"Rich S." wrote in message
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"Mike Gaskins" wrote in message
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FAA rules stipulate that a homebuilt must complete a 40 hours testing
phase before it can be operated as a "normal" airplane. Before you can
even begin that it has to be approved by an FAA inspector who will
confirm that it's airworthy.

This is not true. The FAA does not certify airworthiness. The manufacturer
(you) does that. The FAA only checks to see if its requirements are met in
regards to registration, placarding, N numbers, etc.

Rich S.


If that is the case then why do they want be to have all of the access ports
open on the aircraft? I ask this because I've not yet been through an
inspection.