"Tarver Engineering" wrote in message ...


No, homebuilts are type certificated under Part 21 as Experimental.

No John, they are not. They do not have type certificates. What they
have are individual airworthiness certificates issued under 21.191. There
is no type certification of experimentals.

Nothing in part 43 (maintenance. preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and
alteration) applies to aircraft with experimental certificates. This is specifically
stated in 43.1(b). 337's don't apply to homebuilts.

The only thing that applies is that the limitations attached to the airworthiness
certificate will say to notify the FSDO for major alterations and require a 5
hour test period and also remind the owner to update the registration if the
engine /propeller make/model changes.