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| Mike A:
4 years seems like a long time to build your own coffin. |
| nipsmg:
--- Quote from: danny_galaga on February 13, 2023, 12:39:05 am --- CP --- End quote --- You have balls of steel -- I'm in the midst of getting my PPL right now-- and I love the ultralights, but I can't imagine leaving the ground in something I built myself-- I don't have nearly enough faith in my fabrication skills. I'll fly my flight club's 172 and Archer around and burn my money that way :) |
| danny_galaga:
Mike A . Two things have slowed me down. One was that there were a lot of things wrong with the kit, missing parts etc. So you'd be settling into a good 12 hour building session and within 30 minutes you'd find two left hand wing brackets or whatever. Now that epic 12 hour session is 30 minutes plus a ten day wait while they send you the part. Second problem is that I started building it in our garage. But once it came time to attach the wings it was time to move it to a hanger. So now instead of just wandering out to the garage, it's a 80 minute drive to the hangar. Ennui sets in. Nipsmg. I did my ppl in a Piper Warrior. I believe that's the model before the Archer. Good planes the Piper's, but virtually impossible to spin. That should be a good thing, but it means I've never done any spin training. The bulk of the aircraft is just bolting stuff together. Not much fabrication involved. |
| pbj:
Nothing inspires confidence like an airplane kit that comes with the wrong parts. :cheers: |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: Mike A on February 13, 2023, 07:38:46 am ---4 years seems like a long time to build your own coffin. --- End quote --- It would take me 4 years just to convince myself that my mechanical skills were sufficient to even start building an Utra-light. Probably another 4 to get up the nerve to test-fly it afterward. |
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