Roger wrote:
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Cheaper? Are you kidding? By the time I finish the G-III (If I ever
do) I'll have more than twice the price of the Deb in it and that is
going with a used engine and prop.

OTOH price is a relative thing. If you build it you can economize
where ever you'd like or, go hog wild and get the best of everything.
You can use a minimal panel with steam gages, or the latest in glass
panel and technology.

Let's not forget that the articles that prompted this thread were about
how to build a plane with at least the same performance and safety
as many kit planes, but for much less money.

People have scratch built ultralights for under $1000 in materials and
less than 400 hours times which works out, even including labor rated
at, say $20/hr, to about what one might pay for a completed UL.

It might be better economics to get a second job to pay for plane
but it won't be as enjoyable and they won't know thier plane as
well.

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FF