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- From: kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki)
- Subject: Re: Electric oil heater question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.024248.809@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: kerry@Ingres.COM (Kerry Kurasaki)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <48500004@hpgrla.gr.hp.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 02:42:48 GMT
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- In article <48500004@hpgrla.gr.hp.com> leed@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Lee Devlin) writes:
- >One of my friends recently found a heater at a tractor supply store that
- >is very similar to the EZ-heat types available from Wag-Aero and A/C
- >Spruce.
- >
- >If it is illegal, then it would seem that the approach timers we velcro
- >to our yokes would also be illegal. So would visors stuck to the
- >windows or anything we stick to the plane without an appropriate FAA
- >paper trail.
- >
- >Would it require a form 337 to make it legal? Or is it completely
- >illegal without some sort of FAA blessing?
- >
-
- One of the basic guidelines for filling out a 337 (Major alteration
- or Repair) is if the device is "permanently" attached to the aircraft.
- For velcro stopwatches, visors, or furry stuffed animals suction cupped
- to the windows, the answer is no.
-
- I also do not know how this heater your friend found attaches to the
- engine. Velcro? :-)
-
- Another FAA phrase for the 377 is "an alteration if done improperly,
- can substantially affect the flight characteristics of the aircraft"
- (paraphrased). In this case, the answer seem no.
-
- If the heater is removed before flight, then I would categorically
- state that a 337 is not needed. Otherwise, this is one of those
- gray areas that you will find a different answer at each FSDO you
- talk to.
-
- I wish there was a better answer.
-