At 06:09 PM 7/25/2006, you wrote: >Colin, Thank you for the information. There seems to be a large gray >area on this subject.
No. The FAA has a very specific checklist of items evaluated in generating the 51%. Time used does not figure in the calculation, only % of checklist items done by the builder vs the manufacturer of the kit. It is possible to buy a flying plane, modify it heavily, treat the unchanged items as kit supplied, decertify the plane, re-register it, get a new airworthiness cert, and get the repairman's cert - as long as the new work amounts to 51%, per the checklist. Larry Severson Fountain Valley, CA 92708 (714) 968-9852 lar...@socal.rr.com
