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Old 08-29-2012, 08:02 AM
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Pierre, Now if that is a propane grill, I want to thank you for making my dreams come true.............
p.s. and I don't waste money.

RV6A O320 fp 400 hrs.
RV6A O360 fp ready for canopy.
RV 3B ready for fwf. and maybe open cockpit option.
Might comply with light sport depending on medical exemption....... gotta wait that one out.
Pierre, are you going to confess that's on a "Primo XL Grill"?
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Old 08-30-2012, 05:22 AM
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Default One lucky son of a gun!!!!!

Ok, heres one for you....
I dabbled in the property market here in the land of Aus for a few years and rode the property boom we had in the early 2000s. Made a good buck and bought an airplane and a few hundred acres of land, built my airstrip and thought I was home free.....then along came a friend took my lady and the property and everything else but left me with....my plane. Then beuracracy stepped up to the plate, stopped me flying, grounded my plane and left me with, well, didly squat!!!!!!! ....Hmmmm I thought, looks like I'll be working for the next hundred years to get it all back again! Then...along comes an angel...totally loves me and flying and encouraged me to start again. She financed me into a kit RV8, helps me building it, does not say one word about the money I spend to get this aircraft built...approx60% now...and have everything we need to finish it...the motor is already hung and running...and works her heart out to make sure we have all we need to keep going! We are both in our mid 50s, should be nearly retired yet here we are working to pay our mortgage, look after teenage kids and keep building our dream. I pinch myself every time I wake up to make sure I'm not dreaming!
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Old 08-30-2012, 05:29 AM
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Spend less than you earn and invest the difference. If all else fails sell a kidney, you really only need one.

Take a look around the dining room table, there's a couple RV's worth of kidneys in the average family.
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Old 08-30-2012, 09:41 AM
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Jeez, many of those posts sound like a lot of work. I just married a doctor.
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Old 08-30-2012, 10:20 AM
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Jeez, many of those posts sound like a lot of work. I just married a doctor.

So that's where I went wrong...... 25 years on 9/11, so I guess it's too late to change.
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Old 08-30-2012, 01:53 PM
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Jeez, many of those posts sound like a lot of work. I just married a doctor.
I did too, but it's not as lucrative for some specialties and in some markets.

The plan is pay as I go, if I can buy parts as fast as I hope to work. Based on most of the stories of building, I shouldn't have a problem saving enough for the build, over the next 10-14 years. But seriously, I get a decent paycheck, live alone with my dog most of the time (the wife/doc is 400 miles away, hence the need for a fast plane), and have plenty of spare time most months.

I hope to be done in less than 2 years, but then she always tells me to estimate my time, double it, then square it. Units are important... 1/5 decade = 2 yrs, doubled is 2/5, squared is 4/25 of a decade, so I can be done in 1.6 years.
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Old 08-30-2012, 06:18 PM
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I did too, but it's not as lucrative for some specialties and in some markets.

The plan is pay as I go, if I can buy parts as fast as I hope to work. Based on most of the stories of building, I shouldn't have a problem saving enough for the build, over the next 10-14 years. But seriously, I get a decent paycheck, live alone with my dog most of the time (the wife/doc is 400 miles away, hence the need for a fast plane), and have plenty of spare time most months.

I hope to be done in less than 2 years, but then she always tells me to estimate my time, double it, then square it. Units are important... 1/5 decade = 2 yrs, doubled is 2/5, squared is 4/25 of a decade, so I can be done in 1.6 years.
1.6 years? Well you put our practice kit together fast enough on the course
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Old 08-31-2012, 12:10 PM
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I'm in college but I spend my weekends cutting grass and working on the RV...a lot of grass cutting and sweat has gone into the project but I'm paying for it as I go. Fuselage kit ships next month so I'll finally have something to sit in and make airplane noises!
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