Ray Andraka wrote:
Seems the FSDO that serves Connecticut not only won't approve them, but will
ramp any plane he sees them in and tag it as an unapproved mod. His
issue is apparently with it being PVC it won't pass the burn test for
interior furnishings (I didn't know that applied to anything other than
the fabric, but that's beside the point). I'll bet the royalite panel
overlay that is factory original won't pass the burn test either and
will generate just as much toxic fumes if ignited as that air gizmo
will. One of the Connecticut shops said that they have made sheet metal
holders similar in appearance and function to the air-gizmo, and that
there is no problem getting those past the FSDO, but the plastic ones
won't fly. He suggested a RAM mount bolted to the panel (which I think
looks clunky) as an alternative that is considerably cheaper than making
a metal Air-gizmo.

Thanks Ray, that's good to know. I bet this dude will have a field day
during next year's AOPA Convention. Sounds like he's made it his own
little mission--a true FAA'er. And you're right, all that plastic
around my Warrior's panel would suffer the same fate in the event of a
fire.

I got ramp-checked during my first solo x-country so I should be good
for 20 years or so

Marco