REFLECTOR: AMATEUR-BUILT MAINTENANCE/Certified Engine

[Scott Derrick]

steve korney wrote:
>
> This is America and I still have a choice, don't I...
>
> Best... Steve
>
If you mean a choice to believe what ever you want, absolutely. 

If you mean the choice to voice your belief  and have nobody object with 
supporting  facts, hardly.

Scott
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
> Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: AMATEUR-BUILT MAINTENANCE/Certified Engine
> Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 07:42:43 -0700
>
> Steve,
>
> I realize you didn't write it, I've read some of Earl's 
> miss-information before. And I've written to the EAA to try and get 
> them to curb his unsubstantiated writings. I've written to Earl and he 
> agrees that some of his stuff is "not exactly true" but says it keeps 
> people out of trouble. Hmm...  Maybe so.
>
> Personally, I prefer the start and unblemished truth.  I'll take 
> responsibility for my actions, I don't need to be lied to for my 
> protection.  I guess thats why I lean Libertarian and not Demopublican.
>
> However, I think by your comments at the beginning and end you voiced 
> agreement with the content.   I would recommend you familiarize 
> yourself  with your airplane's OL and the applicable FARs for the real 
> dope.
>
> Scott
>
> steve korney wrote:
>> Scott and all...
>>
>> I didn't write that article....
>>
>> It came from
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                                    AMATEUR-BUILT MAINTENANCE
>>                        By Earl Lawrence, EAA Government Programs Office
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best... Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: Scott Derrick <scott at tnstaafl.net>
>> Reply-To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
>> <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
>> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: AMATEUR-BUILT MAINTENANCE/Certified Engine
>> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 19:23:10 -0700
>>
>> John,
>>
>> You gotta wonder why people hash this over and over and never get it.
>>
>> The Regs are the Regs.  Its that simple. Don't be confused by folks 
>> reading their interpretation when its in complete disagreement with 
>> the FAR's and your Operating Limitation.
>>
>> heres an example of BS from Steve's email.
>>
>> >>If you change propellers, you must notify the FAA (not by a 337) of 
>> your change.
>>
>> This blanket statement about all homebuilts is complete hogwash.  
>> Your Operating Limitations says what you should do for Major 
>> Changes.  There are not little Major changes and huge Major changes 
>> and you do this for this and that for that..  There are just major 
>> changes.  Changing to a new propeller is a major change, thats all.  
>> Folow your Operating Limitations on how to handle major changes.
>>
>> There is nothing in your OL, or mine  that specifies whether your 
>> engine is certified. By definition, if you read the FAR's  the moment 
>> you install your engine into your Velocity it is Un-Certified. Its on 
>> an uncertified mount, it has uncertified parts installed on it.  a 
>> certified engine can only be installed in an airframe that is 
>> certified for it. Your airframe is not so it becomes uncertified 
>> before you ever start it. To return it to certified status an IA must 
>> enter that process into the logs after it has been removed from the 
>> experimental airplane. That process could entail anything from a 
>> complete rebuild to a pencil whip.
>>
>> I've heard the data plate nonsense over and over.   That data plate 
>> has nothing whatsoever to do with the certification status of your 
>> engine. Your logs do.  The engine logs tell the whole story.  Don't 
>> be foolish and rip the data plate off, you don't need to and its a 
>> good reference for doing engine work on the plane.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> John Dibble wrote:
>>> steve korney wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> If the aircraft received its original airworthiness certificate 
>>>> based on the
>>>> fact that the engine was certified and you alter it in any manner 
>>>> that would
>>>> render it no longer within certification requirements, then you 
>>>> must notify
>>>> the FAA of your change and receive an approval.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I don't see anything in my log book as to whether my engine was 
>>> certified or not.  It
>>> does have non-certified parts like an EI and and electric fuel  
>>> primer.  Does this
>>> mean the engine is non-certified?
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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