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Will 8 gcbc wings just bolt right on to the 7gcbc airframe ? If so , Does anyone here know if it has been done with with a field approval ? Thanks in advance for any helpful info .

8GCBC WINGS-FLAPS-AILERONS -$8,000 FOR SALE READY TO BOLT ON TO YOUR PROJECT: Set of wings from a 1975 Bellanca 8GCBC. Wooden Spars, Inspected 2024 and found in excellent condition as were the fuel tanks. All nails were removed and replaced with stainless screws per rainbow Flying Service STC. Inspection plates also installed on upper wing surface per RFS STC. Wings. Flaps and ailerons are included in the price. Fuel gauges are installed.

The Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) for our SuperD, N26BY, restricts it to VFR-only flight. We would like to add a GPS 175, GNC 215 nav/com, GMU11 magnetometer, a G5 ADI, a G5 HSI, an Aero Instruments AN5812-12 12V Heated Pitot Tube, and a PS PMA4000 audio panel to the Appaero Stratus ESG transponder, SL40 comm transceiver, digital clock, and other panel instruments. The intent of adding these components is to obtain a Supplemental AFM that approves flight in less-than-VFR conditions (we're frequently delayed or prevented to flying to aerobatic events or stranded at the event site for days awaiting favorable weather) . TCDS A21CE_Rev_16-2 does not limit 8KCABs to VFR-only flight. This is an AFM restriction, as mentioned above. The ACA website advertises an IFR panel SuperD. from which I infer that there's an AFM for the IFR equipped 8KCAB that authorizes flight in less-than-VFR conditions. Does ACA pursue approval for a Supplemental AFM for each IFR 8KCAB that it builds? Does ACA have a Data Package (as defined by AC 43-210) that we could use as a template to submit a draft Data Package to our FSDO or to the West Certification Branch branch office, citing the example of the IFR 8KCAB but using the equipment additions listed above? Any help would be very much appreciated.