The regs FAR 65.107 state that you can work on other airplanes. There are two types of LSA repairman certificates. You can have either an inspection rating or a maintenance rating. The inspection rating is a 16 hour course and you are limited to aircraft that you own and by class.
The maintenance rating is a 120 hour course for airplanes and you are allowed to do condition inspections on any SLSA or ELSA in the class of LSA covered by your training (e.g. airplanes). You do not have to own it. Major alterations and repairs are not allowed without further training "acceptable to the FAA and appropriate to the repair performed." You are also not allowed to return an airplane to service unless you have "previously performed the work concerned satisfactorily" or perform the work under the direct supervision of "a certificated and appropriately rated mechanic, or a certificated repairman, who has had previous experience in the specific operation concerned." You must also understand the current manufacturers instructions and the maintenance manuals for the specific operation concerned. -- wesley scott k...@spottedowl.biz Bryan, TX ----- Original Message ----- > Message: 14 > Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:24:56 -0500 > From: ejans...@chipsnet.com (Ed Janssen) > Subject: Re: KR> Re: Making KR ELSA - rebuttle > > Bob, > > You CAN work on someone else's experimental plane, same type or not, but you > can't give it an annual condition inspection even IF it is the same type. > The class, by the way, is a 16 hour course. Anyone can work on an > experimental airplane, but the 16 hour course is meant to give the owner an > "inspection" rating in order to do an annual "condition" inspection to be > able to pronounce it "airworthy" for another 12 months. Even though there > is no federal regulation preventing any yahoo from working on my > experimental, I would certainly use good judgement in selecting someone with > the necessary knowledge and experience. > > Ed > > Ed Janssen > mailto:ejans...@chipsnet.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Glidden" <glid...@ccrtc.com> > > .Just because > > you get qualified to work on your LSA doe's not give you the privledges to > > work on someone elses of a different type.I just had a very lengthy talk > > with FAA about this issue at Oshkosh.The thought of someone going to a > short > > 8 hour class and then fixing airplanes is scary to even think about. > >
