Liability after sale

Save the $300. Whatever the lawyer comes up is worthless and
generally invalid. Can you get the buyer's kids, wife, mother, father
and down to the cousin thrice removed to sign it? They're the ones
that are going to sue if the buyer takes a dirt nap. "Experimental"
doesn't exempt anyone from getting sued. I'd break the thing down and
sell the main components off one-by-one on the Rotorcraft Forum.
People are always scrounging for engines, frames, wheels, instruments,
propellors (classic spelling) and rotor blades, rotor heads and every
other component. Hope when I'm 80, I'm not concerned about getting
sued. Like Danny DeVito said to the insurance salesmen in the movie
"Tin Men"....or was that the movie about the Air Traffic
Controllers?.....whatever.....anyway: "Do I look like the kind of guy
that gives a **** about what happens after I'm dead?"

Ken J. - San Dee Egg Oh



"Splat!" wrote in message news:kBecb.11244$I36.10585@pd7tw3no...
Add $300 to the purchase price,
and use that to pay the aviation lawyer to handle the sale,
and protect your uncle's ass.

But poor you !
You have unwittingly posted a picture to this NG,
and will probably be scolded by Ronny !

Splat!
"Franklin Breeden" wrote in message
news:0x6cb.418933$Oz4.210348@rwcrnsc54...
I have an uncle who worked for North American Rockwell for almost 50
years. In the early 70s he build a gyrocopter, picture attached, and
over the years flew it for 1500 hours. He was an instructor in it and
president of a gyro club in the LAX area. Anyway, he is now 80 and in
failing health. I saw him and the gyrocopter last month while visiting
in Carson City, NV. The issue is he would like to sell the machine but
is concerned about liability. Aircraft and auto companies are always
getting sued about design flaws. Since he built this machine himself he
is concerned that his estate could be lost in a law suit. As you can
see, the machine has an N number as an experimental aircraft. One FAA
guy said that since it is experimental there should be no liability for
him. Other FAA guys have no idea. My uncle has drafted a letter for a
buyer to sign releasing my uncle of all liability and requiring the
buyer to agree to obtain training in gyros.

As I see it, if a buyer signs the agreement it should be valid. I
realize this is really a legal question. The only other option is to
disassemble the machine, unregistered it, and let the buyer reassemble
and register it. Would anyone have any thoughts about this matter or
possibly other recommendations?
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