dhall_polo
Well Known Member
From rec.aviation.homebuilt newsgroup.......
Lot of stuff lately about revisions/modifications to the FAA's enforcement of the 51% rule.
We don't really need it. Here are the Top Ten Ways an Inspector Knows that an Amateur Builder Constructed the Aircraft:
10. Bloodstains on plans seem to emphasize the middle digit
9. Builder knows how to pronounce "Bingelis"
8. Shop has at least one piece of hardware inadvertently attached to the floor
7. "Hired Gun" shop pin-up: Claudia Schiffer. Homebuilder shop pin-up:
Burt Rutan
6. Builder owns no clothing without bits of wood, aluminum, and/or epoxy stuck to them
5. Whole 'nother airplane in the scrap bin
4. At least one template made out of a pizza box
3. Bumper on builder's car held on by clecos
2. EAA Technical Counselor's phone number on telephone speed dialer
And finally, the Number 1 way an FAA inspector knows that an Amateur built the
aircraft:
1. The builder's children look like the UPS deliveryman!
I'll add some RV specific tests:
5. Builder has a permanent BAC (blood-aluminum concentration) of .10 aluminum dust.
4. Builder exhibits post traumatic stress signs if the phrase "tip-up canopy" is uttered.
3. Builder has random furniture and household items with odd aluminum modifications.
2. Builder can provide at least 6 tools that have been greatly modified to reach around a corner into a tight space upside down and backwards.
1... I'll leave this to creativity of vaf...
Lot of stuff lately about revisions/modifications to the FAA's enforcement of the 51% rule.
We don't really need it. Here are the Top Ten Ways an Inspector Knows that an Amateur Builder Constructed the Aircraft:
10. Bloodstains on plans seem to emphasize the middle digit
9. Builder knows how to pronounce "Bingelis"
8. Shop has at least one piece of hardware inadvertently attached to the floor
7. "Hired Gun" shop pin-up: Claudia Schiffer. Homebuilder shop pin-up:
Burt Rutan
6. Builder owns no clothing without bits of wood, aluminum, and/or epoxy stuck to them
5. Whole 'nother airplane in the scrap bin
4. At least one template made out of a pizza box
3. Bumper on builder's car held on by clecos
2. EAA Technical Counselor's phone number on telephone speed dialer
And finally, the Number 1 way an FAA inspector knows that an Amateur built the
aircraft:
1. The builder's children look like the UPS deliveryman!
I'll add some RV specific tests:
5. Builder has a permanent BAC (blood-aluminum concentration) of .10 aluminum dust.
4. Builder exhibits post traumatic stress signs if the phrase "tip-up canopy" is uttered.
3. Builder has random furniture and household items with odd aluminum modifications.
2. Builder can provide at least 6 tools that have been greatly modified to reach around a corner into a tight space upside down and backwards.
1... I'll leave this to creativity of vaf...
