Look at this from the Mazda rep's position.. "YAY it has been modified!
now
it is someone else's fault and Mazda won't get the bad rep for it"  ...
not a
stupid person.
...Chrissi

Cozy Mk-IV 13B-turbo
www.CozyGirrrl.com
Chrissi@BlueMountainAvionics.com

Yes but does that further the goals of the NTSB? Therein lies the problem.
The NTSB should be smart enough to determine this for themselves and not
rely on people with vested interest. I have seen this happen before in
crash cases.
A case of letting the cat baby sit the canary.

Paul Lamar

In my opinion the engine should never have been taken to
a Mazda dealer to begin with.

I think it will be bad news for all of us if Mazda is ever found
at fault for an aviation-related incident.  How could it possibly
be their fault?  Homebuilders should accept responsibility for
their modifications.  One way to do this is to not call your
engine a "Mazda 13B" when applying for your registration
and airworthiness certificates.  I did this at the recommendation
of my FAA DAR.  My engine is a "Mick 13B".  The DAR
said people often do this if they modify the engine, even with
Lycoming engines.

--
Perry Mick
Duckt N7XR
http://www.ductedfan.com

Thats a good point Perry. The engine is not an important identifier for the
aircraft. Some designers get the heebee geebies over mods the builders make
and insist they register as something else. I personally think this is a load
of crap and the designers need to get over it or out of it if that is the
case. granted there are a lot of stupid people out there, some of which build
airplanes and make stupid mods. that is going to happen in any industry..look
at what people do to their cars. You don't see GM or Ford coming down on
them?

I think it is an important part of the aircraft's identity that it is
registered as whatever it's root identity is. If nothing else it is a matter
of safety. If I am in a lineup of planes trying to get into Osh or anywhere
else or just trying to identify myself it would be a lot clearer to respond
that I was a Cozy than a "Chrissi Dumafloggie Xr- Rg Turbo"  ...the Cozy will
be immediatly recognizable. Safe simple clear communication. So if the
designer does not like that our plane is turbo rotary powered with a dihedral
canard and full retracts.. oh well, get over it.
...Chrissi

Cozy Mk-IV 13B-turbo
www.CozyGirrrl.com
Chrissi@BlueMountainAvionics.com

Bulent Aliev wrote:

Guys and Girls, how about us coming up with our own name for the rotary
installation and all of us register our aircraft with this engine name?
Bulent

Then we need a committee that will inspect the engine installation and
give its OK before permission is granted to call it that name.  There
has to be a quality control process that will verify the risk factor of
the engine installation.  Are we willing and/or ready to do that.
We do need a safe engine installation.

Rino

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