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"has the effect of continuing the FAA's recently adopted responsibility of
protecting the intellectual property of STC holders. "
The new rules do not touch the issue of STC's that get abandoned or simply
do not have an intellectual property holder, when he died and no one takes
over the STC.
I think such STC should be allowed to grand father into the TC it was
written for.
Without the need to protect someone's work one should just be allowed to
take advantage of the previous approved modifications.
There are O-200 engines available for 415-Cs or Split elevator
installations and other goodies that our birds could use.
But the FAA acts as if people would live forever. But it looks like my
Ercoupe will outlive me. It is already older than me, but in a better shape. (A
lot can be done on an aircraft with money in the contrary to me).
Hartmut
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Here is a posting from AVWeb 10-11-06
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In response to recent mandates by Congress, the FAA is
changing its rules to require written permission from a supplemental type
certificate (STC) holder to use its data for follow-on installations that
alter the affected aircraft, engine or propeller. The changes became
effective Oct. 2, 2006. Although written in a manner requiring the STC
holder to report to the FAA when it grants permission for installation of
the STC, the new FAR, Section 21.120, has the effect of continuing the FAA's
recently adopted responsibility of protecting the intellectual property of
STC holders.
The FAA also added a new Section 91.403(d), which requires a
person altering an aircraft based on an STC to only do so if he or she holds
the STC or has written permission from its holder. According to the Aircraft
Electronics Association, the two new rules leave some questions unanswered,
including whether an avionics installation, typically performed pursuant to
an STC but by using the manufacturer's data, is considered "use of the STC
data" as specified in the law.
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