Re: Light-Sport Aircraft Yahoo group Kitbuilt -51% rule

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:08:18AM -0000, blueriverday wrote:
> Here's what I wonder- If the factory builds 49% of my plane, and I'm
> supposed to build the other 51%...then what if I bought an unfinished kit
> with say, 15% already completed? That only leaves me 36% of the work to
> do, so I can't do 51%. (nor do I want to)

The aircraft must be 51% amateur built in order to be registered as E-AB. It
doesn't mean that *you* have to do all 51%.

Getting the repairman certificate for your airplane is a matter of
convincing the inspector that you know enough about its construction to be
able to do the annual on it. This doesn't mean you need to have built the
51% yourself, but it might get harder if you didn't. Ask the EAA about this
one.
--
Jay Maynard, K5ZC, PP-ASEL, CFI-SP http://www.conmicro.com
http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net
Fairmont, MN (KFRM) (Yes, that's me!)
AMD Zodiac CH601XLi N55ZC http://www.tronguy.net/N55ZC.shtml

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