Originally Posted by tottigol
Shawn did the King Air weight increase change its certification requirements?
Here we are talking about an aircraft that has been certified to Pt.27 of the FAR and its manufacturer is asking to certify under the more stringent Pt.29 without recertification process.
It's not just a 500 lbs issue like Bell would like most of you to believe, like for example for the bell 407.
Originally Posted by RVDT
So what stopped the 429 being a Part 29 aircraft and be done with it?
I completely agree with them! It's too simple to certify your helicopter under less stringent regulation and then ask for weight increse due to your h/c do not have enough payload to perform any mission!