Thank you for your good work VH-XXX. 27 posts before the definitive answer.
The CASA website copy of 20.18 that I was referencing (link below) is
not amended. If it had been, this storm in a teacup wouldn't have happened.
OLDASSET
Just goes to show that you need to look at the Comlaw website copy of any regs.
As for radios, I hope Dynon do get their radio approved because it saves space and complements the rest of the system. Since YMMB is class D and I also may wish to regularly transit around YMAV, I need something that is approved.
Dynon on their support forum said their radio was not approved by anyone - but I assume they must have forgotten their own FCC?
Next question. What would be the point of fitting a certificated versus uncertificated version of the same engine in anexperimental aircraft and would it remain certified is not maintained by a LAME?
Civil Aviation Order 20.18 Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 2)
1 Name of instrument
This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 20.18 Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 2).
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after registration.
3 Amendment of Civil Aviation Order 20.18
Schedule 1 amends Civil Aviation Order 20.18.
Schedule 1 Amendments
[1] Paragraph 3.2 omit A insert Subject to paragraph 3A.1, a
[2] Paragraph 3.3 omit A insert Subject to paragraph 3A.2, a
[3] Paragraph 3.4 omi An insert Subject to paragraph 3A.3, an
[4] New subsection 3A after subsection 3, insert
3A Operations to which flight and navigation equipment requirements do not apply
3A.1 Paragraph 3.2 does not apply to a helicopter that operates under the V.F.R., and for which an experimental certificate has been issued under paragraph 21.191 (g) or (h) of CASR 1998, if equipment is carried that provides a pilot with the same information that would be obtained by compliance with the requirements of Appendix VI for operations by day, or Appendix VIII if approved for operations by night.
3A.2 Paragraph 3.3 does not apply to a balloon that operates by day under the V.F.R.:
(a) being an aircraft for which a current certificate of airworthiness as a light sport aircraft (LSA) has been issued; or
(b) being an aircraft for which an experimental certificate has been issued under paragraph 21.191 (g), (h) or (j) or an LSA for which an experimental certificate has been issued under paragraph 21.191 (k) of CASR 1998;
if equipment is carried that provides a pilot with the same information that would be obtained by compliance with the requirements of Appendix X.
3A.3 Paragraph 3.4 does not apply to any other aircraft that operates under the V.F.R.:
(a) being an aircraft for which a current certificate of airworthiness as an LSA has been issued; or
(b) being an aircraft for which an experimental certificate has been issued under paragraph 21.191 (g), (h) or (j) or an LSA for which an experimental certificate has been issued under paragraph 21.191 (k), of CASR 1998;
if equipment is carried that provides a pilot with the same information that would be obtained by compliance with the requirements of Appendix I for operations by day, or Appendix IV if approved for operations by night.
3A.4 An aircraft referred to in paragraphs 3A.1 to 3A.3 that is approved to operate at night and is equipped with an Electronic Flight Information System (EFIS), or other means of electronically displaying the required information, must be provided with a battery-powered back-up, or another form of instrumentation independent of the aircraft electrical system, that is approved by an authorised person as suitable, in the case of a failure of the aircraft electrical system, for the purpose of enabling the pilot to divert to and use a safe landing site.
3A.5 If an aircraft equipped as required under paragraph 3A.4 has a battery-powered back-up to an EFIS, the back-up must be of sufficient capacity to power the EFIS panel or other display for 90 minutes and must be fully charged before the commencement of a flight at night.
3A.6 Subject to paragraph 3A.7, an Australian registered aircraft may be operated without compliance with the flight and navigation equipment requirements in subsections 3 and 4 of this Order if it can show compliance with an equivalent level of safety, as determined by the type certificating authority for the aircraft, taking into consideration its intended operation.
3A.7 The type certificating authority for the aircraft must be a recognised authority.
3A.8 In paragraph 3A.7, recognised authority means an authority of a country listed in regulation 21.012 of CASR 1998.
[5] Paragraph 4.1 omit An insert Subject to subsection 3A, an
[6] Paragraph 4.2 omit A insert Subject to subsection 3A, a
Civil Aviation Order 20.18 Amendment Instrument 2012 (No. 2)