A Call to Arms from Richard VanGrunsven

"WJRFlyBoy" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:17:53 -0400, Peter Dohm wrote:

They are significantly re-writing the rules of the market in favor of
the production aircrafters. or they are not.

Which is it?

They are not. They are looking at the problem that has developed
regarding those that are currently violating the rules that have been
in
place for years.

Huh?

http://doc.vansaircraft.com/RVator/2...008-RVator.pdf

"On Feb. 15th, in the FAA .... report were indications that procedural
changes would include changes to the criteria for determining
eligibility for airworthiness in the E-AB category. *In other words,
re-defining the level of prefabrication and assembly permissible for
kits.*"

Who benefits from these re-writings, increased cost and complexity? The
kit sellers? Or Cessna?

From my point of view, only two things are certain:
1) This won't address the alleged "problem" of "hired guns" and
2) It will increase the build time.

The most probable side effect will be fewer aircraft built and flown and
the
secondary side effect, especially for some of the composites, will be
improper bonding due to slower assembly at critical stages--in other
words
DECREASED safety.

So, in the grand scheme of things; we'll be looking at fewer kits
successfully completed, less airport utilization, and eventually less
sales
of type certified factory completed aircraft as well. Another genuine
"lose-lose" proposition!

Peter

Why do you think there will be less type certifieds sold, question not a
challenge.

I believe that anything that reduces the size of the overall fleet will have
the effect of also reducing airport utilization. That will have a
"snowball" effect of reducing the number of active airports, and in turn the
utility of individual air travel. Also, the amateur built movement seems to
me to serve as a major focal point for bringing "new blood" into aviation
Therefore, the demand for factory built aircraft would ultimately suffer as
well.

There is an additional fudge factor in that amateur built aircraft are much
more likely to be hangared than other aircraft of similar size, despite
their lower average monetary value. That means that the amateur built
aircraft directly contribute disproportionately to the financial health of
FBOs and small airports generally.

Peter

flyboy did USAF DanMc kick your ass?
WJRFlyBoy was thinking very hard :
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:51:51 -0000, Jim Logajan wrote:

The FAA is about to make it a whole hell of a lot harder for people to
build safe amateur built aircraft. Richard VanGrunsven, founder of one of
the most successful kit aircraft companies, has written up a warning and a
call to arms about the issue.

Used and newly built for sale prices may jump considerably then.