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Whose airplane is it anyway?
I have just been informed by the designer of the aircraft that I am building that there is a possibility that he may not allow me to use an alternative engine. Granted that weight and balance, as well as power requirements must reasonably lie within allowable ranges, what is the roll of the kit or plans manufacturer in the final homebuilt aircraft? Will the FAA award him the power to veto my airworthiness certificate? |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
"Ernest Christley" wrote in message ... I have just been informed by the designer of the aircraft that I am building that there is a possibility that he may not allow me to use an alternative engine. Granted that weight and balance, as well as power requirements must reasonably lie within allowable ranges, what is the roll of the kit or plans manufacturer in the final homebuilt aircraft? Will the FAA award him the power to veto my airworthiness certificate? No way he can do anything other than stop supporting you, in any way. Do you have all of your parts from him? Do you think there is anything that you will absolutely need to ask him, from here on out, that you can not complete the airplane without his answers? If your answers are yes and no, then don't worry about it. All his plans are is a suggested way to build an airplane. How you build it and what modifications you make are entirely up to you. It figures he would pull that crap. I always thought he was a primadonna. -- Jim in NC |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
Morgans wrote:
"Ernest Christley" wrote in message ... I have just been informed by the designer of the aircraft that I am building that there is a possibility that he may not allow me to use an alternative engine. Granted that weight and balance, as well as power requirements must reasonably lie within allowable ranges, what is the roll of the kit or plans manufacturer in the final homebuilt aircraft? Will the FAA award him the power to veto my airworthiness certificate? No way he can do anything other than stop supporting you, in any way. Do you have all of your parts from him? Do you think there is anything that you will absolutely need to ask him, from here on out, that you can not complete the airplane without his answers? If your answers are yes and no, then don't worry about it. All his plans are is a suggested way to build an airplane. How you build it and what modifications you make are entirely up to you. It figures he would pull that crap. I always thought he was a primadonna. He never supplied parts, and getting him to answer a technical question has always been like pulling an eye-tooth. Follow the plans...but the part isn't made anymore...stick to the plans...but the measurements contradict...just stick to the plans... I'm going to call the Greensboro FSDO tomorrow and I've sent an email to the EAA Headquarters. The idea that I can be cut off after 5years of building really sticks in my craw. Even the insinuation is unbearable. |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
"Ernest Christley" wrote I'm going to call the Greensboro FSDO tomorrow and I've sent an email to the EAA Headquarters. The idea that I can be cut off after 5years of building really sticks in my craw. Even the insinuation is unbearable. I'm sure you need to hear it straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak, so of course, check with those two organizations. Rest easy tonight, and until you get your answers, that there are no problems. Carry on, making your airplane, (making your own decisions-so it sounds) with the knowledge that all is well. -- Jim in NC |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
What are you building?
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
Isn't this the same problem that the sonex builder
had putting in the corvair engine? His is flying. Lou |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
"john smith" wrote in message ... What are you building? It isn't me, building. It is Mr. Christley, and he is building a Dyke Delta. Here is a hope page of one of the Dyke Delta's builders. www.eaa27.org/projects/maher/index.html -- Jim in NC |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
As I recall the little metal tag that FAA wants visible on the aircraft has
a space for the A/C MFR. That is where you put your name. You are the Mfr. and therefore entitled to do the condition inspections and all modifications consistant with your airworthiness cert. I didn't find any approval blank for Canadian Home Rotors when I made modifications to my helicopter. They did ask me not to call it a Safari if I was making un-approved mods. Stuart Fields Experimental Helo magazine P. O. Box 1585 Inyokern, CA 93527 (760) 377-4478 ph (760) 408-9747 publication cell "Ernest Christley" wrote in message ... I have just been informed by the designer of the aircraft that I am building that there is a possibility that he may not allow me to use an alternative engine. Granted that weight and balance, as well as power requirements must reasonably lie within allowable ranges, what is the roll of the kit or plans manufacturer in the final homebuilt aircraft? Will the FAA award him the power to veto my airworthiness certificate? |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
If you build his designed airplane without buying his plans, he has a claim
against you for copyright infringement. That would be his claim against you. Once he sells you the plans, you can build an airplane. If you do something that is contrary to his plans, he can refuse to support you - but he has no other claim. You are building an experimental aircraft. Experimental aircraft are experimental. In fact, if he communicates to the FAA that your airplane is unsafe because it does not use the engine he has specified and the FAA acts upon that to deny you an experimental license, you would have a legal claim against him. Colin |
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Whose airplane is it anyway?
Right on.
The manufacturer is Ernest Christley and the proper engine is the one he specifies. Just before his first flight, he has to look in the engine compartment and confirm that he has the correct engine. Colin |
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