"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Dave Stadt" wrote

Insurance,

Has it gone up, in Canada, for owner maintained? I don't believe there
has
been a statistical increase in accidents or breakdowns, up north, IIRC.

Insurance for experimental aircraft in the US is higher than for certified
aircraft. Price insurance on a simple Kitfox. Insurance companies like to
know that an IA looks at the plane once a year.

resale value

It could *increase* the value, if repairs and updates are done in a
workman
like maner, could it not?

I doubt it. At best RTS. If the plane was not maintained in a workmanship
manner while it was certified dropping it to experimental is not going to
change that fact.

A&Ps that don't want to perform maintenance or do annuals on
experimentals,
having that dumb EXPERIMENTAL sign plastered on the plane.

I didn't think that being designated "experimental" was part of the
designation involved.

No but "experimental" is what the original poster is looking for and to
which I responded.

They are still the same plane as before, and if work was done on them just
like before, except for some constraints lifted so things could be done
even
better than before, then A&P's should have no problem working on them.

Problem is no one knows what has been done. Granted, there is a bunch of
cobbled certified stuff flying around. Most A&Ps I know run away from
experimental. You could not do your own annuals as you are not the builder
of record.

--
Jim in NC