Don
Well Known Member
I'm looking at buying the kit that Katie Bosman has advertised. My 9A should be flying this year and the combination of XC machine and a 3 seems to be the best of both worlds - and they are two different worlds/missions. I think I have a pretty good handle on what's in the kit and what isn't and what I'd need to do to build the 3. Most of the decisions are pretty simple, except one.
I called Van's and learned about the pitfalls of buying someone else's kit. When I asked about the builder number Katie posted they said it had been purged from their system and that they could not give me a bill of sale and that that would make licensing the plane problematic - I think they're referring to registering it, not getting the AW certificate.
Logically this makes no sense. I thought I could build an RV from the plans (which I will have to buy and plan to) without buying the parts from Van's. I'm not suggesting there's any wisdom in doing this but only that it's possible. Now I realize that we're talking about FAA rules here and we're talking what's legally possible, not what's logically possible.
The last thing I want to do is buy a bunch of parts, sort through the work of making a plane out it, and then find out that I have an aerobatic lawn ornament. It might be the coolest lawn ornament in 8 states but that isn't what I'm looking at building it for.
So, what's the real deal?
I called Van's and learned about the pitfalls of buying someone else's kit. When I asked about the builder number Katie posted they said it had been purged from their system and that they could not give me a bill of sale and that that would make licensing the plane problematic - I think they're referring to registering it, not getting the AW certificate.
Logically this makes no sense. I thought I could build an RV from the plans (which I will have to buy and plan to) without buying the parts from Van's. I'm not suggesting there's any wisdom in doing this but only that it's possible. Now I realize that we're talking about FAA rules here and we're talking what's legally possible, not what's logically possible.
The last thing I want to do is buy a bunch of parts, sort through the work of making a plane out it, and then find out that I have an aerobatic lawn ornament. It might be the coolest lawn ornament in 8 states but that isn't what I'm looking at building it for.
So, what's the real deal?