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07-07-2013, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Levan,Utah
Posts: 15
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"Homemade airplane"
Took a friend flying last Sunday in my "homemade airplane". Her daughter in law was very concerned that she was going to go fly in a homemade airplane. Maybe I am a little sensitive to the term after spending thousands of hours and dollars building my homemade plane. I'm sure this happens to most who build a plane due to the lack of knowledge of just what goes in to one of the projects so I'm asking what experiences the rest of you have had with this sort of response when you complete your plane. What are some of your better responses when you are asked about flying a "homemade plane"  
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07-07-2013, 01:00 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: I live in on the Rosamond Skypark (CA) and am married to Victoria (Tuppergal).
Posts: 982
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Two words: Custom Built!  Rosie
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Paul A. "Rosie" Rosales
Rosamond Skypark (L00), CA
RV-6A, 4200+ hours since 7/4/2000
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07-07-2013, 02:53 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 5,685
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I think it is a common response and not unjustified
We have to earn respect and support one airplane at a time and one flight at a time. There is no detail manufacturing quality assurance, there is no configuration control, there is no robust system of integration and test ... I almost never give anyone a ride but when I do they know they are riding in a high performance experimental airplane and I know that even more than they. That is why we built it. If they are concerned about what they don't know, I think that is healthy and I do not take offense.
Bob Axsom
Last edited by Bob Axsom : 07-07-2013 at 02:57 AM.
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07-07-2013, 02:54 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: NC25
Posts: 3,507
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Well when people ask me about my airplane, I tell them I work (soon to be retired from) for Boeing. (I leave the part out that I do not work with Boeing Commercial Airplanes.) One of the first things after that that I tell them is that I make my living as an Engineer, then follow on with being a FAA Licensed Mechanic for Airplanes and Power Plants. I then let them know that the FAA thought enough of my skills to make me a DAR to represent them on Initial Inspections of airplanes that other people built at home.
The airplane made its first flight almost 16-years ago in September 1997. Since that time it has been as far North as Fort Yukon Alaska and that is north of the Arctic Circle. It has been out to the Bahamas and has flown across the US over 20 times. I also let them know that I am a Commercial pilot with a 2nd class medical certificate that is needed to be paid to fly.
Mark Twain popularized the phrase: "There are lies, ****ed lies, and statistics." All I will add is that some people make good used car salespeople. We (all of us that fly Custom Built / Amateur Built / Experimental aircraft) need to use the correct words to describe our aircraft and what we do.
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Gary A. Sobek
NC25 RV-6 Flying
3,400+ hours
Where is N157GS
Building RV-8 S/N: 80012
To most people, the sky is the limit.
To those who love aviation, the sky is home.
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07-07-2013, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,768
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I just explain that this aircraft was built by the person who's butt will be in it during every hour of flight; not by a person who wants to put in 40 hrs. of work and go home for the weekend.
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
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07-07-2013, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Kansas
Posts: 332
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Beautiful
Howard, that is one beautiful "homemade airplane!" I only hope mine turns out half that well. 
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Jim
Lenexa, KS
RV-7A
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07-07-2013, 07:21 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Calgary Alberta Canada
Posts: 456
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When I fly for young eagles and COPA Kids they have no idea it is "homemade". I usually say nothing until we are back on the ground. At least to the ones that are very nervous to even go. Others I explain while airborne. When I spill the beans, generally they don't believe me.  . Until I explain a bit more about the process and how it became what it is. It is a real I opener for most of the kids. Face it, these planes do not look "homemade" 
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Troy Branch
RV10 Built and Flying Since Feb 2009
950hrs Plus
CC EX-2 Flying
SuperSTOL Built and Sold
RV9 Built and Sold
Avid Aerobat Built and Sold
Dues paid Nov 2019
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07-07-2013, 07:32 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Dallas area
Posts: 10,768
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Please read your operation limitations!
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Originally Posted by TroyBranch
When I fly for young eagles and COPA Kids they have no idea it is "homemade". I usually say nothing until we are back on the ground. At least to the ones that are very nervous to even go. Others I explain while airborne. When I spill the beans, generally they don't believe me.  . Until I explain a bit more about the process and how it became what it is. It is a real I opener for most of the kids. Face it, these planes do not look "homemade" 
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Paragraph (12); " The pilot in command of this aircraft must advise each passenger of the experimental nature of this aircraft, and explain that it does not meet the certification requirements of a standard certificated aircraft."
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Mel Asberry, DAR since the last century.
EAA Flight Advisor/Tech Counselor, Friend of the RV-1
Recipient of Tony Bingelis Award and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
USAF Vet, High School E-LSA Project Mentor.
RV-6 Flying since 1993 (sold)
<rvmel(at)icloud.com>
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07-07-2013, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Estes Park, CO
Posts: 3,947
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home made
I haven't finished mine yet but do get the questions from visitors. I respond with comparisons of performance between Vans and certificated and the cost. I also remind them it was home builders who started building airplanes.
Then I give them the $.10 tour inside the house. Most will ask where we bought the furniture. My response..."I built it! " They usually understand at that point.
Our furniture will last for at least another generation if the kids or grand kids take care of it. I hope my home made plane lasts as well.
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Larry Larson
Estes Park, CO
http://wirejockrv7a.blogspot.com
wirejock at yahoo dot com
Donated 12/03/2019, plus a little extra.
RV-7A #73391, N511RV reserved (2,000+ hours)
HS SB, empennage, tanks, wings, fuse, working finishing kit
Disclaimer
I cannot be, nor will I be, held responsible if you try to do the same things I do and it does not work and/or causes you loss, injury, or even death in the process.
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07-07-2013, 08:24 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: La Feria Texas
Posts: 3,822
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Once on this forum, somebody had a biting response for the comment "Oh, it was just a kit". Unfortunately I have forgotten the response, but am needing it again.
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