Ben Haas wrote:

OK Cy and Roger, Explain these??? A curious mind wants to know..

For every hard-and-fast rule regarding homebuilts
you can find at least one exception. If the OP
is serious about this, he'd be smart to as his
question of his regional FSDO, or more specifically
ask the person who will be signing his paperwork.
I can pretty much guarantee that if you asked more
than one FSDO, maybe even more than one person in
a single FSDO, you'd get a variety of answers.

Dave 'smart shoppers' Hyde