Howdy, Netters; Since the list is pretty quiet, I'm going to take up some bandwidth in order to add a bit of clarification and detail to what John posted about the forum presentation on recent changes to the repairman certification under MOSAIC and the ratings and categories that fall under that certification.
First of all, complete explanatory information on this subject is in a 67-page FAA document, Advisory Circular 65-32B. You can do a lot of snooping around on the internet for a deeper dive into other aspects of this, but for our purposes, this AC says it all and then some. In fact, only about half the pages in the AC apply to KRs and to us as KR owners, pilots, and builders. Here's a link: AC 65-32B<https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_65-32B.pdf> . If the link doesn't make it through our filter, it's https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_65-32B.pdf . Accept no substitutes (such as AC 65-32A, which has been superseded). Next, recognize that there are various types of aircraft covered under the rules and described in the AC, but since the Gathering is KR-specific, the forum will be specific to experimental, amateur-built (E-AB) aircraft that meet the definition of a Light Sport Aircraft as stipulated in the modernized "light-sport category" under Part 22. This new category definition is set to go into force this July 24, 2026 and it eliminates the strict 1,320-pound weight limit formerly imposed on LSA and other things that will broaden the definition. Interestingly though, the definition excludes rockets as an acceptable powerplant for LSAs. Sorry, guys ;o) We will not discuss balloons, weight-shift trikes, gliders, rotorcraft, or other categories and classes of aircraft that are also now able to be considered for repairman certification under MOSAIC. We won't discuss S-LSA aircraft, which are factory-built. We won't discuss certificated aircraft like Cessnas and Pipers, some of which will meet the new light-sport category description. We will not discuss the "maintenance" rating that is available to certified LSA repairmen under MOSAIC since we'll be focusing on KRs as personally-owned E-AB aircraft that we can maintain ourselves anyway. The rating we will discuss is "inspection", which will allow us to perform the condition inspections on our own KRs and make logbook entries of this type: + + + + July 4,2026 TT250.0 I certify that this aircraft has been inspected on [date] in accordance with the scope and detail of 14 CFR Part 43 Appendix D, and was found to be in a condition for safe operation. {signed} K.R. Netter, LSRI-A #1234567 +++++ We /may/ discuss the possibility of there now being a lower bar for someone to jump over to become a KR owner and pilot under these rule changes since a new entry path exists for a person with Sport Pilot and LSRI-A certificates and ratings to go out and buy a complete and flying KR and then operate, maintain, and inspect it without an airman medical of any class, with only 20 hours of flight experience, without having built any part of the airplane at all, and without an A&P certificate. However, as with all things: "just because you /can/ do it doesn't mean you /should/!" We may take that discussion outdoors with some refreshments though. Oscar Zuniga Medford, OR KR 1.5 N335KC "Sunbeam", in restoration
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