dplozay(at)cox.net
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 Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2006 6:03 am Post subject: curious about builders' experiences |
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I'm building a 701 from kit (tail finished, working on right wing).
Here are some numbers on the building process that prospective builders
don't always think of (I didn't).
I'm one of those 'average' builders. Before I started my build I didn't
know how to read plans, didn't understand how to install a compressed air
system, was uninitiated in the arts of proper edge distance (still learning
here), and (cripes!) who would have thought building an airplane involved so
much filing.
To date I've purchased the tail and wings kits, a cost of about $5,000. I've
also purchased $550 in replacement parts for those that I've ruined; a
defect rate of about 10%. This rate also translates well to the amount of
time spent on rework (less the time spent on cursing, moping, and
reconsidering this mad mad adventure).
Less objectively, if I could give my earlier self advise it would be, "If
you only want to fly then buy a completed aircraft". After all, there are
lots of used aircraft that may bought for less than a new kit aircraft.
David Plozay, Omaha NE
701
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