The LSA idea was a good one, but got totally screwed in the end.
Not much benefit in getting an LSA over a traditionally certified aircraft, except slightly lower new cost.
Wrench,
Call me a cynic, but when I saw the alphabet soup of which version of the old Luscombe's and T-Crafts could or could not meet the requirement, It really raised an eyebrow. And the good old "150" never made the list?
I could just see Jackie Mason doing a comedy routine about it, "if you got an 8e it's ok, but if it is an 8f your screwed." What is worse, some of these old birds belong in the junkyard period.
They should have went for relaxation in the medical requirements and streamlined STC process to keep the older fleet flying with upgrades that will not cost the developers a fortune to come up with.
Look the guys putting Chevy V8's in Seabee's and they are working like gangbusters, yet you have to re-register them Experimental and that turn them into a mutt to do it.
I am not for doing crazy stuff you get you hurt, but come on, we need advancement! These guys for one have shown it can be done and up to this point reliably.