"Stuart Fields" wrote in message
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"vaughn" wrote in message
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"Fonz" wrote in message
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As part of my previous occupation I was involved in the legal system

Then you understand that it is not us who you have to convince. "All"
you have to do is convince the bureaucracy.

Vaughn

There was one example where two guys in essence re-designed the SeaBee
amphib and manufactured new pieces as well as incorporated an automotive
engine and they got the Experimental Amateur Built registration. This
really involved some 5,000 hrs of work and a lot of analysis and design
time. The resulting aircraft looks quite like the original SeaBee though.
I think that they took an old design and really made a new ship with much
improved performance.

I also know someone who took a hulk of a certified plane, stripped it,
stretched it, changed the gear, installed a V6 auto engine, &
did-who-knows-what other modifications that clearly made it an entirely
different airplane, and then was able to register it as amateur built. But
that is not the same thing as rebuilding a certified airframe (however
complete the teardown, however thorough the rebuild) and calling it a
homebuilt.

Vaughn