"es330td" wrote in message
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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.

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It appears that you might be moving both to and from locations with multiple
EAA chapters, and they are a very good source of second hand experience.
Visit each chapter a couple of times; because every member does not attend
every meeting. You can then gain a lot of additional information by
visiting some of the builders and/or participating in the chapter's "hangar
invasions".

As to some of wheat you might look for:
1 Kits are not all equal--some kits take more time than some plans and
some need different kinds of workspace.
2 Builders are not all equal--both skills and priorities vary. Some
builders have good three dimensional thinking and manufacturing skills--and
they can build a good solid aircraft in a few hundred hours. Others will
spend a tremendous amount of time staring at the project and reinventing one
wheel after another--so that the project takes thousands of hours if it is
ever finished.

All the best for your project--even if you only buy a slower airplane are
convert part of what would have been your building time to be used as
commuting time instead.

Peter