Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
Why put it on before C of A Sunfish?
YOU are the manufacturer of your Experimental aircraft so you can fit whatever you want with a logbook entry.
Fitting it prior to C of A issue is pointless because there will be no paperwork for it and unless you took photos of the mount fitted at the issue of your C of A, there’s no protection from the method you have described.
Squawk,
Sunfish is correct, you are quite wrong.
If you want to fit it after the delegate issues the original certificate, said delegate or an equivalent must inspect the aircraft and issue a new certificate after the modification.
Tootle pip!!