Alaska Bushwheel 3200

[Laz]

I am installing a Alaska Bushwheel 3200 on my BC12-d. The STC lists a BCS 12- D What is a BCS12 D. How do you handle the paperwork? is it legal?

[3Dreaming]

The "S" is for seaplane.

[Laz]

Why would they list a Tailweel for a seaplane? It must be a mistake. They only list the S models. I cannot find any approval or SCT for the Scott 3200 on a BC12D. I have seen many with that tail wheel on them.

[PA1195]

Contact Airframes Alaska and ask. There's a Field Approval for a Scott 3200 here: https://www.taylorcraft.org/docs/Sco...-tailwheel.pdf

Gary

[Laz]

I contacted Airframes Alaska, and they bsicly said the Taylorcraft does not need a STC or any other special paperwork. It has to due to how the airplane was originally certified. Not sure I understand it , but I spoke with two AI's and they basically said the same, When these were certified things were different.

In the STC for the Airframes Alaska Tailwheel they list a bunch of Taylorcrafts and the words 2000, LLC. Not sure what that is , but almost every entry has the "S" added to the Type, ie. BCS12 D.

For the record , I have all the original Logs for N95817, I have one it twice and recovered it twice. Once in 1970 and again in 2012. I put a Maul on it in 1970 and a Lang on it in 2012. There were also other Tailwheels installed on it in the 1980's. No one ever listed the manufacturer or Type.

Go figure.

[PA1195]

Reference Civil Air Regulations CAR4 1938 for example. Those were the regulations under which my 1941 plane was certified. Section 04.442 Wheels says "Tail wheels may be of any type or model and are not certificated". CAR4a 1950 Section 4a.477 says the same thing for post WWII models. Both are certified by TCDS A-696 for BC series or TCDS A-699 for the "F" or A-700 for "L" engine planes. Apparently Airframes has Taylorcraft listed as approved models under their STC, but the STC is not a requirement per the CAR4 or 4a. The words 2000 LLC. refers to the current TCDS holder's name.

Gary

[astjp2]

Log book, bolt in and go.

[waltermrich]

So to say it in plane language all tail wheels were approved at the time of Taylorcraft production, need not be certified and those regulations (CAR's) still apply today. That is what I heard at Blakesburg from DER Terry Bowden also.

[Laz]

That is what Airframe Alaska said. There were no " approved Tail wheels" then, The ones listed in the TSD are just showing the weight adjustments. I will make an entry in the log book (actually my AI will) and go. Thanks for everyone's kind help.

[waltermrich]

I would like to pass on another thing that Terry Bowden said at Blakesburg last Saturday . When you have a question about the certification or the airworthiness of your aircraft , DO NOT CALL the FAA and ask questions , you can open a can of worms, He said often they are young or do not know much about older airplanes, He said the FAA is geared towards large aircraft cetification and older aircraft are not on there radar, get ahold of a DER or Technical counselor or a trusted IA for questions. Mike Busch of EAA also gives the same advice. There was also another DER present at Blakesburg name David Schober phone 240-409-4896 who echoed Terry's statements and was more or less advertising his service.