Fly Bum wrote:

I spoke with the fellow that did this conversion and
it indeed can be done- he did it by just
combining/rebuilding parts from several aircraft.

There's so much crap/misinformation out there about
converting a certified plane to experimental.
Basically it boils down to the inspector.  If you have
one that's fair then all you do is fill out the FAA's
checklist, add up the boxes for the owner category and
add up the boxes for the non-owner category and see
which wins.  If it's the former then congrats- you now
own an experimental.

Basically you are proving that the aircraft is
"amateur built"- IOW *you* are the manufacturer.
There's nothing more to it.

One dream of mine is to build an affordable
backcountry twin by taking an Apache, stripping the
retract system (and a LOT of weight), putting big
tires on, two 13bs, and end up with a plane I can take
into the backcountry and that carries a ridiculous
amount of weight and has lots of room. Granted it will
take more than just doing these items to comply with
51% but not a whole lot more.  Go through the list and
see for your particular case (I have the list at home
in an FAA publication but don't have the website for
it).

Jo a

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