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Bob White wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2006 07:45:59 -0700
"Joe Hull" <joeh@pilgrimtech.com> wrote:
This is somewhat of a gray area, isn't it?
Suppose you buy pieces of an experimental to assist in the building of
yours. How many 'pieces' can you buy before you can't get the repairman
certificate? Exactly 49% ! Now, how that 49% is calculated is not grey - it's
non-existent! You take your best guess at the total labor that would be
involved in the original kit or plans and then deduct the estimated labor to
build the parts you bought. You, the builder, are supposed to have invested
51% of the effort.
Hi Joe,
There is a difference between the 51% rule and the requirements for a
repairman's certificate. 10 people can build an airplane as a group
and use their combined effort to meet the 51% rule (what ever that
51% is). One and only one of the group can get the repairman's
certificate even if that person only did a small percentage of the
total work.
Bob W.
And there's the gray area, Bob. 8*) "even if that person only did a small percentage of the total work." Maybe all he did was bolt the prop on 8*) Anyway, please don't suggest the FAA make the laws simple. I prefer the laws that I live under to be murky and unintelligible. Where the fun in the safety and security of KNOWING when your breaking the law? Where is the excitement in KNOWING what your rights are? Let's just keep the status quo, where any FSDO can do as it d8mn well pleases...until someone with enough lawyers and money to pay them comes along.
I prefer my method anyway. Build everything up from a pile of mill-cut tubes so that there is no question from the FAA or the Oshkosh judges.
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