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Welcome to the world of Ercouping, you'll enjoy it. This subject has been beaten to death, but I'll summarize. The rules say that in order to be qualified for a Sport Pilot plane, the aircraft must be certificated at 1260 or under. If it's 1261, it's not Sport qualified. Fantasize however you would like, but it ain't gonna happen and I sincerely hope people don't piss the feds off by continually trying to bend the rules, write new rules or demand that their own interpretation is valid and must be accepted. We're lucky as hell to have the 415C's and CD's in the Sporty group. Originally they didn't qualify. Enjoy your plane for what it is. A wonderful little fun flyer. AL ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:59 PM Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] 415-C as a Sprt Pilot Plane > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > As the recent (since May 25) purchaser of N2427H and with still fewer than > 10 > hours of Coupe time, you can imagine that I have many questions. I've > followed > Ercoupers.com for several months and I am thankful for all the good > information > and tips constantly being posted. > > That said, I do have a question that I do not believe has been completely > discussed. N2427H is a 415-C that I purchased to continue flying as a > sport > pilot. It's current gross weight is 1260 lbs. The type certificate allows > 415-Cs > to become 415-Ds with a gross weight of 1400 lbs. with a few > modifications. All > of the modifications have been made on N2427H except the addition of the > stainless steel plate and the elevator restriction. Thus it is still a > 415-C and > a Sport Pilot eligible aircraft. What would be the possibility of > obtaining a > field approval to increase the gross weight to 1315 lbs. by restricting > the > elevator travel by the percent of the weight increase related to the > difference > between an increase to 1400 lbs. and 1315 lbs.? Would this be feasible? > How > would it affect weight and balance? How would it affect flying control in > the > low speed area? Has anyone ever tried to do this? What might the FAA think > of > this approach. > > The increase of 55 lbs. to the gross would make many of us (both those > flying assport pilots and those flying with higher certificates) "legal" > with full > tanks and two people. I would be willing to start the field approval > process > with our local FSDO office if any of you could confirm that it might have > a good > chance for approval. > > Thanks for your thoughts. > > John Roach > Crystal Lake, IL based at 10C > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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