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Mark: I agree on the plenum. Good eye!!! About the repairmen certificate and major mods after AW has been issued to the builder. If someone bought this plane without the engine( assuming the data plate and registration were not cancelled) and say wanted to install anything other then what it was given the AW originally. It would only require an A&P sign Off(if you are not the builder) and be put back into Phase one testing to prove the new engine Airworthiness. A call to the local FSDO will get you the real facts( each individual one seems have its own opinions on the regs). I did a major mod to my Lancair( moved the engine 4" further out and added an autopilot. Called the local FSDO(Tampa) and they said fly with a 25 mile radius of my airport for one hour .If you come back alive. Make a log book entry on the changes made . The test results after flight testing and recalculate W&B and you go back to the original operating limitations when the plane was originally certified Experimental. These letter of operating limitations should be kept with the aircraft.

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On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:03 AM, Mark Steitle wrote:

Tom,

Thanks for the insight. A friend of mine sent me the link. I took him for a ride in my ES and he really liked how it flew.

From the pics, I too spotted the location of the intercooler and wondered why he located it there. Not too efficient way back near the firewall. It was probably the only place it would fit once everything else was in place.

The intake looks to me to be custom welded aluminum. You can't quite make it out, but it looks like he may have used the lower portion of the 20b cast aluminum intake and fabricated the rest from aluminum tube.

Also, the panel shows a Blue Mountain EFIS. As you know, BMA is out of business, so that would have to be replaced too.

If he's already used the free FAA repairman's certificate, then it would cost someone a small fortune to get it finished up, unless the buyer was an A&P. Could someone make a "major modification" like replacing the engine with a certified engine, then reapply for a new airworthiness certificate (and repairman's certificate)?

Mark

On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:45 AM, Thomas Giddings <tom@midwestaviation.net> wrote:

Mark: This Lancair has been for sale this year without the engine for 70K. I called on a similar add on Barnstormers and was told the engine had been removed and the engine had been sold. The guy I talked to on the phone said they could not keep the engine cool enough to fly it. So they gave up and he told me they had a Continental sourced that could be bought with the airframe. I was interested in buying the engine as it looks like it has the Mistral intake. I liked the intercooler as well. Although it looks like it is in a Bad spot to get heat soaked.

Tom Giddings
Avionics Sales
MIDWEST AVIONICS
200 Hardy Roberts Dr
PO Box 219
West Paducah,KY 42086
877.904.9966 Toll Free
727.858.1772 Mobile
270.744.3466 Fax
tom@midwestaviation.net
Online Store
www.midwest-avionics.com

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On Dec 23, 2011, at 7:36 AM, Mark Steitle wrote:

Anyone know whose project this is. Looks like it could be a good buy for someone.

http://aerolist.org/view/3B9AD0A5/LANCAIR_ES

Mark

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