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Old 02-21-2014 | 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by SushiHunter
Perhaps in some cases. But I had a relative who was a genius at business, however he attempted to work on his car once and spent a few hours turning a socket before realizing that he needed to use a 1/2 inch instead of a 1" inch socket. He was turning that socket forever before asking someone who was familiar with working on cars what the problem was. He never did get the concept and decided not to deal with that type of handy work any longer. He's not alone. There are tons of people out there who just don't understand how to work/build stuff. The end result is the same, people love to fly a plane. Some build the planes they fly while other's can't or don't want to build them. I love to eat sushi, but that doesn't mean I can or want to prepare it. And I won't tell people I made the sushi I purchased already prepared.
One great side benefit that has come out of situations like this is that there are a lot of guys out there that are realizing some extra income from building kits for people who want planes that aren't available as an ARF, and this includes myself. I have several pilots out there that are constantly calling me and trying to get their latest kit "in line" for my building bench get built. I'm not getting rich doing this, but it does do two things for me. It lets me build planes (which I absolutely enjoy) and it puts some extra money in my pocket at the same time. It works out great for both of us as the pilots gets planes they get to fly that nobody else at their fields have because they aren't available as an ARF, and I'm happy because I got to build and made some money doing it!!!

Ken