Guys and gals,
A guy has contacted us, asking for help in getting his approval for the landing gear spacers to get his tail up to the correct height. Paul wrote: > I need advice on installing spacers to raise the tail back to it > prescribed height. According to inspectors I worked with, the > FAA is looking at 337s to do this type of work as almost an STC. > The Des Moines FSDO requested that a mechanical DER approve > data, although they didn't say what kind of data. I have my own > guess since I have been doing avionics flight test certification as > a DAS AR for the last 8 years on many different types of business > aircraft. They also wanted instructions for continued airworthiness > (ICA). I am looking for anyone who has recently, in the last 1-2 > years, that installed spacers on the main gear and whether they > had it approved via a field approval. Here are comments and questions for anyone who can help . . . One person wrote: > First off, it is my present understanding that it is not necessary > to get 337 approval from one's "local" FSDO. > > If so, why not have this guy contract with an IA that has (successfully) > gotten this approved before like (perhaps?) Lynn Nelson, Paul Anton > or Jan Zanutto. If this is workable, it's a whole lot easier than a STC, > thus much easier to go around the FAA as an obstruction than taking > it on "head to head" ;<) So, experts, what's the best way to not only help Paul but to establish a permanent, simple path for Coupe owners throughout a long future? Is it best to just keep using form 337s and shopping for a friendly FSDO? Or, do we need to get a DER to write up an engineering report for us? Do we need to get an STC? What should we do? Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???")
