bsbarnes10
Active Member
To All,
I have a question for any DARs out there or anyone else who may have come across this issue. I’m building an RV-12iS with my father and we’re opting for the Garmin IFR package and planning to register the plane as E-AB so that it can be operating legally in (light) IFR as my understanding is that ELSAs cannot be operated IFR. However, we are making no deviations from the plans and thus we could just as easily register it ELSA. As I see it, the ONLY difference between registering it ELSA and E-AB will be the pieces of paper I hand to the DAR/FAA representative, there will be no material difference in the aircraft. With this in mind I want to politely ask the DAR/FAA representative to assign the shorter (~5 hour) ELSA Phase 1 time, rather than the typical 40 hour E-AB phase 1 time since our aircraft meets all the requirements for ELSA, we’re just registering it E-AB.
I should note that we both take flying very seriously and do not intend to simply “fly-off” the Phase 1 time, but I do genuinely believe that because we’re not making any changes a shorter Phase 1 is reasonable and that gets us flying it TOGETHER sooner
Has anyone attempted this before? Is there anything I’m missing in my logic? (although I realize logic and bureaucratic rules are sometimes mutually exclusive!)
Perhaps some of the DARs could weigh in?
Thanks,
Bruce
I have a question for any DARs out there or anyone else who may have come across this issue. I’m building an RV-12iS with my father and we’re opting for the Garmin IFR package and planning to register the plane as E-AB so that it can be operating legally in (light) IFR as my understanding is that ELSAs cannot be operated IFR. However, we are making no deviations from the plans and thus we could just as easily register it ELSA. As I see it, the ONLY difference between registering it ELSA and E-AB will be the pieces of paper I hand to the DAR/FAA representative, there will be no material difference in the aircraft. With this in mind I want to politely ask the DAR/FAA representative to assign the shorter (~5 hour) ELSA Phase 1 time, rather than the typical 40 hour E-AB phase 1 time since our aircraft meets all the requirements for ELSA, we’re just registering it E-AB.
I should note that we both take flying very seriously and do not intend to simply “fly-off” the Phase 1 time, but I do genuinely believe that because we’re not making any changes a shorter Phase 1 is reasonable and that gets us flying it TOGETHER sooner
Has anyone attempted this before? Is there anything I’m missing in my logic? (although I realize logic and bureaucratic rules are sometimes mutually exclusive!)
Perhaps some of the DARs could weigh in?
Thanks,
Bruce
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