I think the whole thing suffers from the "I'd do it for free!" syndrome.
Same thing in flight instructing. Flying is something even the
professionals think is fun. There are so many competitors
who are willing to work for such a low price (because it is fun)
that there is little financial incentive for production.


Mark,

I had a long talk with Bob K the other day and he reminded me that the
population of folks out there that would build a glider from a kit are
extremely short in supply; those that would attempt to design and
build and fly their own design are a speck under a microscope.

I dream about designing and building as a very rewarding challenge,
maybe I'll sit in a fuselage I made from my own design someday, maybe
not.....but it is a labor of love for me.....corny as it sounds, but I
do think a decent performing ship can be built by a guy in his garage
for a reasonable amount of $$$.......a one-off with very little hard
tooling will be my approach.

As I've mentioned in a previous post, the days of paper and pencil are
gone, for me everything is on the PC......after experiencing how the
777 was designed I am a believer of the digital mock-up concept.

Cheers,
Brad