Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Why build an airplane? Am I crazy? No...at least I dont think so. Mostly it comes down to these reasons: I am passionate about flying, and want to fly as much as weather and budget allow. And this path to aircraft ownership, believe it or not, is by far the cheapest way to own a high performance airplane. I could go into a lot of detail as to why this is the cheapest route, but I'll spare you the details in this post (email me and I'd be happy to talk about it though). Next, I am a Mechanical Design Engineer by trade, and by nature I love to build things. What better way to put your workmanship to the test than to build a flying machine...a machine that your very life depends on the afforementioned workmanship? To me, that will be the ultimate satisfaction of a job well done. To one day have this aluminum contraption take to the air, with me at the controls. That is a great adventure. The homebuilt aircraft 'hobby' also affords you the luxury of making modifications, enhancements and customizations to your aircraft that the FAA doesnt regulate. This absolutely appeals to the 'Design Engineer' in me and is part of what truly excites me about this project.
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