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![]() But it *is* possible to get production-style airplanes certified as Experimental Amateur-Built. I mentioned a Cessna 150 owner on a previous posting, and realized that there is a Stinson 108-3 in the same situation at my home field. The owners either pulled strings with friends at the FAA or performed such a massive rebuild that the inspector probably agreed it met the 51% rule. I had always heard that it couldn't be done. But a couple of guys I know are rebuilding a Piper Malibu and have gotten the FSDO to agree to their plans to certify it as Experimental - Amateur-built. They claim that there are already three others so certified. The trick (and I am quoting them) is that they have identified from the Piper documents 51+% of the TASKS that must be done to build the aircraft. And (given how bad this one was wrecked) it certainly shouldn't be a problem to find 51%. Some of these items are in the details, of course. For example, they will take a couple of places where they need new skin and make it out of sheet aluminum, rather than simply buy the parts from Piper. And they are going to make substantial differences to the power plant and ancillary components. As I understood it, the key is: 1) Make (rather than simply assemble out of replacement parts) as much as possible. 2) Get the FSDO involved early, and get him/her to agree to the plan. |
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Ron Wanttaja wrote in message . ..
According to the FAA's database, there are over 150 "Amateur-Built" Gulfstream 5s. cheapshot Maybe that's the only way to get a BD-5J signed off? /cheapshot |
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