Scott Todd wrote:Try NOT to let someone else fly off your test cards. It's part of the whole experience. Why would you let an instructor fly it? Are they insured? Look into additional pilot which would allow you to go during Phase 1. Once you get 10 hours of logged time, you should be able to get insurance. You can probably get liability only until you get the 10 hours or whatever they will require. Probably cheaper and better than paying someone to fly that time off.
I'm still trying to figure this out, reading through AC 90-116,
http://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/medi ... 90-116.pdf. I need liability from the first flight, both from a marital harmony standpoint and to rent a tiedown at the public airport I'll be doing the Phase 1 testing from. Some excerpts from the insurance quote I got:
There is no coverage in flight unless a Standard airworthiness certificate is in full force and effect.
It's not clear to me if this means I have NO coverage until Phase 1 is complete, or just that the DAR has signed off the paperwork.
....and
Prior to solo, Ryan Young must successfully complete a minimum of 3 hours in a Sonex Waiex TRIGEAR, while accompanied by a FAA Certificated Flight Instructor who meets the conditions of the Open Pilot Clause. No Passenger coverage is provided while Ryan Young is at the controls of Sonex Waiex TRIGEAR N____ unless accompanied by an FAA Certificated Flight Instructor who meets the conditions of the Open Pilot Clause or a Designated Pilot Examiner until Ryan Young has completed the requirements shown above, has received proper FAA rating and or endorsements and has logged a minimum of 6 hours in a Sonex Waiex TRIGEAR.
This was for $1Mil/$100K liability only. And the plane I ended up with is a conventional tail Sonex. And the quoted annual premium was $534.
The IDEAL plan at this point would seem to be 3 hours of dual received in Someone Else's plane, then I'd fly off the Phase 1 all by myself. I'd be willing to fly commercial anywhere in the US to find such an opportunity.
Alternatively, I could perhaps meet this insurance requirement by flying as an Observer Pilot in my own plane for 3 hours with a Flight Instructor who meets the Advisory Circular requirements for a Qualified Pilot, but what
their insurance situation would be is a little unclear. It seems like this COULD NOT be logged as Instruction; we'd be flying off the test cards, but it would give me 3 hours in type. I'd perhaps to repeat those test cards as the Builder Pilot, I need to read the Advisory Circular AGAIN a few times, as it seems the translation from the original Klingon was not as smooth as it might have been <frowning>.