I forgot to address this earlier:

Earlier, wesleymarceaux wrote:

The only one I really respect
in the kit market is the sonex,,The owner gladly shows one that you can
purchase all the material for the plane at ,,say , wicks aircraft for about
3k.. and that includes the brakes and all except engine. The kit cost much
more, but not ridiculously more...

I've found that even for very simple homebuilts, there can be a huge
huge difference in buildability between kit parts and raw materials.

For one thing, with a complete kit, it's all there. You don't have to
hunt for it, you don't have to figure out how to get it shipped, you
don't have to haggle or shop around, it's all there. It is often an
eye-opening experience when you total up all the time it takes to find
the right stuff, and the money it takes to cover packaging and
shipping.

For another thing, there's often a lot of pretty subtle time-savers
that go into a kit. Take, as an example, the old Schreder kit
sailplanes. All of the welding would be done. All the flat parts have
their outlines scribed onto stock; just bandsaw on the scribe and drill
on the punch. All the bent parts are already braked. All the formed
ribs and bulkheads are flanged and ready to go. Unlike the RVs, the
rivet holes aren't pre-punched, but there are only two rivet pitches to
the whole thing, and you get rivet spacing guides for both pitches.

That may not sound like a lot, but it adds up to a lot of time saved
and trouble avoided. Building from scratch can certainly be more
satisfying, especially for scroungers and salvage hounds like me, but
it often takes twice as long as if you'd bought the kit.

Thanks again, and best regards

Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24
http://www.hpaircraft.com/glidair