Hi Vince,
Thanks for the info. That obviously makes sense and would explain why @Martino’s HexID hasn’t changed. It’s the same in principle as changing the registration plates on a car - the VIN number of the car doesn’t change.
My experience (in this regard), however, has been mainly with flexwings - where wings are ‘swapped’ fairly frequently, especially since the introduction of the lower drag ‘topless’ (i.e. no upper rigging wires) style of wings. The CAA have decreed that in such cases the Reg and HexID always stay with the wing and a new Reg (and Hex) are issued to the new wing. This has always struck me as weird - as the trike / engine of a modern flexwing forms (arguably) an equally significant part of the ‘aircraft’. Nonetheless, that’s the way the CAA have decreed it, so we are stuck with it I guess!
I’m not sure how easy it is to update the RegID on the database we use, but Lee will no doubt advise once he sees these posts.
Best Regards
Peter