This is a long answer.. the short version is that the factory-built S-LSA aircraft can fly IFR, but not in IMC. This is due to the manufacturers’ consortium ASTM committee wanting it that way for all S-LSA aircraft. For my homebuilt plane, I wanted it to have an E-LSA airworthiness certificate (better resale value). So it’s an exact replica of the factory-built S-LSA. The placards are the same, the bolts are the same, etc. Once you get the E-LSA certificate, you can change the plane however you wish, as long as it’s still within the LSA category (1320lbs, 2 seats, fixed pitch propeller, low stall speed, 120kt max speed). So in my case, the aircraft has the equipment specified in 91.205(d) (night VFR equipment + radio, gyro, directional gyro, slip-skid, altimeter, clock, rate of turn, nav equipment for the filed route). The AW certificate allows IFR flight if equipped. The placard doesn’t allow it. However, as an experimental, I can simply remove the placard, note it in the logbook, and fly IMC too. Whether that’s smart is debatable.. I’d probably want a second AHARS sensor and a heated pitot tube too if flying through hard IMC. But for popping through clouds in the summertime.. that’d probably be fine. I don’t do that, but I do practice approaches and I’m comfortable flying down to VFR minimums knowing I can go IFR if need be.

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It does not move it. It only prevents vibration and prolongs the life of it.

Rewatch tomorrow when YT finishes processing the HD version of the video :). Evoke does great work.. they really do earn the money they charge.

The stabilator tips were filled by the builder himself. Along with homemade fiberglass vertical stab fairing and homemade fiberglass gear leg to wheel pan fairings. All the fiberglass work was completed by the builder prior to being painted by Evoke. (Tiffany Meyers)

I'd have to check my plane, but if the canopy microswitch is open, you'll see the message (any RPM). If the engine RPM are above a certain level, you'll get the aural alert. I believe the Settings File that you get from the Van's website sets the RPM limit (2500?). You definitely don't want to disable the aural alert.. it's believed that more than one person has died from the canopy opening in flight after takeoff.. better to fix the alerts than outright disable.