requirements for proof you built it.

ditch · #1 08-13-2007, 05:34 PM

I am currently wrapping up on the empenage on a 7 and was wondering how much documentation and pictures most of you use. I occasionally take a pic of the assembly and the only documentation I write down is to put a date next to the instructions on what I just completed. Is that enough? By dating the instructions, I can't see how you could get any more detailed. Instructions are pretty clear on what you just did. How many pics does a person really need? Don't want to get caught with my pants down when it comes to getting it inspected some day.

Mel · #2 08-13-2007, 06:01 PM

Get a few pictures of you doing work, drilling, riveting, etc.

N941WR · #3 08-13-2007, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mel

Get a few pictures of you doing work, drilling, riveting, etc.

I think I have more pictures of Nora working on my -9 than I do of myself. One of my tech counselors pointed this out and since then I have made it a point for her to take pictures of me working on the plane.

AlexPeterson · #4 08-13-2007, 06:38 PM

A good recollection of how each scar on your hands was made can be helpful.

N131RV · #5 08-13-2007, 06:53 PM

Personally, my DAR hardly glanced at my detailed written log. He was much more interested in the 400+ photo album I had kept.

YMMV

Be sure to have "enough" that there is _no doubt_ who built the airplane.

ditch · #6 08-13-2007, 07:30 PM

So more or less, just have alot of pics hu? Thanks for all the input. There's so much that you want to make sure you're doing right when it comes to the feds.

Jamie · #7 08-13-2007, 07:37 PM

The DAR will probably not care too much. But when you apply for your repairmans certificate (which must be done in person at the FSDO), you have to convince them that you deserve the certificate -- i.e. you did all the work. That's when the builder's log is really needed.

milt · #8 08-13-2007, 07:39 PM

If your camera has a date\time stamp feature, turn it on ... lets you store the pictures in order.

ditch · #9 08-13-2007, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by milt

If your camera has a date\time stamp feature, turn it on ... lets you store the pictures in order.

Already did that. Figured that would be a big help.

N131RV · #10 08-14-2007, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamie

The DAR will probably not care too much. But when you apply for your repairmans certificate (which must be done in person at the FSDO), you have to convince them that you deserve the certificate -- i.e. you did all the work. That's when the builder's log is really needed.

My local FSDO inspector barely glanced at my builder log. He looked at all my DAR paperwork and some of my pictures, then typed out my certificate. He did ask a few sharp questions about the construction, etc. Probably helped that we had mutual builder acquaintances.

YMMV