I just received a preliminary visit from an inspector from the local FSDO. He came down to look "under the hood" at all the plumbing/wiring/rigging/etc., as he wants the plane to be ready to fly when he comes back in a week or two for the official airworthiness inspection.
He made an off-hand comment about the test phase being 20-30 hours long. I told him that I was expecting something more like 5-10 hours. I understand that the length of the test phase is at his discretion, but I got the feeling that he wasn't extremely familiar with ELSAs or RV-12s in particular.
I'm just wondering if others have been given such a long Phase One...? Does anyone have any advice for me to help convince him that a shorter test phase is appropriate/typical?
Thanks!
He made an off-hand comment about the test phase being 20-30 hours long. I told him that I was expecting something more like 5-10 hours. I understand that the length of the test phase is at his discretion, but I got the feeling that he wasn't extremely familiar with ELSAs or RV-12s in particular.
I'm just wondering if others have been given such a long Phase One...? Does anyone have any advice for me to help convince him that a shorter test phase is appropriate/typical?
Thanks!