es330td wrote:
On Jul 7, 6:32 pm, Bob Fry wrote:
Just curious, any build will take a year or two at least, will you
have time for this living away from home?
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Living by myself, I think I should. I am assuming that the time I
spend now on the "honey-do" list at home (lawn, dishes, errands) will
be mine since I simply won't be there. I usually spend an hour or so
each night playing with my kids so I get that time back too. I am most
likely going to go with something that is kit built, rather than plans
built, to reduce my build time. I am not going to be one of the
homebuilders that in reality pays somebody to build a plane but I am
going to base my choice in part on getting one that I can buy major
pieces already constructed so this rules out the Cozy. I know someone
at both airports who is an A&P mechanic so I'll have expertise
available for hire as needed. Even if it takes me 3 years, I still
get an airplane at the end of it.

That last sentence you wrote is as close as I've seen you say the one
thing you need to say before you start a build project but it isn't
quite there yet.

Building itself needs to be one of your goals otherwise you probably
won't ever finish and then at the end of 3 years you will have a pile of
very expensive aluminum.

The old saying "If you want to build, build. If you want to fly, buy."
is as true as it ever was even if the quick build kits make the building
easier.