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Is this a minor alteration, with a log book entry? Hmmmm.
So what's the consensus from folks? Minor alteration or...? If you're looking to keep certification.
Always though that reducing the hump would reduce the stubby look from a side profile.
I'd leave it alone and spend my time on other aspects of completeing the project. They look fine to me and when you change one thing it has been my experience that it effects 2-3 other things.
So what's the consensus from folks? Minor alteration or...? If you're looking to keep certification.
Always though that reducing the hump would reduce the stubby look from a side profile.
Raising the Vee at the rear in my opinion is a minor alteration. This requires no structural changes.
Part 1.1 major Alterations . . . Appreciably affect flight characteristics.
Part 43 Appendix A (a)(1)(iii) fuselage
AFS-300 job aid (D)(4) changes in basic dimension or aerodynamic contour . . .
AC 43-210a figure 3-2 “could the alteration or repair have an appreciable affect on . . . Flight characteristics”
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I don't see how changing the height of a "non-structural" fuselage stringer and inch or so, "appreciably affects flight characteristics". I can believe some IA's interpreting differently.
What are your thoughts on tapering the fuselage by decreasing how far the side stringers stick out on the sides? My Pacer is experimental so I do not require STC's or 337's. This is an extreme alteration....