aircraft it’s optional.
USFlyer wrote:
(Note. If a chute does not deploy then you are in the same position as those who have no chute at all)
Not necessary. A semi-deployed chute has the very potent capability of rendering the aircraft unflyable.
