Ok, so I got put up to posting this by one of our local well respected and multiple RV builders on the field - but the following I think is an interesting question as a followup to the "FAA says I can't do maintenance" thread.
Now that we seem to have covered maintenance and repair for experimentals how about ?major changes? and how do we properly deal with them? At what point does a change to our RV's become ?major?? What is the definition of major change in the reg's for experimentals and with what kind of change are we required to put our aircraft back to phase 1 for 5 hours of test flights with a subsequent phase 2 log entry? I am told any changes affecting ?safety? requires a phase 1 log entry and 5 hours of flight testing. What might qualify as a ?major change?? New engine? New propeller? New engine driven or electric fuel pump? How about a replaced canopy latch for a slider or a replacement flap motor assembly?
Without regard to the Varieze that went into the transformer unit years ago insured by Avemco with the denied claim due to a new engine driven fuel pump installed, subsequently removed, but not put back into phase 1, what are the current thoughts about how we should be defining ?major changes? to our already flying RV's?
Now that we seem to have covered maintenance and repair for experimentals how about ?major changes? and how do we properly deal with them? At what point does a change to our RV's become ?major?? What is the definition of major change in the reg's for experimentals and with what kind of change are we required to put our aircraft back to phase 1 for 5 hours of test flights with a subsequent phase 2 log entry? I am told any changes affecting ?safety? requires a phase 1 log entry and 5 hours of flight testing. What might qualify as a ?major change?? New engine? New propeller? New engine driven or electric fuel pump? How about a replaced canopy latch for a slider or a replacement flap motor assembly?
Without regard to the Varieze that went into the transformer unit years ago insured by Avemco with the denied claim due to a new engine driven fuel pump installed, subsequently removed, but not put back into phase 1, what are the current thoughts about how we should be defining ?major changes? to our already flying RV's?