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Subject: Re: [LML] Re: FAA comment on new 51% A/B Ruling
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What the FAA is doing has nothing to do with making it harder to build, tha=
t is just the only way they see to fix the problem.  The problem as stated =
by the administrator and others are the "commercial" "professional"  shops =
building aircraft for profit and the owner turning 2 screws on the aircraft=
 and saying it is amateur built.  I remember a company that was doing V8 co=
nversions for LIV's and I witnessed their operation for a few years.  They =
were building complete LIV's with either the V8 or turbo prop and the DER w=
ould sign it off and the owner never touched the plane.  I doubt the owner =
even knew how the landing gear worked.  The "professionals" building the pl=
anes for profit were college students making 5 bucks and hour and ex auto m=
echanics.  I trust people who spend the time and effort to learn how to use=
 all of these processes and build their aircraft for themselves.  As the ol=
d saying "if you want it done right, do it yourself."  I saw some of the mo=
st shoddy work ever of these 1/2 million dollar aircraft and due to that, t=
here were alot of crashed and broken planes.  Not all fatal but lots of mon=
ey lost.  I am not saying that there are not good "commercial" shops to hel=
p build and make the process safer with people that have done it before, bu=
t do not confuse that with someone doing it strictly for profit with no exp=
erience.  I can go out and buy a bunch of tools, rent a hanger and put up a=
nd add saying experienced aircraft builder, and no one would no the wiser. =
 The epic is another reason the FAA is jumping on this.  A 7 to 10 seat pre=
ssurized turbine.  Please tell me who is building that for recreation and l=
earning.  I do believe that the FAA should make it easier to certify aircra=
ft so that more advanced technologies can be used and the price reduced, bu=
t the FAA is a bureaucracy and that is just what we get.  I hear people say=
, so what if I build a plane a kill myself.  It is not about you the pilot =
but the other people you will crash into.  If you want to build something a=
nd fly it in uncontrolled airspace over unpopulated areas with minimal FAA =
interference, they will happily sign you off with those restriction.  I use=
d to know an FAA inspector that said he would give you an airworthiness cer=
tificate for a 2 by 4 if you want.  The restrictions would be 5 feet left a=
nd right and above centerline of one runway.=0AJust my 2 cents.=0ALuke Alco=
rn