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On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:29:58 -0400, Ernest Christley
<echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote:
>Morgans wrote:
>> "Ernest Christley" <echristley@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:45fda410$0$28143$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>>> I've just been informed by the designer of the aircraft that I'm
>>> building that there is a possibility that he may not allow me to use an
>>> alternative engine. Granted that weight and balance, as well as power
>>> requirements must reasonably lie within allowable ranges, what is the roll
>>> of the kit or plans manufacturer in the final homebuilt aircraft? Will the
>>> FAA award him the power to veto my airworthiness certificate?
>>
>> No way he can do anything other than stop supporting you, in any way.
>>
>> Do you have all of your parts from him? Do you think there is anything that
>> you will absolutely need to ask him, from here on out, that you can not
>> complete the airplane without his answers?
>>
>> If your answers are yes and no, then do not worry about it. All his plans
>> are is a suggested way to build an airplane. How you build it and what
>> modifications you make are entirely up to you.
>>
>> It figures he would pull that crap. I always thought he was a primadonna.
>
>He never supplied parts, and getting him to answer a technical question
>has always been like pulling an eye-tooth.
>
>Follow the plans...but the part is not made anymore...stick to the
>plans...but the measurements contradict...just stick to the plans...
>
>I am going to call the Greensboro FSDO tomorrow and I have sent an email to
>the EAA Headquarters. The idea that I can be cut off after 5years of
>building really sticks in my craw. Even the insinuation is unbearable.
Well, do check with them for your own peace of mind, but there ain't
nothin - and I do mean nothin - that he can do. It's faintly
theoretically possible that if you include his name in the registered
name type of your airplane he could have grounds to sue you, but it's
never happened and probably never will.
Just to be on the safe side, call it something else when you register
it.
Frankly, the big change that needs to be done to your airplane is it
needs fixed main gear and a lower ground attitude. One man's opinion,
YMMV.
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Re: Whose airplane is it anyway?
