Kris,

That's the case ONLY if its above 77.125 lbs, wet. If its less than that, its an owner inspection and you need one AMA CD to witness the certification flight.

The program is setup so that aircraft over 55 lbs need to be inspected and signed off by someone who is knowledgeable enough to be able to tell if its airworthy. All full-scale aircraft need some form of the same thing, right? I don't know if in the full-scale world you can sign off on your own work, can you? In the LMA program, that only comes into play if the airplane is over 77 lbs.

If anybody should be an LMA inspector, its you. You should apply and get your designation. The rules say that you can't sign off your own airplane though (again, only if its over 77 lbs), so some of the guys I know that do big WWI stuff have gotten two guys in their "club" designated as inspectors and they do every thing locally.

Bob