Thanks Pat for that. I had known that something like this was in the works but
not when or the extent of it would come out. If you study it, it essentially
eliminates the builder assistance centers that all too many kit manufacturers
these days rely on for builders to be able to complete their kits. As some of
you know, I am not, nor have I ever been, an advocate of factory builder
assistance programs. These were originally started because of poor engineering
and the rush to bring an otherwise unfinished kit design to market, but ended up
being a great income source for the manufacturer and a path around the 51
percent build rules. This puts the LP1 in a great position I believe as it is
designed for ease of building without the need to have a builder assistance
program, while it forces many existing kits to go 'back to their roots'

--- In algiecompositeaircraft@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick P" <panzera@...> wrote:
>
> Friends,
>
> The FAA has published a new interpretation of the 51% rule and it may
adversely impact many of you who are still building.
>
> There is an article in the current Experimental
http://www.eaa.org/experimenter/issues/0910.html
> that may help put you at ease or have you scrambling for an alternative.
>
> If you are not currently an Experimenter subscriber, please consider
subscribing. This is an EAA member benefit that is currently available to
non-members and I don't know how long that will last. At some time in the future
it may go members-only and hopefully if you are a subscriber at that time, you
might be grandfathered in.
>
> ...and please pass this along!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Pat
>