Sport Pilot-
ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy
If the model is large enough to carry a person, then the FAA could possibly call the model an aircraft.
Where does that come from?
Part 91.1 (c)
Forgot to copy the text but that says the reg applies to each person aboard the aircraft. Aircraft in Part 14 is simply any craft which flies through the air, but either this has been changed or described differantly in another reg.
So, Yes or No?
Is AC91-57 the only FAA regulation of models, and it is just an advisory, so we can do whatever we want, such as flying at 19000' in Class A Airspace with a model?
I saw folks saying the FAA only has ac91-57 for models, now you say there may be some other criteria (91.1c) that can make our models passenger planes? Why would we care if ac91-57 is the only limits.... unless there ARE INDEED other limits & regulations that dont have the word MODEL in them yet set criteria by regulation for our activities with models. It didnt take long after I ask about the huge model that you came up with 91.1c... so do we find all the regs that actually aply to us one by one as I come up with extreme examples that demonstrate regulated activities/limits?
This isnt just to SportPilot (not picking on him, he just happen to be a recent one), anybody that thinks the FAA only has ac91-57 to deal with models can answer.