Talk:Ultralight aviation

message: Ultralight aircraft in the United States needs a different page. the regulations are significantly different enough and the aircraft significantly different that it warrants breaking off. 
For example, in the united states the following are ultralight (regulated by FAR Part 103: Powered Parachutes, Hang Gliders, SINGLE PLACE airplanes that weight less than 254lbs 
Many other problems exist as well. 
:The ultralights talked about in this article are mainly "light sport aircraft" (LSA) in the United States and should be merged/modified with Light-sport aircraft as mentioned below.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.182.147.242 (talk) 11:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That is a rather US-centric point of view, as the article notes the definition varies throughout the world and the US is very much out of step with the rest of the world on this issue. Wikipedia strives to avoid a point of view that represents only one country. Also the US already has separate articles at Ultralight aircraft (United States) and Light-sport aircraft. - Ahunt (talk) 13:48, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Break Out AND Merge 

message: Ultralight, microlight and light-sport aircraft are all similar enough that they should have a single page that lists them, but are different enough that each country's version of each should have a separate page. An example of this would be Pilot licensing and certification, which further links to Pilot certification in the United States, Pilot licensing in Canada and Pilot licensing in the United Kingdom.
Perhaps a single page of Light aircraft which links to Light aircraft in the United States, which then links to Ultralight aircraft (United States) and Light-sport aircraft (United States) (although that specific title might  be overkill). Rinse and repeat for other countries. McNeight 02:59, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[Light-sport aircraft]] 

message: This may seem like spam, but I can only think of 1 example. Nausicaa 
*Agreed Removing merge proposal tag. Alan.ca 11:07, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not everything under 'Ultralight aviation' falls under trike 

message: I wonder why people claim that Sweden are strict when it comes to ultralights? 
RGDS
Alexmcfire
Ulpilot (talk) 23:19, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Sweden strict?

message: We could use some more info on this page like fuel mileage or how to build them or how much it would cost to build them!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.217.48.246 (talk) 01:01, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for your suggestion, but that sort of "how to" information is outside the scope of an encyclopedia, see WP:NOTMANUAL. You really should be looking on specialized ultralight websites and forums for that sort of information. - Ahunt (talk) 01:06, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  COULD WE ADD OTHER INFO TOO? 

message: How high does it fly?  What's the average and the maximum height?  The article should say.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.104.213.119 (talk) 19:42, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Data on ceiling is found in individual aircraft type articles, not in this general article. - Ahunt (talk) 20:46, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Height 

message: What is a WEIGHT-SHIFT aircraft?
What is a THREE-AXIS aircraft?
I don't know and I don't see the terms defined anywhere.
Jswd (talk) 03:46, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I have provided links and explanations in the lead para, see if that helps! - Ahunt (talk) 11:40, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definitions needed, or references to WP articles with definitions 

message: User:Thumperward tagged this article for trivia, saying in his edit summary "the most prominent part of this article should opbviously be a long list of country-specific regulations". I am not clear from that what the issue is, as it sounds like the lists of national regulations here are supported by Thumperward. Perhaps you can explain the reason for the tag? - Ahunt (talk) 15:17, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The tag was recently changed to "overly detailed", but without any discussion here of what the perceived problem is it can't be addressed, so I have removed the tag for now. - Ahunt (talk) 13:02, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is the long list of country-specific regulations (I believe Thumperward's phrasing was sarcastic). Nikkimaria (talk) 13:24, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: It wasn't really clear and he never clarified that, so the tag and the edit summary weren't very helpful in improving the article. How would you prefer to deal with the national differences in this category of aviation if not listing the regs? - Ahunt (talk) 13:28, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Couple of options. First, since we say that "United States FAA's definition of an ultralight is significantly different from that in most other countries", we could use this to set up a contrast between the general definition exemplified by other countries vs the US. We could try to create a table of some kind to summarize technical details. Or we could simply opt not to include such extensive regulatory details. Nikkimaria (talk) 03:56, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps cutting the details done in each case to more of an overview would be useful?  - Ahunt (talk) 15:10, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I think that would be very helpful. Nikkimaria (talk) 15:42, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, let me give that a try and I'll drop a note back here when done and you can see if it is better or not. It may take me a bit of time. - Ahunt (talk) 15:43, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: , see what you think now. - Ahunt (talk) 17:56, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Definitely better. I still wonder though whether there's a better way to present this information. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps just a list of differences or even a table? - Ahunt (talk) 03:54, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally I would go with a table. Nikkimaria (talk) 14:20, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: If you would like to give it a try you can "mock one up" here on the talk page. - Ahunt (talk) 14:48, 8 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been a bit short on time this week but will try to do this over the weekend. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:59, 11 December 2015 (UTC)

text: That actually looks pretty useful! - Ahunt (talk) 15:47, 13 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Great, I've thrown that in, feel free to edit. Nikkimaria (talk) 02:56, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for doing that! - Ahunt (talk) 19:03, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: I made some adjustments in the images and such to make the page work better, see what you think. - Ahunt (talk) 19:22, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm. I like giving the table full width, but on my screen the images are now pushing into the final section. Could we scale them down slightly? Nikkimaria (talk) 01:09, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: That will depend on your browser width. I am using a browser at about 1100 px wide and it looked okay, but I cut one more image out. See what you think. It is better to remove images, rather than force-size them. - Ahunt (talk) 17:24, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Better. Rather than force-sizing I was thinking of using upright scaling. Nikkimaria (talk) 19:52, 15 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia tagged

message: The section on electric ultralights sounds like advertising. It is for a single company, lists performances in a promotional way and states prices. It is not in keeping with encyclopaedic style and should be cleaned up to refer to the object, not the product.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.166.207.137 (talk) 08:12, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: - Ahunt (talk) 23:20, 19 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Electric ultralight advertising 

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