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 Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 11:19 am Post subject: The building experience |
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For those going through what I went through, my guidance came from Tim,
Deems for the building; Jesse for the panel and avionics guidance.. and Don
McDonald who took every call I made and sent me pictures and awesome
hardware to improve on some weaknesses I felt there was with the finish kit.
As Tim experienced, I have made some great friends who own RV-10's (and RV's
in general) and really had a life changing experience building the plane. I
felt, and did, make many mistakes but in the end I have flown well over 5000
miles in the plane thus far and it has flown beautifully.
I'm sorry (not really) but those who are missing out on the RV-10 experience
of building, meeting builders and maturing in a certain way, are really
missing out on one of my life's best times! When asked a few years back
about how excited I was to finally get the building done, I actually told
the RV group I loved the experience of building a custom kit with everything
I would want in a Cirrus and loved the building.. yes, its frustrating at
times and I don’t think much about the fact that I built a plane, other than
I cant believe I actually did it and I would have had a harder time if it
were not for Tim, Deems and others on this forum.
In the end, anyone can build a plane, just don’t miss the journey. If you
haven't met and spent time talking to other RV-10 builders, go to fly ins
and find local builders, my experience with Deems when in Arizona, a builder
2 hours away that took me for a flight and showed me his plane, and a
builder I met in Northern California when driving 10 hours to a fly in, who
would become my mentor and inspiration for the rest of the builder (thanks
Don!!).. all a journey.
Enjoy the journey!
Pascal
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