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zenithlist(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: Effects of Grounding 601XL |
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I have been working on my 601XL like a mad-dog finishing it up and am waiting for the FAA to inspect my 601XL mid-May. I suppose the FAA won't inspect/issue me an airworthiness certificate no matter how well I build my airplane if the FAA ground the 601XL. Just my luck? As for Zenith, I hope they can be pro-active and address the potential fluttering issues whether real or imaginary so the 601XLs can regain the status as a flying machine and not as expensive three-wheels go-cart with wings. Ladies and gentlemen, it's only a matter of time before the FAA ground all 601XLs so let's have a beer or two and hopefully a fix or two come along by the time we get sobber.
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grs-pms(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:32 pm Post subject: Effects of Grounding 601XL |
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John:
The sky is not yet falling.
At this point, the FAA has said and done nothing at all. The NTSB makes recommendations which the FAA may accept or reject. In many cases the FAA seems to take a "not invented here" attitude and rejects the NTSB recommendation. Also, it is not clear (to me, anyway) that the NTSB's authority extends to amateur-built aircraft.
If I were in the happy position of having a 601XL project ready for inspection, I think I'd go ahead and give it a shot. The wheels of government often turn slowly.
George
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bryanmmartin
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:13 am Post subject: Effects of Grounding 601XL |
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Just call your airplane a Smith Special or some such on the paperwork.
After all, you are the manufacturer, you can call your airplane
anything you want. If the FAA decides to ground all 601 XL amateur
built airplanes, they're going to have to ground each one
individually. I doubt very much that they have the manpower or the
desire to put out that kind of effort. They can't ground the whole
type because there is no type certificate. Each homebuilt is
considered a one of a kind airplane.
On Apr 14, 2009, at 10:48 PM, John Smith wrote:
| Quote: | I have been working on my 601XL like a mad-dog finishing it up and
am waiting for the FAA to inspect my 601XL mid-May. I suppose the
FAA won't inspect/issue me an airworthiness certificate no matter
how well I build my airplane if the FAA ground the 601XL. Just my
luck? As for Zenith, I hope they can be pro-active and address the
potential fluttering issues whether real or imaginary so the 601XLs
can regain the status as a flying machine and not as expensive three-
wheels go-cart with wings. Ladies and gentlemen, it's only a matter
of time before the FAA ground all 601XLs so let's have a beer or two
and hopefully a fix or two come along by the time we get sobber.
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N61BM, CH 601 XL,
RAM Subaru, Stratus redrive.
do not archive.
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ashontz
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:14 am Post subject: Re: Effects of Grounding 601XL |
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Yes, should be titled "Effects of grounding LSA CH601XLs". Like Martin Pohl said in another thread (I think that's his name, the guy from Switzerland) it'll be the most thoroughly tested homebuilt airplane flying. The fact that some of them are grounded is due to the fact they some of them are LSA.
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notsew_evets(at)frontiern
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| Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:25 am Post subject: Effects of Grounding 601XL |
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What the factory did with the AvidFlyers was to send out a mandatory
bulletin stating "no further flights until the balance was installed".
FAA never was involved.
SW
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