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Figure 75: Mean rating of test flight resources
Manufacturers as a test flight resource
Many manufacturers publish flight test guides specific to their aircraft, including
Van’s, Falco, and Rutan. The majority of respondents to this survey found
manufacturer test flight resources helpful, very helpful or most helpful. A small
number did not find these resources very helpful, and some found the resources not
applicable. This report does not assess why some people found manufacturer
resources not applicable, but it may be that people who recorded a not applicable
response had first of type aircraft and test flight was performed by the regulator.
Another possibility is that some of these aircraft were built from plans and the
question was considered redundant.
Figure 76: Rating of manufacturers as a test flight resource
By comparison with manufacturer build resources (Figure 66) there were less
respondents who rated manufacturer test flight resources as very helpful or most
helpful (73.2 per cent for build and 54.2 percent for test flight). A similar proportion
of people rated manufacturer builder and test flight resources as not applicable (10.4
per cent for build and 11.3 per cent for test flight). Overall, manufacturer test flight
resources were seen as helpful, very helpful and most helpful, by around threequarters
of respondents.
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