My opinion is that a second pilot in a KR on the first flight is a recipe for disaster. There is a reason that the FAA has required only one pilot and working your way up with increased weight and exploring the CG envelope in steps has been the way it has been done in the past. An already overweight KR on it first flight and exploring slow flight and stalls before the first landing does not sound good. With something like an RV that is nearly the same as any other RV out there the second pilot idea might not be that bad.
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: KR> Additional pilot now allowed on homebuilt first flights From: John Bouyea via KRnet <krnet at list.krnet.org> List-Post: [email protected] Date: Sat, October 04, 2014 5:04 am To: "'Eric James Pitts'" <eric.pitts at frontier.com>, "'KRnet'" <krnet at list.krnet.org> Eric, Thanks for passing on notice of this AC http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_90-116.pdf I read only part of it and stopped where it says; " 8. DETERMINING AIRCRAFT ELIGIBILITY. Eligible aircraft must meet all of the following requirements detailed below: a. Experimental Certificate. Experimental certificate issued under ? 21.191(g), Operating amateur-built aircraft, or ? 21.191(i)(2), Operating light-sport aircraft. b. Kit-Built Aircraft. Currently the FAA is limiting aircraft eligibility to those aircraft built from a kit. These aircraft have the highest population and consistency from aircraft to aircraft. Plans-built aircraft will not be considered at this time." The FAA kit list is here; http://www.faa.gov/aircraft/gen_av/ultralights/amateur_built/kits/media/amateur_built_kit_listing.pdf So our "plans-built" KR's don't qualify. Bummer. My first flight ended in an incident the inspector termed "hard contact with runway" Talking with Zipper, another pilot aboard might have prevented this incident. Maybe the FAA & EAA will extend the program to include plans-built aircraft in the future. I hope so. John Bouyea N5391M/ KR2 OR81/ Hillsboro, OR -----Original Message----- From: KRnet [mailto:krnet-bounces at list.krnet.org] On Behalf Of Eric James Pitts via KRnet Sent: Friday, October 03, 2014 10:26 AM To: krnet at list.krnet.org Subject: KR> Additional pilot now allowed on homebuilt first flights Additional pilot now allowed on homebuilt first flights October 2, 2014 by General Aviation News Staff _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
