>From: aviationm...@aol.com > > > can you sign it off for IFR also??? > >You can only sign off the items authorized by your authority(license). To >equip a plane for IFR means to install specific equipment and have >completed >specific certifications on the radio's, pitot static, and other systems. >Some of >which require different types of authority.
This thread comes up all the time on the RVlist. While the above is true in text, let me expound a little on the issue. If you are the builder, and hold the repairmans certificate, you can install approved and current IFR instrumentation appropriate for ground facilities to be used. If you don't hold the certificate, you gotta go with ticket holders. You must still have the pitot/static and transponder checks by an approved facility. The actual "certification" of the operation of the installed equipment is done by you. This is achieved by taking the aircraft up and intercepting and tracking to show the unit performs as required. You then make the notation in the log. At the initial inspection, the designee will not authorize you for IFR operations as he is not the builder and installer of the equipment and has not performed the flight tests required to check the accuracy or operation of the IFR equipment. Up to this point your aircraft has not flown so flight tests would not have available to certify the operation of the unit. After performing these tests, you will be authorized to operated in IFR conditions being restricted to the ground facilities appropriate for the equipment installed. As I have stated many, many times, I fly IFR in my Bonanza. I will fly IFR in my RV. I would not fly IFR in a KR. Dana Overall 1999 & 2000 National KR Gathering host Richmond, KY RV-7 slider/fuselage, Imron black, "Black Magic" Finish kit ordered!! Buying Instruments. Hangar flying my Dynon. http://rvflying.tripod.com do not archive _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com
