Aircraft kit

Aircraft kit

Aircraft kit is the pre-fabricated parts of an aircraft. The individual parts of the aircraft (fuselage, wings, horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, landing gear, cowling, etc.) are dispatched from the manufacturer unassembled, similar to a model aircraft kit. The owner then has to assemble the parts and pieces to make up the aircraft.

In the United States, the owner/builder must complete at least 51% of the fabrication for the FAA to consider it a home-built aircraft.

Some examples of aircraft kit manufacturers, past and present, include:
*Aero Composites
*Algie composite aircraft
*Bede Aircraft
*Cirrus Design
*Glastar
*Lancair
*Murphy Aircraft
*Quickie Aircraft
*Rans
*RotorWay
*Revolution Helicopter (defunct)
*Rutan Aircraft Factory (defunct), now folded into Scaled Composites
*Vans


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