Murphy 1800 Amphib's user info required
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 2:23 pm
Hi All
I've just had a letter this morning from the PFA who control experimental
type aircraft in the UK. I've applied for permission from them to fit
MAM1800 amphib's to my Elite when it's finally finished, and to satisfy them
they are asking for more data (I've copied the relevant bits at the bottom).
It would be a great help if anyone with experience of operating 1800
amphib's on a Rebel or Elite could email me direct with the following and
I'll be about to put together the required field experience to hopefully
satisfy the powers that be.
Registration
Type (Rebel or Elite)
Max operating weight (no more than 1890 lbs required guy's :-) )
Hours aircraft has operated on floats
Years (or months) since fitting amphib's
A statement of No Structural problems to date for both floats and float
strut's (if applicable)
Many thanks for your help, and if you can let me have any contact details
for anyone not on the group I'll contact them direct.
Nigel
745E
Merry Olde England ;-)
admin@airnig.co.uk
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From PFA engineering, England.
Regarding the floats, then one option would be to attempt to clear them
based on satisfactory in-
service experience abroad, if there are a number of identical floats in
service. To do this, we will need
to obtain a set of drawings to review for any unusual or undesirable design
features. Then, we will
need a summary of in-service experience built up on identical floats used on
aircraft of the same
weight or higher, with the same landing speeds or higher, and with the same
wing loading or higher.
To clear the float struts by this method, we will also need an in-service
experience breakdown for the
high-weight Rebel on these floats.
Clearly the in-service experience needs to be validated in some way. One way
of doing this would be
to ask the manufacturer to give:
I've just had a letter this morning from the PFA who control experimental
type aircraft in the UK. I've applied for permission from them to fit
MAM1800 amphib's to my Elite when it's finally finished, and to satisfy them
they are asking for more data (I've copied the relevant bits at the bottom).
It would be a great help if anyone with experience of operating 1800
amphib's on a Rebel or Elite could email me direct with the following and
I'll be about to put together the required field experience to hopefully
satisfy the powers that be.
Registration
Type (Rebel or Elite)
Max operating weight (no more than 1890 lbs required guy's :-) )
Hours aircraft has operated on floats
Years (or months) since fitting amphib's
A statement of No Structural problems to date for both floats and float
strut's (if applicable)
Many thanks for your help, and if you can let me have any contact details
for anyone not on the group I'll contact them direct.
Nigel
745E
Merry Olde England ;-)
admin@airnig.co.uk
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From PFA engineering, England.
Regarding the floats, then one option would be to attempt to clear them
based on satisfactory in-
service experience abroad, if there are a number of identical floats in
service. To do this, we will need
to obtain a set of drawings to review for any unusual or undesirable design
features. Then, we will
need a summary of in-service experience built up on identical floats used on
aircraft of the same
weight or higher, with the same landing speeds or higher, and with the same
wing loading or higher.
To clear the float struts by this method, we will also need an in-service
experience breakdown for the
high-weight Rebel on these floats.
Clearly the in-service experience needs to be validated in some way. One way
of doing this would be
to ask the manufacturer to give: