Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Apollo North American Fatal inflight breakup!

Oh I see.
No its -NOT- our design. We built someone elses kit like users of Zenith kits build a CH601 out of a kit and list themselves as builders on registration. That doesn't mean they designed CH601 or selected kit materials for it. Ours wasn't even a 51% kit. It was complete frame and wing bought and we assembled it with an engine and wiring (say an 80% kit). It was a Part 103 trainer (under Exemption) transitioned to an E-LSA. That's the aircraft you cited and is subjected in that report.
Hope that clarifies it for you once and for all. Not a single trike or airplane of ours has broken up in the air fortunately due to pilot error or otherwise. Of course its just a matter of time before that happens (due to pilot error, not all of us are perfect angels) but I hope we don't get an abnormal frequency of those in-flight break-ups compared to our colleagues and competition in industry. If that happens I hope we will have the smarts and I will be the first to release a grounding recommendation for our aircraft till things are fixed.
Best Regards,
Abid
Apollo Aircraft, inc.

--- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@...> wrote:
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> You're a little confused Abid, I never said anything wasn't neccessary.
> You might be thinking of someone else or another airplane???
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> The point is: any airplane can be broken by the pilot at any time, even YOUR airplanes! (it DID say Apollo North American on the report).
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> Rick
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: apollonorthamerica
> To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 4:42 PM
> Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Apollo North American Fatal inflight breakup!
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> Hi Rick,
> Actually No. It was kit built grandfathered E-LSA trike from Krucker Manufacturing in Canada with a European wing on it and it did not break up in flight either till it went negative for over many seconds (Rotax 582 quit due to fuel starvation in negative G's) in a "weight" shift control aircraft. (weight being the key word).
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> Rick, what is your point. Are you still dreaming that this FAA recommendation "was not necessary" while UK CAA and now FAA both say that these planes should not go to the air till these structural modifications are made?
> Abid
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> --- In Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Pitcher" <lightflyer@> wrote:
> >
> > OUCH!
> > Sounds familiar, huh Abid?
> > Was this Apollo North America plane one that you sold? It broke up in flight too, with fatal consequences.
> > http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/GenPDF.asp?id=MIA07LA136&rpt=fa
> >
> > Be careful out there folks, especially if you're new to flying.
> > We all start out with a certain amount of luck when we start flying, and gain experience as we get hours under our belts. The trick is to gain enough experience before we run out of luck!
> >
> > Rick
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: apollonorthamerica
> > To: Sport_Aircraft@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:17 AM
> > Subject: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Re: Zodiac 601 Service Bulletin 11/7/09
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> > http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20091107X34009&key=1
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> > An unfortunately timed accident a day before FAA's recommendation was released.
> > Abid
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