MartySantic
Well Known Member
Copied this from an e-mail that I received.
What is the status of progress towards FAA approval of the RV12 as a S-LSA?
Response from Van's A/C
Well under way. We are not allowed to submit any part of the paperwork for S-LSA approval until we have the entire package complete which requires that we have all of the subkits in final configuration...including avionics and firewall forward packages. We are getting close on these and will be submitting the completed package to the FAA just as soon as we have it all finalized and in good order.
You may have heard that the FAA recently started doing audits on some of the existing S-LSA mfgs out there. Overall grade...D! The FAA has allowed S-LSA mfgs to essentially self-approve by submitting an affidavit stating that they have accomplished all of the flight test, manual, maintenance program, QA requirements, etc. The FAA accepted the affidavit as proof that the testing and documentation was complete...apparently not the case with some S-LSA mfgs.
Bottom line, when Van's submits the package for S-LSA certification for the RV-12, we expect it will become the 'gold-standard' for S-LSA certification. Our engineering crew has been very thorough and we expect no 'bumps' once it is submitted. We appreciate your patience and are working hard to finalize the RV-12 project.
Thanks, scott at van's
What is the status of progress towards FAA approval of the RV12 as a S-LSA?
Response from Van's A/C
Well under way. We are not allowed to submit any part of the paperwork for S-LSA approval until we have the entire package complete which requires that we have all of the subkits in final configuration...including avionics and firewall forward packages. We are getting close on these and will be submitting the completed package to the FAA just as soon as we have it all finalized and in good order.
You may have heard that the FAA recently started doing audits on some of the existing S-LSA mfgs out there. Overall grade...D! The FAA has allowed S-LSA mfgs to essentially self-approve by submitting an affidavit stating that they have accomplished all of the flight test, manual, maintenance program, QA requirements, etc. The FAA accepted the affidavit as proof that the testing and documentation was complete...apparently not the case with some S-LSA mfgs.
Bottom line, when Van's submits the package for S-LSA certification for the RV-12, we expect it will become the 'gold-standard' for S-LSA certification. Our engineering crew has been very thorough and we expect no 'bumps' once it is submitted. We appreciate your patience and are working hard to finalize the RV-12 project.
Thanks, scott at van's