A friend of mine claimed that you must perform aerobatic maneuvers during the flight testing phase, otherwise the airframe is not certified for aerobatic maneuvers. His words:
“ Yes must be on the records that demonstrated that each of these maneuvers were accomplished safely and are entered in the logbook within the 40 hour flight test phase. To add aerobatic maneuvers you would have to go back into flight test phase again to add those maneuvers to the experimental, air certificate, limitations. ”
I’ve never heard of this, is this true?
If so, if one found that the logbooks did not mention rolls, for example, one would have to go to a FSDO and start the flight test phase again to demonstrate a roll?
“ Yes must be on the records that demonstrated that each of these maneuvers were accomplished safely and are entered in the logbook within the 40 hour flight test phase. To add aerobatic maneuvers you would have to go back into flight test phase again to add those maneuvers to the experimental, air certificate, limitations. ”
I’ve never heard of this, is this true?
If so, if one found that the logbooks did not mention rolls, for example, one would have to go to a FSDO and start the flight test phase again to demonstrate a roll?