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01-27-2011, 05:01 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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don't
I never tried to convince my wife WE BOTH needed to build an RV because that's never going to be the case and she's no fool. I just convinced her that I really wanted to do so and that there would be some tangible benefits for both of us when finished. Her response was that as long as anytime she needed me to help her with kids/household stuff I wouldn't hesitate to switch gears and do it. She figured out for herself that as an engineer I was always off building or tinkering with something so there was no difference and I was spending hours building and flying RC planes and away from the house for hours on weekends flying or playing sports so at least this way I was actually even closer to her and the young kids on average.
Now that the plane is done and she as well as the kids all put some time into the build process, the family thinks of it as "our family" plane and my wife has multiple pictures of it and her in it in in her office at work along with other stuff she loves like her dogs. Once when I said I was going to sell it to go full time into an aerobatic plane she protested the most and told me to keep the plane and just partner on an Pitts. Her parents and family live 3 flying hours to the minute away and it saves a horribly long and boring drive. That's the icing on the cake but she didn't feel that way before the buy/build process.
Don't force anything is all I'm saying or you'll likely end up all by yourself as I've seen quite a few end up that way.
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Lucky Macy
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01-27-2011, 07:51 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Albuquerque
Posts: 297
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my story....
Here's how I justified my project to myself & the wife:
1. My part time business was generating $XX per month surplus
2. Interest rates are so low, its hardly worth banking the money. The stock market? forgetaboutit!
3. I needed something to occupy my extra time. I can only stand working in my home office about 3 -4 hours per day. i've always like to build stuff.
4. At the end of it all, I'd have something useful of value.
5. I've always been interested in aviation & I was 54 yr old & not getting any younger.
So, I jumped in.
Now I have a flying airplane!
Funny thing is, the economy is now down such that my business has not been generating enough surplus dollars to build an airplane.
Luckily, I finished my project just in time
Go for it if you can!
Dave
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01-27-2011, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
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divorce her!
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01-27-2011, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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That happened to quite a few of us...
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Originally Posted by bkthomps
divorce her!
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....but we're just not talking about it
Best,
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Pierre Smith
RV-10, 510 TT
RV6A (Sojourner) 180 HP, Catto 3 Bl (502Hrs), gone...and already missed
Air Tractor AT 502B PT 6-15 Sold
Air Tractor 402 PT-6-20 Sold
EAA Flight Advisor/CFI/Tech Counselor
Louisville, Ga
It's never skill or craftsmanship that completes airplanes, it's the will to do so,
Patrick Kenny, EAA 275132
Dues gladly paid!
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01-27-2011, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Walnut Creek CA
Posts: 513
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wrong order..
First you build/buy plane then you get wife.
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www.myrv3.com
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The minimum number of planes one should own is one. The correct number is n+1, where n is the number of planes currently owned. This equation may also be re-written as s-1, where s is the number of planes owned that would result in separation from your partner.
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01-27-2011, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Destin
Posts: 1,543
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rph142
First you build/buy plane then you get wife.
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first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the women [/scarface]
but yes, I agree with this theory as well!
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01-28-2011, 02:27 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 531
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Get her started on her own license...
Note: This can have unexpected consequences.  You might even end up building two planes.
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Originally Posted by petehowell
Tell her you will rescue puppies.......
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+1 
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01-28-2011, 02:48 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Stuck in Lodi CA
Posts: 310
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Tell her you want some airplane parts for your birthday and that you'll order them so she won't need to worry about it. Then for each Father's day, Christmas, birthday, etc. keep asking for more parts as your gift.
I just got a delivery of some parts in the mail today. They're for Valentines day of 2022...
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01-28-2011, 09:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: SC
Posts: 12,887
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I think I found another way for my friend to convince his wife they NEED an airplane.
This morning we loaded up a friend's RV-10 with my wife, son, myself, and the -10 owner and flew from Charlotte to Chattanooga (FGU formerly known as 3M3). That is a 5.5 to 6 hour drive in the best of times. With 50 kt headwinds we still made it there in less than two hours of very smooth flying, had lunch, left the wife and son with Grandma, and returned home in less time than the one way trip and not much more cost in fuel.
In speaking to my wife when I returned home, she told me to start pounding rivets on a -10. (That would be nice but it isn’t going to happen any time soon.)
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RV-9 (Yes, it's a dragon tail)
O-360 w/ dual P-mags
Build the plane you want, not the plane others want you to build!
SC86 - Easley, SC
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01-29-2011, 03:06 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 823
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Grandchildren make it easy....
When the first grandchild arrived, that made it easy. Traveling to SOCAL from Tucson was either 8 hours in the car ending in LA traffic nightmare, the TSA nightmare and more traffic from LAX, or 2.5 hours in the 9A to a field 2 miles from the baby.
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Barry - Tucson
RV9A Superior O-360 (an amazing experience)
Dynon AP Garmin Sensenich F/P
2020 Dues paid. Thank u DR!
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