"firstflight" wrote:

Okay - I was away from the computer so I guessed a missed a whole dialog
here.

First of all, it was a dream come true to build AND FLY my own airplane fo
course. So Rich is right about the investment in BUILDING and experiencing
this thing called homebuilding. We were broke and I really could not afford
to build this airplane. I borrowed over my head just to build it, and then
came the insurance, tie down fees and gas to fly it! I had this pipe dream
that I would be able to make it work, but it just was not happening and we
just had baby #1 who required medical care .... bla bla bla ......... So in
the end I "MADE" $25,000 on the airplane. It took me 1600 of ACTUAL
building to put it together, which calculates out to $15.62 per hour. I
hate to think of it as an hourly job, because I have this building disorder
and will do it without pay if I can get away with it. The fact is though
that it did help us pay off some loans and get slightly above water at a
rough time in our financial lives. SO FOR US, it was a great investment.

I hope to do the same thing this time - that is build a kit and "make" more
money than I spent on it, so I can spend the extra money made on an even
bigger and better kit!! Like I said, a true disorder!

Peace!


Thanks. That's just the kind of detail I was looking for. And I think
that speaks volumes about the attractiveness of the RV9, and probably
the building decisions you made along the say, that you could sell it
for $25,000 more than your hard-dollar costs.

And no, I don't think anyone really thinks of the building as a job,
but that is a helpful perspective.
--
Alex
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