Not so fast...
I sent AOPA an email detailing my feelings. A copy of the email is below.
I'd like to make an observation regarding your new member survey about potential future prize aircraft. One of the choices is a newly built kit plane, such as an RV-10. While this may be an appealing option on the surface, a look at the rules governing experimental amateur-built aircraft reveals a huge problem. A kit aircraft like the RV-10 must be built by a person for that builders own "education and recreation" to be eligible to be licensed as an experimental amateur-built. Building kit planes for resale is against both the letter and spirit of the law. While there are certainly shops out there that build kits for hire contrary to the law, they operate mostly under the radar. To have such a blatantly illegal process detailed monthly in AOPA magazine is just inviting trouble, not only for AOPA but for the homebuilt movement in general.
I would suggest that you not consider this as an option.
Thanks
Jeff Point
AOPA 1103005
RV builder and pilot
EAA Technical Counselor