I agree with you 100%, and will take it one further. Building an
airplane for the uninitiated seems to involve bolting an unquantified
entity called a 'wing' to an equally unquantified entity called a
'frame' then heading off into the clear blue. Quick and easy. A few
weeks work. That's the way I thought of it...four years ago.
Fortunately, the less we know of a subject, the more we think we know;
otherwise, I might not have started.

All of your responses reinforce my point. Every endeavour we choose to

undertake, whether it be converting an engine, buiding an airplane,
playing a musical instrument, the first requirement is always to study
and understand the problem space. I believe that the only point we
disagree on is the degree of difficulty you perceive in an engine
conversion.


My argument is that an engine conversion just adds another facet to the

long list of things to learn. Which brings us back to the original
addage. If you want to build, build, even if that build involves an
auto conversion and with all the study and education that involves. If

you want to fly, buy.


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Thats whythe FAA clearly states " building a homebuilt plane is for
educational purposes" Ernest, you will reap the satisfaction when you
safely land after your first flight in a creation you built. It is a
feeling that CANNOT be duplicated. Trust us on that..Forgive me if I
didn't catch in an previous post but what are you building and how
close are you to getting in the air????