design_er
8th May 2014, 01:32
Hello,
What would be the correct process of building the first aircraft from new model (smaller 2 or 4 seat aircraft) that is intended for either "normal/special" (or whatever) certification from FAA or EASA, intended for serial production?
If I (and my team of engineers) have, say, ..correctly calculated and designed airframe, all parts and everything and have selected all subcontractors and workshops (CNC workshops etc..) that will build and assemble the aircraft, but none of us have any "official" aviation engineering licences and aviation related certificates, nor does our company and contractors, but we have the knowledge and contractor workshops have all precise and modern machines, what would be the correct set of steps to produce the first legaly flying aircraft?
Should we:
..first hire a certified aviation engineering company and submit all plans, drawings, calculations etc. to them for checking and approval before building the first flyable certified model or..
..simply build the first prototype that will be first certified as "experimental" and than after many years of flying by test pilots and checking of all parts credible institutions could issue "normal" certificate for such design and it can go to serial production?
Also, do all contractor workshops that would manufacture even the smallest parts (screws, plates etc.) have to have some aviation manufacturing certificates or can it be just general CNC workshop with ISO 9000 certificate?
Thank you for any answers.
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What would be the correct process of building the first aircraft from new model (smaller 2 or 4 seat aircraft) that is intended for either "normal/special" (or whatever) certification from FAA or EASA, intended for serial production?
If I (and my team of engineers) have, say, ..correctly calculated and designed airframe, all parts and everything and have selected all subcontractors and workshops (CNC workshops etc..) that will build and assemble the aircraft, but none of us have any "official" aviation engineering licences and aviation related certificates, nor does our company and contractors, but we have the knowledge and contractor workshops have all precise and modern machines, what would be the correct set of steps to produce the first legaly flying aircraft?
Should we:
..first hire a certified aviation engineering company and submit all plans, drawings, calculations etc. to them for checking and approval before building the first flyable certified model or..
..simply build the first prototype that will be first certified as "experimental" and than after many years of flying by test pilots and checking of all parts credible institutions could issue "normal" certificate for such design and it can go to serial production?
Also, do all contractor workshops that would manufacture even the smallest parts (screws, plates etc.) have to have some aviation manufacturing certificates or can it be just general CNC workshop with ISO 9000 certificate?
Thank you for any answers.
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