Are you married to the concept of Factory Built/Certified airframes only?

There is a whole nother world (Experimental Amatuer Built) out there
with panels that can rival the new glass. An RV-10 might be right up
your alley, and you can even get someone to "help" you build it. Or buy
one thats flying. A Velocity might meet your mission too. Lancair 4/P..

The kit has been on the market a little over a year, and I saw TWO that
were complete, flying, nice panels, with For Sale signs on them, and
their appearance was certainly not "amatuer built".

One that has been flying for a while (several hundred hours) carries
much more weight/status with me than one that is "almost complete but
not yet flown".


I have seriously considered the RV10 and maybe the Lancair ES.
The Lancair 4P is cool... but the safety record of the Lancair 4P is somewhat poor....
The airplane is probably too hot for the pilots, my self included.
It was damm hard to type that ;-)

I have my A/P (not my IA) so an experimental means I could do my own annuals.
I don't have the time for an RV10 project and I'm a bit wary about bying
one already built. I'm also a bit leary of the uncertified avionics being put
in a lot of experimentals.

Any advice or experience from the group in this area?

Paul