I hope my question doesn't sound too silly, but while I want to build, I am afraid that I might not be patient enough to work for many years on a project.
The other thing is, that I would really like to replace our O-300 powered Cessna 172 within the next one or two years.
The initial ideas was therefore to buy an almost complete RV-7A project and to finish it within a year or so.
Well, the 'problem' is, that the RV-14A starts to grow on me. I am therefore wondering, whether you believe that the average build time is indeed only 1,000 - 1,100 hours, as published on Van's website? I also inquired about the quick build option and was told that it would save approximately another 30% or so, what would reduce the build time to about 700 - 800 hours.
Up to around a 1,000 hours, with the quick build option, would be fine with me and I would probably just order new kits. Looking at the projects on mykitlog.com, it appears however that nobody (maybe very few, I did not check all) come even close to the published hours and need much longer.
The other thing is, that I would really like to replace our O-300 powered Cessna 172 within the next one or two years.
The initial ideas was therefore to buy an almost complete RV-7A project and to finish it within a year or so.
Well, the 'problem' is, that the RV-14A starts to grow on me. I am therefore wondering, whether you believe that the average build time is indeed only 1,000 - 1,100 hours, as published on Van's website? I also inquired about the quick build option and was told that it would save approximately another 30% or so, what would reduce the build time to about 700 - 800 hours.
Up to around a 1,000 hours, with the quick build option, would be fine with me and I would probably just order new kits. Looking at the projects on mykitlog.com, it appears however that nobody (maybe very few, I did not check all) come even close to the published hours and need much longer.