I would certainly like to see the MTOW increased from the present 600Kg. Coming from a GA background, I believe trying to build, 2 seat, 100HP aircraft within the 600Kg weight limit requires a bit too much of a compromise on the structural strength.
A MTOW of 750Kg would just allow 2 seat aircraft to be built a little more solid (PA38 Tomahawk 757Kg, C152 757Kg). ( So they would be too heavy unless it was increased to 760Kg).
Id be happy with 1000Kg or 1500Kg, Just keep it as maximum 2 seats.
There's some nice RV aircraft that may fit the class then.
I've flown LSA with stall speeds around 28KTS, and unfortunately they require slowing up too much to land or risk floating too much. This makes them more of a handful in anything, but very light winds, and very susceptible to lessor wind gusts. (a 10Kt wind gust is more noticeable at 30Kts IAS than 60Kts IAS).
Personally they are harder to fly than many of the Cessna's or Pipers I've flown.
Certainly agree on RAAus not getting too Bureaucratic. Ive lived in a couple of different countries, one of them best described as a Dictatorship, but they have no where near the Rules and Regulations of here. It seems every new Bureaucrat thinks they need to introduce 10 new laws to justfy their salary, but no one evers revokes the old regulations.
RAAus, don't follow this path. Think of the future, or you wont have any members too control.
IMHO.
