Originally Posted by
Sunfish
i thinkmi’ll just give up. there is nothing in there about maintenance of experimental aircraft.
Sunfish,
If it faithfully follows FAR 43 (as CASA claims to do) it will not apply to aircraft other than standard category aircraft.
FAR 43 exempts all Experimental Amateur Built, which will (should) have their own arrangements. If CASA does this (as it originally promised in 1999), it will eliminate on of the big bugbears of Experimental Amateur Built maintenance, the "exemptions" that we have existed under since 1998..
Continuing Airworthiness requirements/maintenance requirements are issued by the delegate who issues the Experimental (or other Special Flight) Certificate.
Tootle pip!!
FAR 43§ 43.1 Applicability.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (d) of this section, this part prescribes rules governing the
maintenance,
preventive maintenance, rebuilding, and alteration of any -(1)
Aircraft having a U.S. airworthiness certificate;(2) Foreign-registered
civil aircraft used in common carriage or carriage of mail under the provisions of Part 121 or 135 of this chapter; and(3)
Airframe,
aircraft engines, propellers, appliances, and component parts of such
aircraft.
(b)
This part does not apply to -(1) Any
aircraft for which the
FAA has issued an experimental certificate, unless the
FAA has previously issued a different kind of airworthiness certificate for that
aircraft;(2) Any
aircraft for which the
FAA has issued an experimental certificate under the provisions of
§ 21.191(i)(3) of this chapter, and the
aircraft was previously issued a special airworthiness certificate in the light-sport category under the provisions of
§ 21.190 of this chapter; or(3) Any
aircraft subject to the provisions of
part 107 of this chapter.