Anderson Ed wrote:

Hi Paul, no did not get a chance.  Mark Wrathful (on your net from
Austria) stopped into Dulls International on his return from a business
trip. I picked him up and we spent the night and next day (Saturday)
swapping airplane and engine stories and also had another individual
interested in building an RV stop by at the hangar. Sunday was not a
flying day. But, looks like two good days coming up this weekend to fly
and I will get in some time. I really want to convince myself that the
40-50F drop in oil temp gained thanks to your snorkel nozzle suggestion
was not a figment of my imagination.   {:>}

Also, I became sufficiently concerned that my modest mods to my oil
cooling system airflow circuit might invalidate my air worthiness
certificate and therefore render my insurance useless.  I contacted my
local FAA FSO and explained my situation.  They on the one hand did not
appear to believe my work constituted a "Major" mod at least not for a
homebuilt. However they were kind enough to suggest that if I were
concerned about the possible insurance implications for me to send them
a brief description and a sketch and they would stick it in my "file"
and that way I would be covered.  Basically, it sounds like I won't have
to fly any additional hours.  They stated that if I did not hear further
from them then my action was complete. I don't expect to hear further.
Sometimes those guys are helpful.

This entire insurance thing about "major" mods is aggravating to say the
least. Certainly does not make me feel that the $$ are buying me any
certainty of coverage.

Ed Anderson

Maybe you need a letter to/from the insurance company to cover your
butt.
You could send them a form letter every time you made a change :-)

PL
 
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