Kev wrote:
Bob Gardner wrote:
The feds have just designated a plane with retractable gear, flaps, and
FADEC as a complex.

For anyone who wants to read it, here's the notice:

http://download.aopa.org/epilot/2006...6faapolicy.pdf

Hmm. This is great news for those getting a commercial or instructor
certificate.

But it means that a potential aircraft owner would need a complex
sign-off even if the propeller is automatically controlled by the
FADEC.

Does that seem fair, considering the previous definition of a complex
aircraft? It seems to me that one of the reasons for building an
aircraft with such an automatic system would be to make it more
available to pilots.

Kev