Mark, I've been told that changing engines (or reconfiguring one) resulting in a change of horsepower is considered a major change. Simply overhauling an engine doesn't constitute a major change.
Ed Ed Janssen mailto:ejans...@chipsnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Langford" <n5...@hiwaay.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: KR> Question about airworthy certificate > Ed Larsen wrote: > > > Don't forget to notify the insurance company of the upgrades and return to > > phase 1 testing either, if something does go afoul they won't cover you > > for the > > mishap. > > I heard the story of the guy swapping carburetors and having his insurance > voided (even though he eventually swapped it back), but I wonder how far > this goes. Does it mean you're supposed to call the FSDO and do 5 hours > after an engine rebuild, or after an engine swapout for a similar engine? > Last time I did this I think the consensus was it was a logbook entry and > then five hours of flyoff time. Or is this a question for the FSDO? > > Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama > see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford > email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
