>Considering that I've started the dialog with my DAR (designated >airworthiness representative) and am preparing for his visit in the next few >weeks, I stumbled across an excellent amateur-built inspection checklist at >http://aea.faa.gov/aea200/ea01/Checklist.htm ... >Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Very good list......... If you can meet the requirements on that list you won't have any problem on the inspection. You will want to be hard on youself as the inspector will likely not check/see everything on the list and if the inspector doesn't catch it and it's wrong it's your a$% in the seat when it starts to fly. I'd suggest you get several other builders that know what they're looking at to check it out several times before the inspector shows up. It's amazing what you can miss on your own project after you have been looking at it for years. I totally overlooked putting safety wire on the crossover cable turnbuckle. The inspector let me safety it while he looked at another aircraft so he didn't have to write it up. Larry Flesner
