"Anthony W" wrote in message
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Blueskies wrote:

I'm still thinking it would be better to scratch build myself. I'm very
picky about how things go together and I doubt someone else as picky as
me wouldn't sell a plane they've built.

If it weren't for the certification rules, I'd buy an old classic and
restore it myself. I think that would be as satisfying as building
something from scratch.

Tony


You can do that. You need a certified person to do the signoffs, but you
can do all the work...

Finding someone that would sign off on the work is highly unlikely since I
would also expect to rebuild the engine myself too.

Tony

I have no personal experience with this, but have heard that it is normally
done by working under the supervision of the certified mechanic. In effect,
you would be paying to be an apprentice--but you would be paying less than
to have the mechanic do all of the work and you would be gaining the
education and skills. As best I understand the procedure, the certified
mechanic would perform the critical tasks, or at least supervise those tasks
*very* closely, and much of work that you would do could also be used as
experience toward certification as a mechanic. (Remember that much of the
work to be done can be performed by a helper.)

Further comment is invited--I am interested in possibly using the same
technique in the future.

Peter