On Mar 22, 1:00*pm, Tuno wrote:
From the Designated Airworthiness Representative's perspective, just
what goes into getting a new Special Airworthiness Certificate,
Experimental Exhibition/Racing, for a glider?

I spoke with a DAR in Phoenix yesterday and explained to him that I
have a brand new glider, now registered with the FAA, it has a factory
flight test and Export C of A from Germany, and I need the C of A
described above. He told me that because it was *experimental*, there
was a whole lot more work for him to do, a lot of information
gathering and paperwork, and it would cost $650, instead of the $200
he first quoted for a standard C of A.

I thought this would be a simple inspection and a little paperwork,
not more than 1 or 2 hours of their time. What am I missing? (Or, what
are they missing?)

~ted/2NO

When I did my most recent one in 2000, the Designee charged me about
$200. He had all the appropriate forms ready to go, and we were done
with the whole thing in about 2 hours including lunch. IIRC, the
extra effort goes into the Operating Limitations document itself,
which is pretty much boilerplate from the FAAs advisory circular and
forms that all the DARs should have.

I can't think of what else should lead to tripling the price.

Erik Mann
LS8-18 P3