RE: [Titanaircraft] Re: Annual

I already have someone locally who'll work on experimentals. They've already
signed off one annual inspection on my Challenger. I wasn't willing to buy
an experimental until I got that locked down.

There are really only three airports of relevance to me when it comes to
maintenance: Carson City, Minden, and Reno. I did a thorough canvas, and
you're right.not a lot of people will work on experimentals. But I found
one.

I don't know how recent your research is on this, but in today's world,
shops are pretty hungry. As long as your check clears, people will work on a
lot of stuff now that they wouldn't have as recently as 3 years ago.

TCS

From: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of ls78705
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 6:19 PM
To: Titanaircraft@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Titanaircraft] Re: Annual

--- In Titanaircraft@ <mailto:Titanaircraft%40yahoogroups.com>
yahoogroups.com, "Terry Savage" <chaosrider@...> wrote:
>
> Actually, the ELSA/EAB distinction is meaningless to me, since I don't do
my
> own work anyhow.
>

The difference is critical tho for the annual condition inspection,
regardless of whether you work on the plane yourself. So you really have to
be prepared for this.

It's often very hard, and frequently impossible, to find an A&P who'll do a
condition inspection on an Experimental, particularly something like a
titan.
If it's Amateur Built you're stuck with having to find an A&P to do it
(unless the original builder is willing to sign it off). If none of the
local AnP's will touch it, you can be SOL.

If it's ELSA, tho, you can get the CI signed off by someone with a light
sport inspection rating, which can be easier to find. And if all else fails
you can take the class and do them yourself.

In fact, I'd research this before plunking down the money. I didn't take
care of this with JD's plane and I suffered for a while trying to find
someone who'd sign it off. I got lucky and found a couple of locals, but it
was almost to the point I was going to have to sell the plane there for a
while.

> But the warning about other types of registration is timely and
appropriate.
> I hadn't thought of that.
>
> Another potential bite from my GA heritage---in my history, something is
> either registered, or it isn't! This fuzzy middle ground is still new to
me.
>

Fortunately, it's not like Standard category (the cert. type of the typical
GA airplane) where the rules are a lot more stringent (and expensive). But
you can still really get ensnared if you're not prepared beforehand.

But not to worry, you'll still end up working on it yourself at least some
portion of the time anyway whether you realize it or want to or not ;).

But the condition inspection situation can make or break the whole thing, so
check that out thoroughly. See if there's an A&P in your area that's willing
to work on/inspect experimentals before you buy....

LS

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