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"As soon as we have better battery technology, which I suspect will be in two or three years, that's when all these electric airplanes will eventually come." The problem for planes is the better tech that comes - way in the future - will be for cars, and no one will care about the massive...

3 words: climate controlled workshop

Battery technology improves 1 or 2 percent per year, we will be dead before electric flight arrives

Debt, and I don't recommend it

As the previous winner, I promise not to enter this time, just to give yall a chance ;)

It was in primer tucked away in a dark hangar, so not an issue.

I have flown a Sundowner recently and find it a slow, but forgiving aircraft. I like that pilot/copilot side each have their own door.

I bought someone's partially completed Velocity SERG and have spent 6x the cost of the kit and am not yet in the air. These things are typically skeletons around which after a lot of money and parts there is something that approaches a body that flies. Just don't think you are getting an...

If you have the money, pay for a QB. It is possible to get more $ over your lifetime, but it is not possible to get more time. Everyone's clocks are running out.

So far, 3 guys have been building one airplane pretty much fulltime for several years. I don't see any quick assembly here.

Those 3 seem to be sound engineers, but I don't think there is a market for the aircraft. It seems the 2 seat composite experimental market is a dead horse. See Glasair, Lancair, etc. Quicker to build a 2 seat RV and not as messy ?

I have been trained to pitch for best glide, if you are in a cruise climb that is likely a little slower that Vy

I know of those that have used that form, you need to get the seller to sign it. Be sure to follow the spirit and letter - basically the seller must not regularly sell airplanes (broker, dealer, etc).

This is a great point, because if US Senators were more responsive to their home state governments the locals would be more empowered. Whatever your own politics, it is hard to deny that senators today answer largely to the national party agendas first

surprised he can get ANY type of insurance

they already do it for electric car buyers

Sounds like you were prepared and used your training, cool! Now take that AI and cast it into the sun. Replace it with an electric AV30 or something similar, whatever is certified for your a/c

no debt

No! Resist!

See about 14:25 into the video...might just be in Arizona