Originally Posted by
Bill Greenwood
Finally, Ron just because it is a homebuilt I am not so sure you can legally ignore any designer specs. Let's say that iinstead of a Glasair you call it a Moe, Larry and Curley special. Can you legally fly it 500 lbs over factory set gross weight?
And I doubt if an FAA inspector or DAR is going to sign off on some speed or weight or othere parameter that is above factory specs anyway.
An air race may be different and have some sort of waiver, just as one can get a waiver to ferry overgross planes across the ocean.