Hi-performance endorsment with a experimental engine

FAA requires hi-performance endorsment for 200+ engines.
Is that requirement only for certified planes?
One CFI indicated that it is not required for experimentals.

FAA requires hi-performance endorsment for 200+ engines.
Is that requirement only for certified planes?
One CFI indicated that it is not required for experimentals.

Depends on the operating limitations of the aircraft in question. There
is an FAR somewhere that says, in effect, you don't need the appropriate
ratings to be legal -- legal that is, not safe. However, frequently the
operating limitations for that individual aircraft state differently.

Ed Wischmeyer

The hi-performance endorsement is for the pilot, not the aircraft.
Experimental/non-experimental is not a factor.

Also it is for greater than 200 hp, so a 200 hp does not require it.

"Paul Lee" wrote in message
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FAA requires hi-performance endorsment for 200+ engines.
Is that requirement only for certified planes?
One CFI indicated that it is not required for experimentals.

"x" wrote in message news:RI17b.395481$uu5.73501@sccrnsc04...
The hi-performance endorsement is for the pilot, not the aircraft.
Experimental/non-experimental is not a factor.

61.31 which talks about requirements for category, class, and type ratings as
well as the tailwheel, high performance, complex, and high altitude training
requirements, has a clause that exempts experimentals from the "ratings
limitations."