Flight Test Protocols

摘要

Conducting your personalized flight tests isn't difficult, but it does require some precision and some safety considerations. This is especially true for the first flight after some major modification or repair affecting the power-plant, fuel system, controls, etc. How do you know if it's a major mod? If it requires a FAA Form 337 to be completed is a good yardstick. If a 337 is required, it's a major modification by the FAA's definition, though it may not rise to the level of affecting some critical system. Nevertheless, you definitely should carefully consider the conditions under which you test-fly the aircraft after it emerges from the shop.