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Is the PPD notice no longer required?

You have to drop the nose at the same time if you're not looking at bleeding airspeed at the same time. My point was you can drop the nose and slip to get down without gaining airspeed. You can drop a nose while doing other things, kinda like walking and chewing gum at the same time.

Ah, I gotcha. Well, maybe OP will produce the W&B! lol

True, I just generally hope common sense applies, especially when you're trying to keep your energy state low. Granted, you could dive without picking up airspeed if you still had throttle to pull out or drag to toss out.

Well, to assert that it's not airworthy without seeing the paperwork is just as bad as the assertions he made :) Nose-wheel only isn't inherently unairworthy.

Since when does a nose pant weigh 20lbs? All three are like 20lbs, so each would be more like 7.

Well, I kinda thought we'd all assume that the dive wouldn't be just pushing the nose over.

Short field surrounded by trees?

Sometimes the pretty cover snaps on rather than getting set with an allen screw.

To be fair, that's the least of my concerns. A wheel pant weighs nothing. But nose-only is a rather unusual configuration.

The other cool thing is what had the tail number first

I think I know an A&P or 4 that would be offended at your insinuation that most will sell a signature for crap work. Or IAs that would sign invalid annuals. While I'm sure there are some out there, most folks and shops I talk to are likely just as good as your sales pitch shop. But since...

Unless you're going to force her on the ground, you're only faster while you're not on the ground. In the end, you're going to touch around the same airspeed, meaning you'll wind up in the same place as if you didn't carry it in the first place, right? The extra speed, in my opinion, just...

When I need one now and I don't have one of the right blank, or one with the wrong pin count... or something else :-)

But you have to fab a bump key to make that work. Pain in the rear.

They changed on a dime, then! Glad to hear it. Friday was the last I talked to them.

There are exceptions to the rule, but it's not easy (or even possible) for most equipment yet. That makes the general rule a no. Sure, some things are easy now (AoA), but you're not getting a non-certified G5 signed off, nor are you getting something like a G3X yet.

The guy I spoke to last on the matter made it sound like they weren't even concerned. Now, it could have been all for show... It could have been that they were out of the loop... It could have even been that they're going to let Dynon pave the way and capitalize on it, knowing that the brand...

Why not just fly in to Oshkosh? The arrival is easy and a whole lot of fun.

I love it when people think they know what you do better than you do lol