Rod no offence but it could be insulting to some in here who make far less than you but find a way. i told you i give up other things and you can buy a nice used rv4 (example) for 45000. your response to me was you must be in a higher income bracket than i because i could not afford that. I make hal...

Rod- no emotional problems here. Just trying to give some advice, unfortunately some don't want to listen. Your question was... How do you guys afford to do this? I make far less than you do and i have my own plane which is quite expensive. Man come on you make 145000 with little debt. their are man...

and yes we are willing to give up tv, vacations and such to enjoy are sport. This is because we have a love for aviation and this why we chose it over other things. Yes some peoples lives in here do revolve around flying. First thing rod get your pilots license and then decide how much you enjoy it ...

Rod sure everything is cost comparative. I'd like to have a nice war bird but my income cant support it. Once again the question is what type of flying do you want? And plan on doing. if you just want to get in the air then a challenger will do that and at least cost. Do you need a ppl? Not cheap re...

rod- depends on what u want. You can buy a great 4 now for 45 or 50k. and if you dont need extra toys then cheaper. Build an aircraft only if you really want to build one. I'm not a builder I'm a flier. It takes a dedicated individual to build an aircraft and follow it through to the end. You have t...

Interested in other peoples procedure. Being a homebuilt I have no hot start procedure in a poh.
I'm more interested in people who don't use a fuel pressure guage for reference as-well.
I'm running an io-540 but i imagine all lycoming should be the same.