Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group How to Tell if Aircraft is really LSA

Sorry for being imprecise. I did not say I, but used we, meaning us that were flying back then. I never personally did it, but was around others that did. Oshkosh used to field a few experimental tagged production planes too. The Mooney belonged to a company attempting to make the de iceing stuff for future sales, Mooney did not own it.
Another one I was involved with was the installation of a V6 Ford engine on a tri pacer.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Bair" <JimBair@...> wrote:
>
> You remembered well enough to say you did it "routinely". You're the first
> person I have ever met who says they did such a thing routinely, so I am
> sincerely curious. I'm also not totally sure about the engine mod you
> mention. It may, it may not. I put big tires on a Taylorcraft and that was
> done via the 337 route, not experimental. Airplanes have been highly
> modified by using 337s. The Mooney deicing equipment example... were you
> working for Mooney or independently? How was the paperwork change to
> Experimental done?
>
> Jim
>
>
>
> I am old, cannot remember well. I remember a Mooney we changed while
> designing some wing deicing equipment though. Lets say I wanted to put an
> Eggenfellner Subaru engine on an Ercoupe, that would change it to
> experimental for instance.
>
> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Bair" <JimBair@> wrote:
> >
> > How did you do it and under which category of experimental?
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: dongeneda2000
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group How to Tell if Aircraft is
> > really LSA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Are you quite sure? We used to do that back a few years ago routinely.
> The
> > only caveat was that if you wanted to change it back to standard, you
> had
> > one heck of a process on your hands.
> >
> > --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "John A. Price" <japrice@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > You cannot change a standard category plane to an experimental.
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sunday 11 October 2009 10:01:30 dongeneda2000 wrote:
> > > > Thank you Helen, you seem to have made some sense out of the rules
> > that
> > > > sometimes seem silly. So, back to my original question, IF I were to
> > change
> > > > an Ercoupe to Experimental category (which means that I as an A&P
> > could
> > > > perform annuals on it) then I could still fly that experimental
> plane
> > with
> > > > only sport pilot priveleges, AS LONG AS I did nothing to change it
> out
> > of
> > > > the rules for LSA class aircraft?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

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