Great thread, love the answers!
Great idea for a thread!
You guys are pretty clever with some of your answers, I'll shamelessly copy some of those for the next round of questions that I get asked.
I always get the standard. " you are building an airplane, so what is it? An ultralight?"
Me ...... " No it's an all aluminum, two seat side by side kit plane that cruises at about 200 mph and gets off the ground in 600 feet at gross weight.
.....long pause.....
So what are you going to use for an engine? A rotax?
Me.... "sigh" .... "No a brand new lycoming airplane engine between 160 and 200 hp. "
How much will it cost?
Me..... "Between x$ and x$ depending on how you equip it and how much work you are willing to do yourself".
That's a lot!!
Me..... "How much is it for a new Corvette?" "It costs the same or more and it can't go 200mph....not without some serious speeding tickets."
Me...... " Have you looked at the price of the new cessna 172's lately?" RV's start to look like a bargain after this exchange.
I fly for an airline, and many of the other pilots that I fly with say that they would never build a plane because it's too much like being at work. Many of them don't want anything to do with airplanes during their time off.
I'm thinking " yeah right, building a plane with all of it's various skills, knowledge, and disciplines required is exactly like sitting in the front of an airliner all day. Geesh"
I guess you either get it or you don't.