Originally Posted by
Mee3
CAA only qualifies rotorcraft kit with 2 seats or less. I tried the configuration, no option for other than 5 seats. This is another interesting point too.
That only means that a) the factory doesn’t want to do it yet or b) that the CAA haven’t done more than two seats to date. When the factory is ready, the CAA must expand with that need or lose that need to be developed abroad - and their 21G revenue with it - meaning that the CAA will be accused of driving any prospective builder abroad.
The CAA haven’t built a large Airship in living memory, but they are prepared to certify the next Airlander - a 40 tonne mass of aircraft....?
Your discussion on HOW to build it is the reason why I stated earlier “with appropriate supervision”. Kit building is normally about the airframe and undercarriage, not the bigger or more important assemblies.
Anyone building an aircraft will have to have ‘Build Inspections’ and approvals by nominated engineers from the first opening of the crate to count the parts through the whole assembly and especially key points of that build. Any gearbox is very unlikely to be built in a home environment and engines will be supplied as complete as possible to prevent tinkering with them. ‘Witnessed’ performance runs will be done before first flight.
Builders will not be left to their own interpretations and devices regarding building something that could endanger people on the ground.