RussR
En-Route
This paragraph came up on a Facebook group, where someone was building a twin-engine experimental single-seat aircraft (in a Cessna 337-style engine configuration) and contended that they did not need a multiengine rating.
I consider myself pretty good with the regulations*, but I don't do much with experimental aircraft so hadn't read, or hadn't really considered this paragraph before.
This seems to say that as long as you are a pilot of some sort, you can fly an experimental aircraft (which includes E-AB as far as I know), without having the normally-appropriate ratings for that aircraft, as long as you're the only one in it. Doesn't say it has to be single-seat.
So, I've never flown a hot-air balloon, but I could legally build one and fly it, solo.
A Private Pilot - Glider could fly a turboprop-converted RV-10, solo.
An airline pilot with no seaplane experience could fly an experimental seaplane, solo.
Am I reading this correctly? I imagine the practical impact of this is virtually zero, as I imagine most experimental aircraft have ratings requirement written right into their operating limitations when signed off by the DAR.
But what other ramifications does this rule have? It seems to be an unusual one. Is there a real application for this rule? Is it historical?
* Despite what some of you may think after the "XC endorsement thread", but I'm sticking to my views on that one...
I consider myself pretty good with the regulations*, but I don't do much with experimental aircraft so hadn't read, or hadn't really considered this paragraph before.
This seems to say that as long as you are a pilot of some sort, you can fly an experimental aircraft (which includes E-AB as far as I know), without having the normally-appropriate ratings for that aircraft, as long as you're the only one in it. Doesn't say it has to be single-seat.
So, I've never flown a hot-air balloon, but I could legally build one and fly it, solo.
A Private Pilot - Glider could fly a turboprop-converted RV-10, solo.
An airline pilot with no seaplane experience could fly an experimental seaplane, solo.
Am I reading this correctly? I imagine the practical impact of this is virtually zero, as I imagine most experimental aircraft have ratings requirement written right into their operating limitations when signed off by the DAR.
But what other ramifications does this rule have? It seems to be an unusual one. Is there a real application for this rule? Is it historical?
* Despite what some of you may think after the "XC endorsement thread", but I'm sticking to my views on that one...