What, if any, restrictions does the FAA place on ultralights?
The following are summaries of FAA-imposed regulations on ultralight activity. For unabbreviated FAA regulations, see Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) 103. Single-place ultralights can carry a maximum of five gallons of fuel. Two-place ultralights can carry up to ten gallons. A single-place ultralight can have a maximum empty (no pilot, fuel, floats, or parachute) weight of 254 pounds. For a two-place ultralight, the weight limit is increased to 496 pounds. A single-place ultralight’s top speed in level flight can’t exceed 55 knots (63 mph), and its stall speed can’t exceed 24 knots (28 mph). A two-place ultralight’s top speed in level flight can be as high as 75 knots (86 mph), and its stall speed can be as high as 35 knots (40 mph). Ultralights aren’t allowed to fly over crowded areas, over open-air assemblies of people, in certain controlled airspace, or outside daylight hours, and they must yield the right of way to all other air traffic. Lastly, ultralights can only be used for r
