---------------------------------------------------------- Zenith601-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 04/20/09: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:29 AM - FAA Inspection for New AW Certificates (Gig Giacona) 2. 08:23 AM - Letter of the Week in AVwebFLash (T. Graziano) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:29:37 AM PST US Subject: Zenith601-List: FAA Inspection for New AW Certificates From: "Gig Giacona" I contacted the EAA this morning to see what they knew about the issue. The person I talked with had not heard of any decision to suspend granting AW certificates for Experimental 601XLs. He agreed that if such were happening it would be a precedent setting move on the FAA's part and that the EAA would be quite concerned with such an action. He or someone in EAA Government relations office will make calls today to the FAA and follow up and see what they can find out. I told him I'd give him a call Tuesday morning for an update. I will, of course, let the forum know any info I receive. P.S. I don't usually post to both of the Zenith lists on the same topic but this one is important. -------- W.R. "Gig" Giacona 601XL Under Construction See my progress at www.peoamerica.net/N601WR Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=240261#240261 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:23:35 AM PST US From: "T. Graziano" Subject: Zenith601-List: Letter of the Week in AVwebFLash FYI, See avweb@e.avflash.com article attached below from Mr. Maynard I agree with you Jay. I do not, though, check my cables every preflight, but make sure that my controls react to stick inputs without any "slop". during preflight. In Phase I, I took my XL to the envelop edges and in some cases, carefully, a little beyond. I do not fly out of the envelop. Tony Graziano XL/Jab; 483 hrs; N493TG The Top Reporter on Our Crack Staff ... Is You! back to top AVMAIL: APRIL 20, 2009 Letter of the Week: Zodiac Concerns I own and fly an AMD Zodiac CH601XLi that I bought new last June. I'm also a member of the Zenith Builders Analysis Group, the independent group that the NTSB cited as doing engineering studies of the airplane. I've put over 150 hours on my airplane since I bought it. Am I concerned? Yes. Am I going to quit flying it? No. I've been taking several actions that I believe minimize the risk: I regularly test my aileron cable tensions, I check that there is tension on every preflight (easy to do), I keep it in the green arc except for absolutely smooth air (and will probably keep it there even then, now), and I slow down to maneuvering speed in more than slight turbulence. Aviation is all about managing risk. We can't eliminate it, no mater what we do. I believe the measures I take will reduce the risk of aileron flutter well below the risk that I'll do something stupid like run out of fuel or continue VFR into IMC - and I take active measures against those risks, too. If Zenair and AMD come out with a modification to resolve the problem, I'll do it. Until then, I refuse to worry about it beyond what I've already done. Jay Maynard Click through to read the rest of this week's letters. More... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message zenith601-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Zenith601-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/zenith601-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/zenith601-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.