Experimentals and ATC

[flyingron]

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(4) An aircraft identification approved by the FAA for use by aircraft stations participating in an organized flying activity of short duration.

27K: Blue Navion, Fond Du Lac
OSH: Blue Navion, Report Warbird Island.

 

[roncachamp]

There are a number of provisions in my Experimental Operating Limitations that ATC may invoke if they choose and they would in doing so treat me differently than a standard certificated airplane.

What are they?

 

[jnmeade]

Primarily having to do with operations over built-up areas, etc. the usual ones that are in many experimental Opn Limts. I can only do them with ATC concurrence.
However, this is a moot point. The question of advising ATC is simple.
1. My Opns Limits require me to do so.
2. I choose to announce at the first or second transmission and believe that makes good sense.
That's all there is to it for me. You can do whatever you want. I could care less.

 

[roncachamp]

Primarily having to do with operations over built-up areas, etc. the usual ones that are in many experimental Opn Limts. I can only do them with ATC concurrence.

What are they and how does ATC treat you differently than a standard certificated airplane?

However, this is a moot point. The question of advising ATC is simple.
1. My Opns Limits require me to do so.
2. I choose to announce at the first or second transmission and believe that makes good sense.
That's all there is to it for me. You can do whatever you want. I could care less.

I believe the question was how controllers keep up with what type of experimental the aircraft is. There's no question that towers must be advised that the aircraft is experimental, it's required by regulation. You'd have to do it even if it wasn't in your Opns Limits.

 

[PW_Plack]

As a crazy-smart RF Engineer friend says, "Passive Intermod(ulation Interference) is the Devil's snack food!"

I recently suggested to a guy with an experimental that he capacitively couple his feedline to the aluminum foil tape radials on his fiberglass pod, mag-mount style, rather than directly connect the stainless steel mount or copper braid to the aluminum frame, to avoid that issue. We're going to see how it works, whether he can now hear av-band while flying near FM broadcast towers, and whether the SWR bandwidth is improved by the slight loss of efficiency.

I guess I was bored enough to type all that up. Whee.

I, for one, found it worthwhile!
73, AE4KR/7

 

[roncachamp]

I would've lost that bet.

What bet?

 

[NineThreeKilo]

Pretty much the same way. The more common homebuilts have specific type designators; RV4, RV6, T18, the Wittman Tailwind is TAIL, the Rutan LongEZ is LGEZ, and quite a few others. There are also general type designators for homebuilts. Aircraft with a cruise KIAS of 100 or less have the type designator HXA. Those with a cruise of 101 to 200 are HXB, and those over 200 are HXC.

+1

Also tailwinds are AWSOME planes, wonder why more folks on here arnt rocking those?!