We are ready for the FAA's National Kit Evaluation Team (NKET) to evaluate and determine that our CH 650 B kit, as produced by Zenith Aircraft Company, meets the intent of the "51% rule" and to allow an amateur-builder to register the plane as an "amateur-built - Experimental" aircraft (meeting the "major portion" requirement of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations part 21, Certification Procedures for Products and Parts, § 21.191(g).
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I'm kind of glad that I'm building with component kits - that's a lot of parts to keep track of!
Hope it all goes well w/ the kit reviewers, and stay safe out there!
Now that's a photo worth keeping..
You can show people from this above to this in the tarmac behind you.
Chris.
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