Don Hammer wrote:


This is just where the thread started. The few homebuilts I have
examined in detail have been very well done and I wish I had the time
to build my own. That said, there is a reason my insurance man won't
let me fly one.

I must have missed part of this tread, why won't your insurance man let
you fly one? Even bigger question is why would you let an insurance
person dictate your life?



In many cases the components, materials, construction
methods, etc. don't meet industry standards. That is why you have to
put the word EXPERIMENTAL on them in big letters for all to see. It's
flyer beware!

Not really, that is just a category of aircraft. There is Experimental
homebuilt, Experimental Exhibition, and some others. Experimental does
not mean that they do not meet industry standards. Experimental
Exhibition aircraft could very well meet industry standards. While
homebuilt aircraft my not, that is not the reason for the word experimental.

Jerry