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I started 6 months after Jason and my 10 has been flying almost 2 years. It’s the time and effort in hours, not the time in years. Put an hour or two in each night and just build away!

Good luck with what?

Incorrect, I did it because I enjoy it. I also wanted to fly something I knew in and out. I agree I could buy a ‘better’ airplane, but that would have been 3x as much. And my annuals wouldn’t be sub $500.

Slam a 540 on the airframe. I would like to see that!

The test cards start with a fuel flow test. I hope he at least read the intro parts about the use of the cards. To me that had more value than the cards themselves.

Until it doesn't. I don't know what it is on his aircraft but Phase 1 on my 10 was 40 hours. That's a lot of circle the airport flights for him!

I’ve been tracking this project. Don’t even compare it to that backwoods nonsense the Raptor guy is rigging together. I’ve also viewed it as a Lancair with a few more features, made out of a different composite. I’m looking forward to seeing the performance results as well.

WordPerfect 5.0

This really does play like a mockumentary.

I played it yesterday. Flew a carbon cub in icy weather.... game is good fun.

Watch this video last night. Makes me want to build a cub now... I built a majority of my 10 in my 3 car garage, essentially using 1 car slot as storage for wings. Later I moved the wings, HS and VS to my hangar and then spent the last few months of the build at the hangar bolting everything...

That’s a blast from the past, what happened to that dude? Didn’t sell enough I suppose.....

In his defense that's a pretty common tactic to get clicks. Literally one dude had his girlfriend washing his plane in a bikini... I generally unsub or ignore videos when they go that route. There's other sites much better suited to see naked ladies...

Saw my first Velocity in person last weekend. It was a Turbo XL retract and very nicely done with full blown interior, glass panel, built in oxygen, etc. Enjoyed talking to the builder/owner. We talked about the build process, a bit about the twin and a handful of other things. He was nice...

The pool isn't based on IF he's going to crash. It's based on WHEN the Raptor is going to crash...

Looked like air rodeo to me!

I predicted that he would crap his pants, thus declaring an emergency having to immediately land. I look forward to the debrief and cleaning tips on his next video!

How could a DAR be responsible for that? There are lots of places to high shotty work on an airplane. That's not specific to EABs either. Overhauling my old 172 I found lots of issues that could have ended in my demise if left unresolved. These weren't obvious issues like gas leaking into the...

Maybe for some, if they're bad with tools. For me personally I trust my workmanship over someone who isn't going to be flying in it. I did use A&Ps to review engine installation and some other items... well A&Ps I can trust because in my time of plane ownership I've gone through some A&Ps I...