When I am building, I dedicate 30 - 40 hours a week to the project outside of my normal 40 hr work week. While the time may seem excessive to some (or most), I need to put in that many hours in order to see steady progress in the project. When I can see significant progress, I get very focused on making more progress. It tends to be self perpetuating. I am very lucky in that my wife understands that I get very driven by these projects and lets me go at it knowing that I'll be done in a year or two and she will get my time again once the project is completed and has the test time flown off. So far, I have turned out 3 airplanes. All were projects that were picked up in early to mid stage and finished from there. My average for finishing a plane working like that seems to be around 18 months. I never count the hours or the money spent.
I'm not criticising those that don't dedicate the time I do to building. There are a lot of sacrifices that come with doing that. Most wives won't tolerate their husbands spending every evening and weekend working at the hangar. But, I can tell you that it is a successful way to get an airplane finished. -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM <http://jscott.comlu.com> ----- Original Message ----- You need to be working on your project twelve (12) hours a week for two years to get it in the air.
