lacofdfireman
Member
I was a little supprised the other day when talking to an Uncle of mine about me getting my PPL license and my desire to someday build an RV... He is a pilot of over 40 years and was without sugar coating it telling me that building an experimental airplane is about the dumbest, yet easiest way to get yourself killed in an aircraft. He was telling me to go out and buy a 40 year old GA plane and just have fun cruising around. I guess I am actually not really surprised because I have talked to many pilots with alot of hours that say experimental's are not safe...
Seems to me that a plane is a plane whether it is built in the cessna factory or homebuilt. It's not like you are starting with scratch and designing a plane from the ground up... I think the Van's planes have been a proven design... Also to me, at least what I have learned from this site is that the builders here take alot of pride in there work and are sure to make sure stuff is done exactly right... So why do pilots feel like they need to talk down the experimental planes? Are they really that much more dangerous?
Getting closer to being able to build. Just sold our Motorhome yesterday so that has freed up another $600 per month. Hoping to be a builder soon...
Seems to me that a plane is a plane whether it is built in the cessna factory or homebuilt. It's not like you are starting with scratch and designing a plane from the ground up... I think the Van's planes have been a proven design... Also to me, at least what I have learned from this site is that the builders here take alot of pride in there work and are sure to make sure stuff is done exactly right... So why do pilots feel like they need to talk down the experimental planes? Are they really that much more dangerous?
Getting closer to being able to build. Just sold our Motorhome yesterday so that has freed up another $600 per month. Hoping to be a builder soon...