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 Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:57 am Post subject: What is the status of progress towards FAA approval of the R |
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Query to Van's A/C
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What is the status of progress towards FAA approval of the RV12 as a S-LSA
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Response from Van's A/C
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Roger, Well under way. We are not allowed to submit any part of the paperwork for S-LSA
approval until we have the entire package complete which requires that we have all of the
subkits in final configuration...including avionics and firewall forward packages. We are
getting close on these and will be submitting the completed package to the FAA just as soon
as we have it all finalized and in good order.
You may have heard that the FAA recently started doing audits on some of the existing S-
LSA mfgs out there. Overall grade...D! The FAA has allowed S-LSA mfgs to essentially self-
approve by submitting an affidavit stating that they have accomplished all of the flight test,
manual, maintenance program, QA requirements, etc. The FAA accepted the affidavit as
proof that the testing and documentation was complete...apparently not the case with some
S-LSA mfgs.
Bottom line, when Van's submits the package for S-LSA certification for the RV-12, we
expect it will become the 'gold-standard' for S-LSA certification. Our engineering crew has
been very thorough and we expect no 'bumps' once it is submitted. We appreciate your
patience and are working hard to finalize the RV-12 project.
Thanks, scott at van's
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