Building a zenith 750

[donjohnston]

Can it also be signed off by a builder with a Repairman Certificate? Seems very single threaded.

I believe it can be signed off by the builder with the Repairman Certificate.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Does a light sport require the same annual inspection as a regular airplane does?

Depends on how the light sport aircraft is certificated - and it the type of certificate that makes the difference, not if it meets the requirements for light sport or not.

The Zenith 750 appears to fall under the E-AB rule which means an annual condition inspection by the original builder (or one of the original builders) with a repairman's certificate, or an A&P.

Other light sport aircraft are different. If it was certificated with a "standard" certificate, it's no different than your Cessna 310. E-LSA you can get an inspection rating with a 16 hour class (or let yer A&P do it). S-LSA you need the maintenance rating which is an 80 to 120 hour class.

https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/com...lider-lsa-got-kinda-long.101402/#post-2233944

 

[yakdriver]

Only the original builder can get the Repairman Certificate for the airplane he built. It does not extend to type.