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Your post to the guy looking for a cheap plane. " You can't. Flying is
for smart people. Smart people get more education, so
they can get above minimum wage jobs. "

OK, fair enough. I'll play.

Yep, I was a smart ass. Have you been in this group very long? There are a
lot of kids who get on mommy's computer, and post, without ever using their
brain, and I do treat them rudely.

So do a lot of other people. I'll not speak for other people, but I for one
am tired of them. When I first started on this group, I read for 6 months,
before I ever made my first post. Others should read and learn, then post.

Lets look at what he posted, and more importantly, how he posted.

OP been to oshkosh for the past 4 years and would like my own airplane.
OP until i saw the sticker prices.


Note, that there is no subject in the sentence, no commas, no capital
letters. It looks like a kid, without even looking at the content. Let's
look at that.

So he has been to Osh for the past 4 years, and is just now is discovering
that airplanes are expensive? Wake up and smell the coffee. Yeah, every
kid wants his own plane. How about learning to fly one, or saving up for
one? Get realistic, huh? For that matter, I doubt that he has been to OSH,
unless he lives there, and rode his bike over.

How about that subject, too? He "wants to design/build his own plane"

There is a good thought. Someone who no doubt has never been a pilot, has
been around airplanes so little, that he does not even know that they are
expensive, and he wants to design his own plane. He obviously needs a big
reality check.


OP then I saw the one could build their own planes cheaper.

Still going on like he is on instant messenger, with no sentence structure,
no capitals, words that don't even make sense, in context.

So now he has the bright idea that he can get the bottom line down, by
building his own. There is another realistic thought. With his lack of
experience, he does not have a clue what would be involved. Building is
cheap? Ha!

OP after looking at the available price designs, I started thinking "how
int
OP the world would a person at minimum wage afford a plane?"

Now he does more I.M. writing crap, with an easy to catch typo, and lack of
commas.
Now, let's look at content. He sees the prices, and finds even homebuilt
designs are too much money, not realizing that the price of the kit is only
half of the cost.

Let's be honest. How many people in GA are flying, earning minimum wages?
None? Not many, if any. This is an expensive hobby. Anyone with half of a
brain would quickly figure that out. Not *our* rocket scientist. I
suggested that he was not smart and should get education to get a job above
minimum wage. Good advise, even for people not interested in flying.
People living on minimum wage, are living below the poverty line. There is
no money left for RC planes, and *no* chance of flying full scale, and less
chance of owning.

OP found the affordaplane and legal eagle.

The affordaplane is vaporware, and the Legal Eagle is the most realistic
thing he mentioned.

OP went back to a spruce aircraft catalog and looked in there, saw plans
for
OP the breezy......

OP now the breezy appeals to me. it looks possible to modify, easy to
build,
OP and can be used with a number of different airfoils (whol wind assy's
OP actually)

More I.M. crap. "whol wind assy's" ???? Modify the Breezy, it looks easy
to do, huh?
Easy to build? Not! Perhaps the most welding to do, of any kit or plans
built airplane. Does he have a shop? Does he know how to gas weld? Does
he have enough money to even buy the tube? Does he realize the fact that
it will take a real airplane engine, that will cost more than the whole
Legal Eagle? Most likely, no to all of the questions.

Now he suggests using different airfoils, different wings. A person of his
limited knowledge would be a good candidate for the Darwin Award, if they
were to try messing around with that set of variables.

OP anyone build one?

First good question he has asked, but still, he has not found the shift key.

So yes, I am guilty of being a smarts, and of being rude. I am only slightly
sorry for that.

I hope I sent him a wakeup call, to 1) converse (type) like an adult on an
adult group 2) be realistic about your goals, and what it will take to
achieve them 3) be aware of your abilities, and operate within your
abilities 4) learn to listen and be patient, while learning a new subject
area, so you do not embarrass yourself when you open your mouth 5) while in
newsgroups, it is best to not appear as though you are a troll, because if
not me, someone will flame you for it 6) grow a thick skin in newsgroups,
or you will not last very long.

There it is. That is about all I can say about the subject.

Have a nice day.
--
Jim in NC