Originally Posted by Rod1
The Ikarus C42 is available in two formats in the UK. One is a micro, with a MTOW of 450kg. The other is a VLA with 473kg MTOW. With the VLA version you have about the same useful load as a 152 and you are flying a “group a” aircraft from a licensing POV. The same is true of several of the “micros”. The differences in the airframe are generally negligible.
Rod1
Correct Rod, difference in the C42 is firewall cover and a drain on the pitot tube, no other difference. I brought a Group A version back from the UK and have just re-categorised it as a Microlight again for the client.