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Originally Posted by biosurfer1
If that is explaining it better than you could have, I can only assume you were trying to write it in Chinese. My head hurts now.
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The relevant take-away from that article is this:
Standard light sport aircraft (SLSA) aircraft are factory built, turn key, aircraft built in accordance with ASTM standards and are required to the maintained in accordance with these standards. [....] Experimental light sport aircraft (ELSA), like amateur built aircraft do not have restrictions to who performs maintenance, repair, or modification. Maintenance, repair, and even modifications can be performed by anyone regardless of whether or not they hold an FAA certificate of any kind.
The catch, though, is that a Piper J-3 can be flown with a LSA pilot license, but it is NOT an LSA plane - so it must still have maintenance done an A&P to FAA standards. I have seen discussions on the interwebz from people who do not understand that important bit of info.
You must know what the plane is certificated as; Standard, SLSA, ELSA, Experimental, etc... and maintain it accordingly.