Colin - don't want to start a flame war - but your missing the point - you do not have to license it as a ELSA - but rather an Experimental Amateur built - if you can document that it meets the Sport Aircraft criteria by flight test your home free - as far as the FAA is concerned there was only one KR-2 and that was built and licensed by Ken Rand - All others are (Your name ) KR-2 etc. and all are unique aircraft.
I also pressed the FFA rep on flaps - he emphatically stated the aircraft could not be equipped - all the while showing pictures of Kitfoxes and Zenith 701's. Rick Human Houston, Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin & Bev Rainey" <crain...@cfl.rr.com> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:29 PM Subject: KR> LSA rules >I believe that your FAA briefer was attempting to state that the aircraft >cannot have a combination of lift enhancing devices, retractable gear, and >inflight adjustable prop, which would constitute a complex aircraft. Flaps >alone would not be prohibited because they make approaches safer, they just >might be prohibited for establishing the stall speed as previously stated. > > You are really opening up a can of worms if you attempt to build a KR1 or > 2 and get it certified under the ELSA rules due to the fact that more than > 1000 examples have already been built which do not comform to the rules. > After extensive exposure to the FAA, both attempting to get inspected, and > nearly 4 years as an Aviation Safety Counselor, I firmly believe that you > will not be able to simply request your example be certified under the new > rule without extensive proving ground type testing prior to certification. > There is no manufacturer of the KR so there is no parent company to > provide a factory example modified to conform to the new rules. With so > many not conforming, I can see the DAR unwilling to approve ELSA until you > prove to him that your plane does in fact conform. I know for sure that > no actual FAA employee will sign off on it. I can tell you that solo, > with belly board deployed, my KR2 sets down between 50 and 55 mph IN > GROUND EFFECT. Clean air stall will be higher. If I were intending on t > FLY SAFE! > > Colin & Bev Rainey > KR2(td) N96TA > Sanford, FL > crain...@cfl.rr.com > http://kr-builder.org/Colin/index.html > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
