Re: Newbie. Dumb pre-sales questions.
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Av8r3400
The E-LSA certificated plane is the one that the 16 hour class applies, but only to a qualifying E-LSA aircraft that you own. (My Yellow plane is E-LSA and I have the inspector's license for it) With the 16 hour class you can sign off all repairs and inspections required on the aircraft you are licensed to work on.
S-LSA certificated planes would require the 120 hour Light Sport Repairman's certificate. Which would then allow you to work on any S-LSA or E-LSA aircraft.
Is your E-LSA an Experimental Light Sport Capable or a true E-LSA? There is a difference. If it is registered as an Experimental, I would check with your DAR to make sure you can inspect it with 16 class.
Re: Newbie. Dumb pre-sales questions.
My plane was registered during the open window back in 2007. This was when all the "fat" ultralights got registered as E-LSA.
This makes it a true E-LSA, not only an E-AB, Light Sport Qualifying.
The really stupid part of this whole scenario is that I built more of the Mangy Fox than the original builder did and I still have to hire an A&P to sign off her annual condition inspection. Where after a short 16 hour class, I'm legal to sign off my other planeā¦ :rolleyes:
Re: Newbie. Dumb pre-sales questions.
Larry,
When I registered my recent IV, I checked the box "Built from Miscellaneous Parts". Couldn't you have re-registered Mangy that way and applied for a new AWC giving you authorization for the Repairman Certificate? Though mine was a purchased - previously started - Denney kit, I felt "Miscellaneous" fit as I had added almost as many mods as you had to the basic kit. My motivation for going this way were the hoops required to provide the paper trail back to the kit manufacturer. I try to be pretty straight arrow in dealing with the world, but when facing up against "stupid" there just might be a legal way. In my case, there would have to be the AW Inspection anyway, but I think in your case by additing that step you would then be the registered manufacturer and it likely would have allowed for the RM card.