I started my RV-10 build in 2011 with some ......misguided ideas of the actual amount of work building an airplane is. The first few months I found myself working almost 5-6 hours a day with many nights ending past midnight. I tore through the -10 Tail kit in no time thought I was going to knock out this airplane in 2-3 years flat......kinda fully looking back at it.
In the mean time my day job is flying for the Good ol USAF. Unfortunately where they usually want me to fly generally is about an 18 hours away or more from where my project sits idle in my garage. I have been gone 640-ish days since I started my project, on various deployments and work related trips. What I have found as the hardest things to is getting started again when I get home. Trying to get caught up on the normal grind, helping the wife with the projects and all the other things that normal people do every day that pilled up inevitably takes priority. As soon as I am caught up on normal "life"I start working on the RV and before I know it I am again overseas.
I completed the tail kit in about 7 months start to finish, and I have been working on the wings now for about 2 years............
I am still enjoying the build but can be overwhelming thinking how much is left and how little progress I have made lately.
I have seriously contemplated the quick build Fuse, but eh 7K seems like a lot of money to pay someone to do what I am sure I can accomplish, albeit a little faster.
Anyways I am sure there are plenty of you out there who have similar Life gets in the way experiences.
The bottom line is I am addicted to building, and flying and I just don't have the time for either right now. Have some serious "RV envy" of everyone posting those amazing trip pictures. Maybe the APP store has a good flight simulator I can use at my desk...
Well that is enough of a rant for the day, hope yall didn't waste too much time reading it.
No real point to this post just a Rant to fellow minded people who understand the trials of this enormous project.
Joe
In the mean time my day job is flying for the Good ol USAF. Unfortunately where they usually want me to fly generally is about an 18 hours away or more from where my project sits idle in my garage. I have been gone 640-ish days since I started my project, on various deployments and work related trips. What I have found as the hardest things to is getting started again when I get home. Trying to get caught up on the normal grind, helping the wife with the projects and all the other things that normal people do every day that pilled up inevitably takes priority. As soon as I am caught up on normal "life"I start working on the RV and before I know it I am again overseas.
I completed the tail kit in about 7 months start to finish, and I have been working on the wings now for about 2 years............
I am still enjoying the build but can be overwhelming thinking how much is left and how little progress I have made lately.
I have seriously contemplated the quick build Fuse, but eh 7K seems like a lot of money to pay someone to do what I am sure I can accomplish, albeit a little faster.
Anyways I am sure there are plenty of you out there who have similar Life gets in the way experiences.
The bottom line is I am addicted to building, and flying and I just don't have the time for either right now. Have some serious "RV envy" of everyone posting those amazing trip pictures. Maybe the APP store has a good flight simulator I can use at my desk...
Well that is enough of a rant for the day, hope yall didn't waste too much time reading it.
No real point to this post just a Rant to fellow minded people who understand the trials of this enormous project.
Joe